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Fireworks vendors ready for end of week rush Sierra Pearcy (left) and Destiny Peek are mem-bers of the Coggin Avenue Baptist Church youth group working at a fi reworks store to earn credits toward youth camps and mis-sion trips.
KEVIN HOLAMON | BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
BY KEVIN HOLAMONBROWNWOOD [email protected]
Fireworks stands and stores will close at midnight Friday, not to reopen until the week before New Year’s Day.
Local operators are gearing up for the traditional rush of the last two days.
Kenneth Whitley operates the Mr. W, Inc. outdoor stand and store at
2700 Belle Plain.“Today’s the fi rst of the month,”
Whitley said, “so it will pick up this afternoon and keep getting better the rest of the week.”
Whitley said he has operated fi re-works stands for 25 years and the sales pattern is always the same. He said last year’s countywide burn ban did inhibit sales, though.
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STEVE NASH | BROWNWOOD BULLETINCharles King of Brownwood is photographed by Bulletin staffer Steve Nash from the front seat of the two-seat plane as King fl ies his Extra 300L aerobatic airplane Tuesday morning.
BULLETIN STAFF [email protected]
The Brownwood Bulletin has been acquired by New Media Investment Group, one of the largest owners of newspapers in the country.
New Media purchased fi ve daily, nine weekly news-papers and four shoppers from the American Con-solidated Media Southwest Group, the parent company of the Brownwood Bulletin.
ACM newspapers are based in small-market communi-ties in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
New Media also an-nounced it purchased The Petersburg Progress-Index,
as well as a weekly publica-tion, The Colonial Voice. Those newspapers are in Virginia. Together, the two acquisitions were pur-chased for $15.3 million.
New Media is the owner
of GateHouse Media, LLC, one of the largest publish-ers of locally-based print and online media in the United States. The newspa-
New Media Investment Group acquires Bulletin
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STEVE NASH | BROWNWOOD BULLETINRunway 17, which is 5,600 feet long, is seen from Charles King’s Extra 300L on fi nal ap-proach.
BY STEVE NASHBROWNWOOD [email protected]
While Brownwood offi cials have no spe-cifi c plans in place to pursue Charles King’s hopes for the airport’s future, the city recently received a $75,000 grant from the Texas Department of Transportation to help fund a business plan for the facility.
The grant, which requires a 10 percent city match, is also paying for the cost of a project consultant. The city recently selected R.A. Wiedemann and Associates of Kentucky as the consultant, and the business plan will likely be
Consultant chosento develop airport
business plan
Local pilot Charles King promotes aviation, airport BY STEVE NASHBROWNWOOD [email protected]
The 540-cubic inch Lycoming engine seemed to shake with the impatience of har-nessed horsepower, spinning a three-bladed propeller in a lazy arc.
From the back seat of the Extra 300L aero-batic plane, Charles King steered the small craft onto Runway 17 at Brownwood Region-
al Airport and moved the throttle forward. Three-hundred unharnessed horsepower rocketed the lightweight plane on a runway dash and into the air.
The German-built plane climbed quickly through a section of blue sky bordered by cotton-candy clouds. King made several turns, keeping the plane in the vicinity of the
SEE KING, 5 SEE PLAN, 5
Brownwood
fi refi ghter Jesse
Castillo as-sesses the
situation as a garage
and vehicle both caught fi re Tuesday
evening.
DERRICK STUCKLY |
BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
BY STEVE NASHBROWNWOOD [email protected]
The Brownwood Fire Depart-ment was dispatched to the 1800 block of First at approxi-mately 7:15 p.m. Tuesday on a call of a fully involved struc-ture fi re.
According to Brown County Fire Marshal Buddy Preston, a shed and a vehicle at were on fi re at that location, and
that fi re spread to a garage at nearby 1306 Avenue J. The Avenue J garage was a total loss, Preston said, and he had not yet assessed the damage at the First Street fi re.
Three adults shooting fi re-works in the area were ques-tioned, according to Preston, in regard to the cause of the fi re. No information was available as of press time regarding any potential charges being fi led.
Garage, vehicle engulfed in fl ames