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Brad Robb, Southwest Farm PressThe U.S. cotton industry is recognized

around the world for many positives related to the fiber it delivers to the global cotton market. From sanctity of contract and a broad range of available fiber parameters and qual-ity characteristics, to universal confidence in classing data, and a strong record of no contamination, all segments of the U.S. cot-ton industry have benefitted from the long-standing and diligently-earned reputation with buyers.

As more cotton producers across the cot-ton belt have continued to adopt on-board module-building cotton pickers and strippers that allow non-stop harvesting, the National Cotton Council has seen a marked increase in complaints from textile mills related to pieces of round module plastic found in baled fiber.

“This recent rise in contamination is plac-ing U.S. cotton’s reputation in jeopardy, and the industry is reacting on numerous fronts to combat this challenging, but resolvable prob-lem,” says Dr. Gary Adams, National Cotton Council president and CEO. “We continue to be proactive in our efforts to heighten awareness of this issue among those areas in cotton’s supply chain where this problem may be originating.”

The NCC has created an educational package that includes a multi-chaptered video to educate the different groups of employees involved in the production, har-vesting, transportation, and ginning of cotton fiber. While this effort is obviously needed, and is an important aspect in any solution, a group of agricultural engineers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Re-search Service are collaborating on the design of a mechanical system that can be installed in gins to extract plastic contaminants before they reach the bale press.

Optical SortingOn-board module harvesters are here to

stay, so the issue becomes: What is the best way to deal with any ramifications surround-ing plastic contamination moving forward? “The answer is: Engineer a system that will handle the flow rate of cotton through the

gin while maintaining the ability to extract plastic contaminants,” says Dr. Greg Holt of Brownfield, research leader at the Cotton Production and Processing Research Labora-tory, Lubbock, Texas. “That is exactly what we have been working to design, test, and deliver.”

Because of his expertise and experience in “computer vision” technologies, Dr. Mathew Pelletier, along with a team of ARS research engineers at the Las Cruces, N.M. Gin Labo-ratory, was consulted. Recommendations by Pelletier centered on a technology currently being used in the produce, recycling, and vegetable industries called “optical sorting” — which integrates machine-vision detection with pneumatic air-knife blow-off systems.

Optical sorters utilize cameras that iden-tify objects by their color, shape, size, and various other properties. Pelletier designed a computer software program that allows cameras to recognize foreign objects that contrast to white cotton fiber. “Once we es-tablished the ‘accept’ or ‘reject’ criteria that will be translated from the optical sensors, a mechanism had to be designed to physically

eject the foreign object, which in this case is an air-knife.”

One prerequisite on which the engineers were all in agreement entering the project was the final cost of the technology had to be affordable. “Margins are already tight for our ginners, so we have to make sure any viable system is not a huge capital expenditure,” says Pelletier.

The engineers next considered where the technology should be placed in the sequence of ginning equipment. Realizing the urgency to eliminate all contamination as early as pos-sible, one feasible option was to configure it somewhere around the feeder apron — be-fore the cotton (and any contaminants) slide down into the gin stand.

With multiple cameras in place, with each camera panning a lighted 16-inch section of the feeder apron, if a contaminant is detected, a signal will be transferred to activate the air-knife which will then blow the object out to a point in front of the gin stand so it may be seen, recognized, and discarded. At this point during the ginning process, cotton is

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PAC forms to push bondA group of interested citizens has formed

a political action committee to campaign for passage of the BISD bond on the May 4 ballot.

See Brownfield Rise, the newly formed PAC, is comprised of local business own-ers, ag producers, retired educators, and parents.

“We each believe in the importance of our school system and its value to our community,” said PAC member Bill “Doc” Grant. “Whether you currently have chil-dren in school or not, this is important.”

The PAC will host a question and an-swer forum open to the public on Monday, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Senior Citizens Center, 1201 Tahoka Rd.

Information will be provided to property owners and tax payers, and any questions pertaining to the bond will be answered.

A short informational video also will be shown.

Engineers and architects from Parkhill Smith and Cooper will be on hand, as will school administrators.

Voter registration also will be available at the event, just in time to beat the April 4 deadline.

PAC member Brian Brisendine stressed the importance of the bond to the commu-nity as a whole.

“I am a proud alum of Brownfield High School and I have three kids who will graduate there, so I have a vested interest,” he said. “But I also run a business and I am a member of the Brownfield Industrial Development Corp. and I can say that the first things a company looking to locate here inquires about is the availability of a work-

force and the quality of the school system. “A yes vote for this bond is a yes vote

for a brighter future for everyone in Brown-field,” he said. “The projects included in this bond will lift our entire community for

generations.” The BISD school board voted last month

to seek a $40 million bond. The bond will consist of six projects

around BISD, chief among them the construction of a new high school. Other projects include building secure entrances at each BISD campus, new playgrounds at Colonial Heights and Oak Grove, moving middle school to the current high school, adding locker rooms near the BHS tennis courts (which will remain at their current location), and demolition of parts of the current Brownfield Middle School building.

A prior study of the BMS building indi-cated repairing the campus and bringing it up to code would cost $25 million.

Plans on that 70-year old campus call for removing the two story classroom structure at the center of the facility, but leaving the BMS Auditorium on the west end of the site and both gymnasiums at the east end.

The new high school will be comprised of 128,000 square feet of space with a student capacity of 600 pupils.

The current BHS, which opened in 1971, is 134,000 square feet and was de-signed for 800 students.

At $40 million with a 30-year amortiza-tion, the property taxes of a home valued at $100,000 within BISD boundaries would increase by $267 per year or roughly $22 per month.

BISD’s website includes an informational tab about the bond and related projects. The page also contains a link to a tax cal-culator, allowing home owners to enter the value of their property and see instantly how the bond would affect their tax bill.

Dan Jackson explains the system at Meadow Coop Gin

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Dr. Dennis Tedford

Longtime Brownfield physi-cian Dennis Tedford has pleaded guilty to distributing Schedule IV controlled substances.

This comes after DEA agents raided Dr. Tedford’s office early one morning last May.

Agents from Dallas and Lub-bock worked together to serve a federal warrant at his office at Brownfield Regional Medical Cen-ter’s Rural Health Clinic located at 703 E. Felt Street.

According to his plea deal, Tedford dispensed a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of Alprazolam and Cari-soprodol for a reason other than a legitimate medical purpose and in the usual course of his profes-sional practice.

Tedford practiced family medi-cine with a specialization in obstet-rics. He is known locally for having delivered thousands of babies in his tenure at BRMC.

Hospital CEO Jerry Jasper told the Brownfield News on Monday that he was informed soon after the DEA raid, that Dr. Tedford’s case was a closed investigation and no information about the case would be shared.

“We learned about his plea deal the same way everyone else did,” Jasper said. “We feel terrible for him and his family for endur-ing this entire ordeal and we wish them the best in the future.”

He earned his medical degree in 1986 and was licensed in Texas in June 1993.

According to court documents, he was never registered in Texas as a pain management physician.

On January 31, 2018, a source at a Lubbock pharmacy contacted the DEA to express concerns about Tedford’s prescribing prac-tice.

The source stated that Dr. Ted-ford prescribed high quantities of hydrocodone, up to 360 tablets per month, along with Xanax and carisoprodol.

The source stated that individu-als were driving from Lubbock to Brownfield to see Dr. Tedford and were then returning to Lubbock to fill prescriptions.”

DEA diversion investigators compared Tedford’s prescribing practices to all physicians in Terry County and Lubbock County from March 2, 2016 to March 2, 2018.

They learned Tedford ranked ninth for total number of prescrip-tions issued for hydrocodone in Lubbock and Terry Counties

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By Daphne Delay

Years ago, I used to help oversee a local community project called Kidsteem. The name was derived from the purpose: to help boost the self-esteem of children on the first day of school. The program raises money from local donations and distributes it to lower income families for school clothes, shoes, or supplies.

I remember one little boy, who also attended our church, who had received a Kidsteem voucher. He was the youngest of six children and often only received hand-me-downs from older siblings. As I walked into church one day, he said, “Look at my new shoes! Watch how fast I can run now!” And with that, he starting doing 20-foot sprints up and down the children’s ministry hallway. I’ve never forgotten the joy on his sweet face -- all because of a new pair of shoes.

I was reminded of this story when I ran across a definition this week. It’s the word embolden.

(I just like how that sounds... embolden.) It means to make bold or bolder, to hearten, encourage, energize,

rally, or revitalize. In other words, if you are emboldened by something, it makes you feel confident enough to behave in a particular way.

After a couple of laps back and forth, I said, “Wow! You’re faster than Superman!” He smiled and said, “ Yeah. Just call me Superman.”

Psalm 18:28-29 says, “For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop. By my God I can leap over a wall.” Have you ever received a word of encouragement from God (through a friend, a pastor, or just by revela-tion when reading your Bible)? I have —and this is exactly how I felt!

“Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!” “Yes, it’s Superman!”

Or Superwoman. Or Superkid. Or Supermom... Superdad... Su-perfriend... You get the picture. When God enlightens the dark places in our heart, the result is an encouragement that EMBOLDENS us to respond in some manner. And in a sense, gives us a confidence based entirely upon HIM within us. One of my favorite scriptures says, “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us” (2 Corinthians 4:7). I’m very aware of my fragile “clay” self. But I’m also very emboldened by the revelation of CHRIST IN ME.

Superman is a fantasy, but Christ isn’t. Every person who has in-vited Jesus to live in their heart has become SUPER --simply because of who He is and what He’s done. Jesus is so much greater than a new pair of shoes. He is the treasure within us that empowers and emboldens us for daily life.

I just felt like we all needed this reminder: How others see you is not important. How you see yourself means everything.

JUST CALL ME SUPERMAN

“Rejoice in the Lord always! Again, I say Rejoice!”Phillipians 4:4

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News BriefsACES is looking for ladies 50 and over to participate in

their Annual Sophisticated Senior Pageant to be held on April 6 from 2-4 p.m. This is a fun event that is a fund raiser for the ACES Scholarship Fund. No talent required! Just call 637-2241 or 638-1844 for more information!

******The Terry County Retired Teachers will be meeting on

Tuesday, April 9 at the Terry County Senior Center at 11 a.m. This month’s program will be presented by BISD Superin-tendent Chris Smith. He will discuss all things BISD related, including the upcoming bond election. This meeting is open to any retired Terry County educator.

******The Terry County Senior Center is hosting a Bingo after-

noon on Tuesdays from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. All Seniors are welcome!

******Catholic Charities is sponsoring free Parenting Classes. The

classes are held on the first Monday of each month and are from 4 - 5 p.m. The classes are held in the Kendrick Memorial Library. For more information, contact Rebecca Valenzuela at 806-300-2292.

******The Terry County Heritage Museum at 600 East Cardwell

houses many, many reminders of the great history of Terry County. In order to continue to run one of the finest small town museums in the state, your donations are needed. Make donations to the museum in care of Patricia Johnson at Lone Star State Bank.

The doll collection is still on display and is certainly a sight to behold. Get out to the museum and check out the dolls. You won’t be disappointed.

******Pak Pals is a great organization that makes sure that none

of Terry County’s kids have to go hungry over the weekends. This requires a tremendous amount of money to accomplish. If you would like to make a donation to help Pak Pals, you can take your donation to the Terry County Clerk’s Office or contact Bobbye Jo Floyd at 893-5153.

******If you would like to rent the Seleta Jane Clubhouse for your

next meeting or gathering, it is now being rented through the Terry County Heritage Museum. Call 637-2467 to get more information about renting this historic Brownfield building.

Make a difference in your community. Play games, paint nails, read aloud, make someone smile! Interim Healthcare is looking for volunteers to make a difference. Contact Shannon McKee, Interim Healthcare Volunteer Coordinator at (806) 637-4448 or (806) 782-9597.

******Al-Anon meetings are being held on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in

the Family Life Building of the Brownfield Church of Christ. This is a support group for people or families whose lives are being impacted by the addictions of others in their lives. For more information, please contact the church at 637-4597.

******Brownfield WorkForce Solutions is offering GED Classes.

The classes run from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Monday - Thurs-day at 1321 B Tahoka Road. For more information, contact Brownfield WorkForce Solutions at 637-4234.

******Terry County Senior Center provides many great services

to everyone in the county, not just seniors. They provide hot meals each weekday in the Center, as well as by delivery. The Center relies on your donations to continue to offer these services. Please consider supporting the Terry County Senior Center.

******Donations given to the Terry County United Fund are tax

deductible and stay in Terry County. To make a donation, mail a check to Box 788 or bring your donation by Lone Star State Bank. The United Fund gives to many Terry County organizations. The United Fund is not associated with the United Way in any way.

******The Noon Lions Club meets on the first and third Thurs-

days in the BRMC Board Room. Anyone with an interest in helping the community through service in a civic club is encouraged to attend.

******The Terry County Cemetery Board relies solely on dona-

tions from the public in order to keep the cemeteries looking great. If you would like to make a donation or honor someone else with a donation in their name, donations can be made to the Cemetery fund at the Terry County Treasurer’s Office in the Courthouse. Questions about spaces at the cemeteries can also be answered there.

Rita RodgersApril 20, 1954- March 25, 2019

Services for Rita Rodgers, 64, of Brownfield will be Friday, March 29, 2019, at 2 pm at Brownfield Church of Christ with Bob Reynolds officiating. The family will receive visitors from 6:00 – 8:00 pm on Thursday, March 28, at Brownfield Funeral Home. Rita went to be with her Heavenly Father on Monday, March 25, 2019. She was born April 20, 1954, in Seminole to J.D. and Dora Fern Oliver. She gradu-ated from Brownfield High School and went on to obtain her LVN. Rita

married Joey Rodgers in Brownfield on August, 15, 1989. Rita worked for Brownfield Regional Medical Center for over 30 years. She is a mother and grandmother that loved all her family and her friends. Rita was a strong woman that knew everyone and never met a stranger. Rita is preceded in death by her parents, J.D. and Dora Oliver, and one brother, Eustas Oliver. Rita is survived by her husband, Joey Rodgers; two daughters, Radana Berg and Ashley Rodgers; two sons, Randon Chapman and Colton Rodgers; seven grandchildren; and two sisters, Brenda Bird and Kay Jones.

Juanita Ruth JamesFebruary 2, 1933 - March 24, 2019

Services for Juanita Ruth James, 86, of Brownfield will be Wednesday, March 27 at 10:00 am at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Carter officiating. Burial will follow in the City of Lubbock Cemetery at 2:00 pm under the direction of Brown-field Funeral Home. The family will receive visitors from 5:00 – 6:30 pm on Tuesday, March 26, at Brownfield Funeral Home. Ruth passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019, at 1:40 pm in Brownfield. She was born February

2, 1933, in Fannin County to Matas and Ruby Coursey. She graduated from Wilson High School and then attended Way-land Baptist University. She married Marvin Louis James on May 13, 1951, in Lubbock. The family moved to Terry County in January 1973. She was a farm wife, mom, grandmother, supporter of missions, Sunday School teacher, and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Ruth is preceded in death by hus-band, Marvin; daughter, Pamela Ruth James; granddaughter, Alexandria Brown; great-grandson, Brennan Perryman; and brother, Gerald Coursey. Ruth is survived by her children: Cyndi James of Truth or Consequence, NM; Vicki Ashbrook and husband Charles of Tahoka; Gary James and wife Debra of Eunice, NM; Ron James and wife Jane of Levelland; Nancy Burris and husband Terry of Wellman and Jeanne Brown and husband Johnny Mac of Wellman; 21 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; siblings: Hartman Coursey, Jackie Thompson, Claylan Coursey and wife Patricia, all of Lubbock, and hosts of nieces, nephews, and friends. Grandsons, Brad Ashbrook, Chris Ashbrook, Lance James, Jason James, Frank James, and Dustin Burris, will serve as pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Calvary Baptist Church Mission Fund.

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Longtime Terry County resident Maurine Caswell celebrated her 93rd birthday on Sunday at Cottage Village Assisted Living where she lives. Family and friends helped Maurine celebrate the day. She credits her long life to trying to always follow God and having an active lifestyle as long as she was able. Pictured with Maurine are her three daughters - Gina Kelly, Josie Alvarez and Debbie Caswell.

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USDA________________from One“singulated,” or flowing in a consistent batt of fiber. “Placing the system at this point seemed to make sense, but testing was needed,” says Holt.

Pelletier traveled to the USDA/ARS Las Cruces Gin Laboratory and began hand-testing initial designs. After re-turning to Lubbock, Holt and Pelletier conducted live tests on a research gin by “spiking” the flowing cotton with half-inch to two-inch pieces of yel-low, pink, and green colors, focusing primarily on the colors of available round module wrap.

The team’s first test results were encouraging, confirming a 50 percent to 75 percent range of success at re-moving the spiked plastics. Avoiding “false positive” identifications was critically important, because one false positive every minute could litter the floor in front of a gin stand with 1,000 pounds of seed cotton over a day of ginning. “That was just our first test,” says Holt. “We’ve gotten better results

since those initial tests which was en-couraging.”

In the latter part of 2018, a sys-tem was installed for beta testing at Meadow Coop Gin in Meadow. Gin manager Dan Jackson understands the importance of this research to the industry and was eager to work with the researchers. “It was interesting see-ing the system perform,” says Jackson. “We wanted to see how it reacted to vibration, dust, and other mechanical and environmental factors.”

Another system under consider-ation, a dual-machine-vision camera prototype system, was installed on the module feeder at New-Tex Gin, at Plains, Texas.

Utilizing the same software, this system stops the module feeder to allow the snowstorm of cotton to settle so an image of the contaminant can be taken. Then the feeder may be temporarily shut down so the contaminant can be extracted before

it has a chance to become shredded into smaller pieces, and possibly end up in a bale.

The researchers are also evaluating other technologies besides this “ma-chine vision” system. One other op-tion is a laser diffraction system. “This system would be more expensive, so we’re concentrating on the visual iden-tification system at this point because we want to deliver a cost-effective solution to the industry,” says Pelletier.

Because the USDA/ARS is purely a research and development organi-zation, Holt has been searching for a commercial company that would be interested in manufacturing this type of technology.

“Several of the companies I con-tacted initially just weren’t interested in adopting a commercial version of any system unless it was in the half million-dollar price range,” says Holt. “The last thing we want to do is place that kind of economic burden on a gin.”

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“Dr. Tedford prescribed 524,777 doses of hydrocodone to 341 patients during the time period...” the court docu-ments state.

Investigators said Tedford was ranked first in the total number of prescriptions issued for carisoprodol in the counties as well. “Dr. Tedford prescribed 96,763 doses of carisoprodol during this time period to 102 patients,” the documents state.

Investigators said they also learned Tedford was writing prescriptions for the highest strengths available. The DEA said investigators interviewed pharmacists at six locations in Brownfield and Lubbock who expressed concerns at the large quantities of hydrocodone Tedford prescribed to patients. During the May raid, agents seized patient files and had a board certified doctor out of California review them.

According to the court documents, the doctor said in 10 of 12 cases reviewed, Tedford wrote prescriptions for controlled substances for no legitimate medical purpose. Tedford could be sentenced up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

Agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency descended on the BRMC Rural Health Clinic last May to confiscate evidence from Dr. Dennis Tedford’s office.

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By John SawyerSeveral physical and chemical reactions

take place following anhydrous ammonia injection: dissolution in water, reaction with soil organic matter and clay, and at-tachment of ammonium ions on the soil cation exchange complex. These reactions all tend to limit the movement of ammonia, with water having the greatest initial effect.

The highest concentration of ammonia is at/near the point of injection, with a taper-ing of the concentration toward the outer edge of the retention zone. Usually the greatest ammonia concentration is within the first inch or two of the injection point, with the overall retention zone being up to 3-4 inches in radius in most soils.

The specific size and shape of the am-monia retention zone vary greatly depend-ing upon the rate of application, injection spacing, soil, and soil conditions at injection (soil texture, soil structure, organic matter, and moisture status).

Ammonia moves farther at injection in coarse-textured soils and soils low in mois-ture. Also, if the injection system causes sidewall smearing (occurs when soils are wet), then ammonia may preferentially move back up the injection slot. Movement toward the soil surface can occur for some time after application if the soil dries and the injection track “opens up” as the soil dries (also less soil moisture to retain free ammonia in solution with drying soils).

A similar movement within soil can oc-cur if the soil breaks into clods at applica-tion and there are large air voids left in the soil. These conditions can result in greater ammonia concentration toward the soil surface, and greater potential for loss to the atmosphere at or after application.

When ammonia is injected into soil, the initial reaction at the point of release is violent. The ammonia reacts and binds with soil constituents such as organic mat-ter and clays. It reacts with water to form ammonium (NH4+). These reactions help retain ammonia at the injection point. With the high affinity for water, soil moisture is important for limiting the movement of ammonia, but water does not ultimately determine retention in soil.

After conversion to ammonium, which is a positively charged ion, it is held on the soil exchange complex and does not move with water. Only after conversion to nitrate (NO3–), via the nitrification process, can it

be lost from soil by leaching or denitrifica-tion.

Chemical and biological reaction of anhydrous ammonia in soil

(1) NH3 + H2O = NH4+ + OH–The reaction of ammonia with water

(1) causes an initial alkaline pH in the am-monia retention zone (pH can temporar-ily rise above nine at the point of highest concentration). It is free ammonia (NH3) and not ammonium that can be lost from soil at application and is damaging to mi-croorganisms and plant roots/seedlings. As pH goes above 7.3, the equilibrium between ammonium and ammonia results in increased ammonia (the percentage as ammonia would be 1% at pH 7.3, 10% at pH 8.3, and 50% at pH 9.3).

(2) 2NH4+ + 3O2 = 2NO2– + 2H2O + 4H+

(3) 2NO2– + O2 = 2 NO3–These two reactions (2 and 3) are the

steps in the biological nitrification process that occurs with ammonium in soil, and ulti-mately results in a lowering of soil pH back to the original pH or lower. Nitrification oc-curs first at the outer edges of an ammonia retention band, and progresses inward as the initial effects of ammonia injection de-crease and the soil conditions become more conducive to microbial activity.

Can anhydrous ammonia be applied to dry soils?

Dry soil can hold ammonia. Even air dried soil contains some moisture, although the moisture content is quite low. Ammonia dissolves readily in water, but it is held or retained in soil by clay and organic matter. The problem with dry soil and low moisture is that soil moisture is needed to temporarily hold (“go into solution”) the ammonia so it can become attached to clay or organic matter as ammonium.

If dry soils are cloddy and do not seal properly at application, free ammonia can be lost at injection, or seep through the large pores between clods after applica-tion. Therefore, proper depth of injection and good soil coverage are a must for ap-plication into dry soils. Also, reducing the application rate or narrowing the injection spacing reduces the concentration of am-monia in each injection band.

Closing disks can reduce ammonia loss by covering up the injection track with soil that traps the ammonia as it moves to the soil surface.

Although the threat of wildfires is currently low to moderate for much of the Lone Star State,

Texans are still encour-aged to be cautious when working or cooking out-doors, especially in dry areas.

“We had a fairly wet winter, but parts of the area are drying out again,”Mark Wilkes, Terry County Farm Bureau president, said. “High winds and warmer temperatures will continue to dry things out, which will increase the likelihood of grass fires and wildfires.”

The Texas Panhandle has already experienced several wildfires this year, with two fires burning more than 2,000 acres. East Tex-as has also faced wildfires this year.

Grass fires and wildfires take only seconds to start and can take hours, and in some instances, days to put out—damaging homes, businesses and everything in their paths.

“There are simple steps we can take to help protect ourselves and our homes, buildings and equipment from devastating destruc-

tion,” Wilkes said. To lessen the likelihood

of a fire, keep tall grass, dry leaves and anything flammable at least 30 feet away from structures. Avoid parking in tall grass because the vehicle’s exhaust could spark a fire.

“Have a reliable water source nearby when you grill, weld or do anything that creates sparks,” said. “That can help prevent fire damage.”

For more fire safety tips, visit the Texas A&M Forest Service’s website at https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/.

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You can’t watch television for 10 minutes these days without seeing several com-mercials for DNA firms hoping you’ll send them your cold hard cash along with your hot wet saliva.

I have heard some really neat stories about how these services have reconnected long lost -- even unkown -- family members.

I’ve also heard horror stories about relatives folks really didn’t want to know about, as well as cautionary tales of these companies doubling your investment, when they sell your most private information to the government.

But, I admit that the lure of information from my family’s past is enticing. There was a time in my life when I was jealous of the Joneses and Smiths of the world.

Brisendine was a mouthful when I was learning my letters. I’m proud to report I could both pronounce and spell my last name correctly by the seventh grade.

I can’t say the same for countless poor souls I have encountered through the years who try to muddle their way through my name without butchering it too badly. It has become a source of amusement at times and my family has always delighted in sharing the latest mispronunciation.

It happens in restaurants and waiting rooms and anywhere else someone has to call out the family moniker. It’s usually a combination of our multisyllabic last name and the questionable chicken scratch of whomever jotted it down. The result is almost always worth a chuckle.

“Birdentane, party of five!” “Mr. Bristlestein, the doctor will see you

now.” Sometimes I correct them politely, usu-

ally if the encounter is face to face and I can tell they’re trying. I’ll sound it out phoneti-cally -- Briz...En...Dine -- and assure them I took no offense.

There are times though, when the at-titude or the tone in their voice is off just enough, that I’ll let them sweat it and just raise my eyebrows inviting them to finish their misguided attempt at my last name.

Telemarketers get the brunt of this tech-nique. They are usually already into their spiel when they hit my last name and their script audibly slows.

My smile always widens when I hear a thick foreign accent on the other end of the line say “How are you today Mr. Brisss....Mr. Brrrrrrr...”

They usually take a different course after about the third unsuccessful attempt...”How are you today Mr. Brian?” Ahh, well played my foreign friend!

A couple decades ago, a class project required some extensive research of the family lineage. This was before the days of Internet search engines and family tree websites.

So my folks dragged me to Lubbock’s Mahon Library and its impressive genealogy section for an afternoon of family history. It was an eye opening experience as we began to use the card catalogues, microfilm records and bound books to trace our heritage through the years.

Not long after that we found ourselves in a similar setting, only this time it was in the unparalleled confines of the National Archives. We traced the Brisendine name back to some of the earliest colonial times on this continent.

I was growing tired of the exercise until we came across the will and testament of an ancestor that drew our attention.

He bequeathed to his descendents sever-al of his most valuable belongings, including “land adjacent to Dragon’s Breath Swamp.”

Just the idea that a place with such a name existed and my family had a tie to it had my youthful imagination hooked for the duration of the research project.

A few years later, we heard another story about how our name came to be. We have no way of verifying, but it makes a good tale.

Centuries ago, as the story goes, there was a town in England named Brisen and there was a fellow who lived nearby in a structure known as a dine.

The town’s business was always con-ducted under a great tree at its center. This fellow took offense to something and scarred the tree with an ax.

He was given two options. Board a boat for America or swing from the same tree. Obviously, he opted to see the new world.

Boat trips across the ocean were long af-fairs in those days and he apparently didn’t make it, but did bore a son prior to his de-mise and left him in the charge of a trusted friend. Census takers on American shores needed a name for the new young citizen.

His caretaker explained the situation and that his father lived in a dine near Brisen. So into the books went the very first Brisendine.

I’d like to see a Jones or a Smith compete with that!

So thanks for taking this stroll through my family history with me.

Yours truly, Brian Brizenhoofer

AUSTIN — Images of a stream of billowing dark smoke drew the nation’s attention last week to a fire that engulfed 11 petrochemical storage tanks at the Inter-continental Terminals Company about 15 miles southeast of Houston in Deer Park.

On March 17, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered that all state resources be made available to local and industry officials and urged residents to heed the warnings of local officials. Governmental bodies in nearby affected areas ordered residents to shelter in place because of concerns about unhealthy air quality. Deer Park Independent School District and other districts canceled classes for several days.

The fire was extinguished on March 20. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on March 22 announced that his office, act-ing on behalf of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, had filed a lawsuit naming the tank storage company as the defendant. The lawsuit alleges that the fire caused air pollution from benzene, xylene, toluene and other contaminants, in violation of the Texas Clean Air Act.

In a statement accompanying the lawsuit, Paxton said, “No company can be allowed to disrupt lives and put public health and safety at risk.”

The Chemical Safety Board, an in-dependent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents, announced March 21 that an investigation into the fire would be opened.

Jobless rate stays lowTexas’ seasonally adjusted unemploy-

ment rate held at 3.8 percent in February, according a March 22 news release by the Texas Workforce Commission.

The Midland Metropolitan Statistical Area recorded February’s lowest unemploy-ment rate with a non-seasonally adjusted rate of 2.2 percent, followed by the Odessa at 2.7 percent and Amarillo at 2.9 percent.

Growth in the Texas economy contin-ued in February, with 17,700 seasonally adjusted non-farm positions added over the month.

TWC Chair and Commissioner Repre-senting Employers Ruth R. Hughs said her agency “is committed to engaging with all employers across Texas to strengthen our economy and to create and expand op-portunities for all.”

TWC Commissioner Representing Labor Julian Alvarez added, “To ensure positive growth, we must continue to invest in neces-

sary training and education for subsequent generations.”

Ticketing system targetedPhotographic traffic signal enforcement

systems would be banned under Senate Bill 653 by Sen. Bob Hall, R-Edgewood.

Hall seeks to prohibit municipalities and other local jurisdictions from using red-light cameras as a means of issuing traffic tickets.

In laying out his bill before the Senate Transportation Committee, Hall said that under the red light camera enforcement, “the innocent owner has then the burden of proof and often great expense of proving that they did not commit the alleged viola-tion. This turns our judicial system com-pletely and utterly upside down by requiring the accused to prove their innocence.”

More than two dozen people testified for or against the bill in a March 20 Senate Transportation Committee hearing.

Regents to examine policiesGov. Abbott on March 18 sent a letter to

all Texas public university boards of regents following the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into an alleged college admis-sions bribery scheme.

In his letter, Abbott called for governing boards of Texas’ institutions of higher edu-cation “to examine and investigate admis-sions policies and procedures to ensure that no university employee engages in fraudu-lent schemes, quid pro quo arrangements or improprieties of any sort.” He added that Texas parents and students “must have confidence that the system is not rigged.”

Busby joins high courtBrett Busby of Houston on March 20 was

confirmed by the Texas Senate and sworn in as the newest member of the Supreme Court of Texas for a term set to expire on Dec. 31, 2020.

Gov. Abbott nominated Busby on Feb. 21 to fill the opening left by Justice Phil Johnson of Amarillo, who retired at the end of December.

Busby is a former justice of the Four-teenth Court of Appeals, having served from June 2012 through December 2018. He previously was a partner at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, an adjunct professor at The University of Texas School of Law and a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk.

New lawmaker sworn inState. Rep. Christina Morales, D-Hous-

ton, was administered the oath of office on March 17.

VIEWSEditorials from newspapers around the state and nation

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The Dallas Morning News on the Mueller investigation:

Nearly two years have passed since Robert Mueller was appointed, with broad latitude, to investigate possible coordination between Russian government officials and the campaign of President Donald Trump.

The intervening time has seen very seri-ous indictments and convictions of Trump campaign officials, as well as troubling clarity on the extensive Russian government effort to sow discord in American society. But Mueller’s findings, quoted directly in a report from Attorney General William Barr, show “[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.”

The president feels exonerated, and while Mueller’s report did not exonerate him, it also plainly found no evidence of a conspiracy of collusion between the presi-dent and Russia during the 2016 election. So where do we go from here? The last two years have seen endless press coverage of this investigation, much of it very good — providing America insight not only into the depths of Russian interference in our na-tion’s unity, but also the seamy underbelly of American politics.

But the investigation was also the subject of day after day of hopelessly speculative “news” reports and commentary and a string of publicly announced conclusions of guilt that, in the end, Mueller’s evidence did not support. Such speculation may have been entertaining and engaging, but ultimately, it was unilluminating and probably damaging.

The expectation of the release of the full Mueller report will come next, and we agree with the president as well as his opponents that the document should be made public. Any deviance from Barr’s report will be scrutinized and deservedly so.

But what should come after that? Con-gressional Democrats are already promising that Mueller’s report won’t be enough. The underlying material must be brought for-ward. And after that, what?

At some point, we need to gather as a nation and accept that the institutions we trust are trustworthy and have done their jobs for us with integrity and competence. To endlessly scrape and rescrape the mat-ter won’t claw at the president; it will claw at the country.

The president’s actions throughout this investigation don’t deserve much lauding. His Twitter thumbs never stopped in their own undermining. But we can say that he let the process play out. Mueller, even under persistent presidential abuse, was able to do his job. Might that be the end of it, for the sake of the country?

The Las Vegas Review Journal on emi-nent domain:

There are hundreds of thousands of miles of natural gas pipelines across the United States — pipelines that help provide Ameri-cans with affordable energy and high-paying jobs. But many people may not know that companies that build these pipelines enjoy some powers of eminent domain that allows them to compile the property necessary to build vast stretches of infrastructure. With that power has come the temptation to abuse it.

Consider the case of Gary and Michelle Erb. They purchased a 72-acre tract of land in Pennsylvania in 2008 and built a home on the property. But a decade after they moved in, the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco) requested permis-sion from the federal regulators to build a section of its Atlantic Sunrise Project — a natural gas pipeline with a 900-foot blast radius — roughly 400 feet from the Erbs’ home. While Transco has assured the Erbs that an explosion was unlikely, the couple wasn’t taking any chances. They’ve already moved.

As Forbes magazine outlined, Transco of-fered to pay the Erbs for a six-acre easement. The couple declined, but Transco authorized eminent domain and forced the couple to give up their property anyway. But more than 18 months after the company began digging up the couple’s land, the Erbs still haven’t been paid.

The Institute for Justice has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. Transco has argued that immediate possession of the land was necessary due to a “substantial public interest — the need for natural gas supply — at stake in this case.”

Fine. But the public’s desire for cheap energy does not trump private property rights. If the eminent domain is authorized for an expedited project, the land owners still deserve to be made whole as quickly as possible. If that inconveniences the energy developer, so be it.

There are important principles at stake involving due process, the Fifth Amendment and property rights. Let’s hope the justices agree to hear this case.

St a t e C a p i t a l Highlights

Compiled by Ed Sterling, Texas Press Association

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The Meadow Broncos and Lady Broncos competed in the Whiteface Track Meet on Friday, with the Broncos earning a 2nd Place finish with 118 points and the Lady Broncos finishing 3rd with 88.5 points.

Isaiah Villegas had a 2nd place finish in the 100, Cisco Garza finishing in 3rd. Josiah Rodriguez had a 10th Place finish.

In the 200, Brady Parker finished in 4th and Josiah finished 8th. Marc Ramos also participated.

Josiah also ran in the 400, earning a 2nd. Noah Perez had a 3rd in the 800 with Ryan Flores following him in 4th place.

Ryan earned 2nd in the 1600 with Noah following him in 3rd.

In the 110 Hurdles, Johnny Valentine finished in 3rd. In the 4X100 Relay, the Bronco team of Johnny, Brady,

Isaiah and Cisco finished in 3rd.In the 4X200, the Bronco team finished in 1st Place.Competing in Long Jump, Josiah finished in 8th with

Johnny also competing.In the Shot Put, George Bustillos earned 3rd. Also com-

peting were Niko Castaneda and Marc Ramos.In the Discus, George finished in 3rd with Niko earning

a 6th Place finish. Marc also competed.Cisco finished in 3rd Place in the Triple Jump, with

Brady finishing in 5th.Johnny finished in 2nd Place in the High Jump. Cisco

also competed in this event.On the Lady Broncos side of things, Nicole Joplin fin-

ished in 1st place in the 100 with Macie Turner finishing in 3rd. Also Participating was Destiny Madrigal.

In the 200, Nicole had a 4th Place finish, with Macie coming in 5th. Kaylee Humphrey also participated.

In the 400, Itha Creel earned a 3rd Place finish with Destiny and Kaylee also participating.

Nyomi Alvarado earned 2nd place in the 100 Hurdles.In the 4X100 Relay, the Lady Bronco team of Mercedes

Roe, Itha, Zoey Hunt and Macie finished in 3rd Place.The Lady Bronco team of Laura Sanchez, Merdedes,

Nyomi and Zoey also had a 3rd Place finish in the 4X200.The 4X400 team finished in 4th Place. This team con-

sisted of Itha, Mercedes, Laura and ZoeyIn the Long Jump, Zoey had a 5th Place finish and Itha

also participated.In the Shot Put, Maria Retana had a 2nd Place finish,

Alicia Sanchez finished 5th and McKenzie Johnson also participated.

Alicia won the Discus competition with Maria, and Mor-gan Hurst also participating.

Zoey finished 2nd in the Triple Jump, with Mercedes finishing in 8th Place.

In the High Jump, Nyomi and Kamyron Cavazos both participated but did not place.

Broncos take2nd place atWhiteface

The Wellman-Union Lady Cats competed with only six girls on Friday, March 22, and still piled up 104 points on their way to a runner-up finish in the Antelope Relays in Whiteface.

Every Lady Cat in attendance contributed points to the effort, with someone scoring in every event that the Lady Cats competed in except one.

Gracen Key (800 and 1600), Jacy Rowden (Triple Jump), and Ally Mixon (400) all led the way with individual gold medal finishes. Jade Griffith added a silver in the 400, as did Mixon in the 800.

Kaylee Yates added bronzes in the 3200 and 1600, as did Griffiths (800) and Rowden (Long Jump). Madison White added in a fourth

place in the Shot Put, while the 4 X 400 Relay of Rowden, Griffiths, Mixon, and Key picked up gold in the final event of the meet.

The Wellman-Union boys team represented well, also, finishing third in the meet with 92 points.

Ashton Lanham earned 6th in the 100, with Noah Ashford and Maverick Walters also competing.

Brian Armendariz had a 2nd place finish in the 200 with Marcos Alaniz coming in 10th. Ramsey Vi-cencio also competed. Ramsey also had a 9th place finish in the 400. Ethan Long had a 6th in the 800.

Brodey Yates finished in 1st place in the 1600 with Jaiden Mo-rin earning 4th and Ethan Long finishing in 6th place.

Brodey once again earned a 1st

in the 3200 with Jaiden earning 4th.

In the 4X100 Relay, the Wildcat team of Maverick, Brian, Noah and Ashton finished in 1st place.

In the 4X200 Relay, the team of Brian, Noah, Marcos and Ashton earned a 2nd.

In the Long Jump, Maverick finished in 3rd place and Brian finished in 7th.

Zach Ashford finished 4th in the Shot Put with Marcos and Julius also competing. Zach had a 4th place finish in the Discus with Noah and Roel Vicencio also competing.

Competing in the High Jump, Noah finished in 5th place.

Next action for the Cats and the Lady Cats will be in Seagraves on March 29th.

Cats compete at track meet

The 2019 TEXSOM Interna-tional Wine Awards results were released from the judging that was held February 18-20, 2019. There were 3,294 entries representing 32 countries and 18 U.S. States, a record for the competition.

The Texas wines chosen for Judges’ Selections were:

• Brennan Vineyards, 2017 Rosé, Mourvèdre, Comanche County, Texas

• Llano Estacado Winery, 2016 THP, Tempranillo, Texas High Plains

• The Infinite Monkey Theorem, 2016 Chenin Blanc, Texas

• Westcave Cellars Winery, 2015 Sangiovese, High Cross Vineyard, Reserve, Texas

• White Fox Vineyards, Sweet Texas White, Muscadine, Texas

High Plains winners as noted as such in the results include:

Becker Vineyards:Wilmeth Vineyard, Cabernet

Sauvignon, Reserve - BronzeCanada Family Vineyard, Cab-

ernet Sauvignon, Reserve - BronzeIconoclast Barrel Select Cabernet

Sauvignon - BronzeViognier Reserve - Bronze

Tempranillo Reserve - BronzeBending Branch Winery:Newsom Vineyards, Malbec -

SilverBent Oak Winery:Malvasia Bianca - BronzeSauvignon Blanc - BronzeTrebbiano - BronzeBrennan Vineyards:Lily - GoldLily, Farmhouse Reserve -

BronzeBurklee Hill Vineyards:Courtney - BronzeMontepulciano - BronzePetit Sirah - BronzeBrunett - BronzeCaprock Winery:English Newsom Cellars, New-

som Vineyards Merlot - SilverEnglish Newsom Cellars, New-

som Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon - Bronze

Carter Creek Family Winery:Muscat Canelli - SilverTempranillo - SilverRose, Grenache - BronzePlateau White - BronzeViognier-Roussanne - BronzeMaverick - BronzeCicada Cellars:Newsom Vineyards, Tempranillo

- SilverCactus Dodger Red - SilverDuchman Family Winery:Bingham Family Vineyard, Ver-

mentino - SilverOswald Vineyard Montepulciano

- SilverBingham Family Vineyard Treb-

biano - SilverOswald Vineyard Roussanne -

BronzeProgression - BronzeGambini Family Estate:Primitivo - BronzeGrower Project:Trebbiano - BronzeRosato - BronzeThe Source Sangiovese - BronzeHaak Vineyards and Winery: Tres Tintos - SilverKuhlman Cellars:Roussanne - SilverMerlot - BronzeLewis Wines:Rose - SilverLlano Estacado Winery:THP, Tempranillo - GoldTHP Texas Hocus Pocus, Mon-

tepulciano Estate Bottled and Pro-duced - Silver

THP Sangiovese - BronzeTo be continued Sunday...

TEXSOM International Wine Awards

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The Brownfield Cubs hosted Denver City on Saturday afternoon and simply could not get any offense going. The final score found the Mustangs going home with a 10-0 victory in the game ending in five innings.

After Cubs pitcher Tristan Rivero struck out the first two batters, strike outs became hard to come by as there were only four Ks on the day by the Cub pitching staff.

Kyle Suarez went 2-2 at the plate and Chili Morin, Nunie Ramirez and Ruben Rodriguez each managed one hit.

On Monday, the Cubs traveled to Abernathy to take on the Antelopes and found themselves on the winning side in this game, as the Cubs left with a 13-5 victory.

Nunie Ramirez had the hot bat, going 5-5 at the plate, knocking in 5 runs and scoring twice himself. Other Cubs with multiple hits were Zarius Garcia, Ruben Rodriguez and Ethan Sanchez. One of Ethan’s hits was good enough for a home run.

Also getting hits were Hunter Sisson, Chili Morin, Donte Flournoy and Kyle Suarez.

Cub pitching had 12 strike outs on the day. Pitching for the Cubs were Malachi Garcia and Chili Morin. Only five base on balls were allowed. A stellar performance by the Cubs.

The Cubs will face Shallowater on the road on Saturday.

Cubs Baseball splits a pair

Donte Flournoy Ruben Rodriguez

Kyle Suarez

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The Lady Cubs grabbed an early lead on its way to a 13-1 victory over Denver City on Saturday. The Ladies scored on a single by Alyssa Perez, a double by Abigail Arguellez, a double by Bryanna Bazan, a single by Serena Fisher, and an error in the first inning.

The Lady Cubs secured the victory thanks to seven runs in the first inning. The big bats were led by Perez, Arguellez, Bazan, Fisher, and Abcde Garcia, who each had RBIs in the inning.

Jalen Franco pitched the Lady Cubs to victory. She went five innings, allowing one run on one hit and striking out eight.

The Lady Cubs tallied 15 hits in the game. Perez, Fisher, Shae Valenzuela, and Garcia each managed multiple hits to lead in the game. The Ladies were sure-handed and didn’t commit a single error. Kaitlyn Garza made the most plays with nine.

The Lady Cubs couldn’t keep up with Abernathy and fell 13-3 on Monday.

Kamryn Martinez took the loss. She surrendered eight runs on eight hits over two innings, striking out one and walking one.

The Lady Cubs racked up nine hits. Ashley Ramirez and Shae Valenzuela each racked up multiple hits. Ramirez led with three hits in three at bats.

The Lady Cubs will be at Shallowater on Saturday.

Lady Cubs splits two

Serena Fisher

Alyssa Perez Bryanna Bazan

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10 temp farm workers needed 5/13/19 – 10/31/19. Workers will perform various duties associated with growing employer’s crops. Workers will have extensive periods of sitting, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, repetitive movement, frequent stooping and lifting 75lbs. Must have 3 months experi-ence as a farm worker & affirmative job references. May random drug test at employer’s expense. Guaranteed at least 3/4 of contract hours but hours will vary according to weather and crop conditions. Hours may exceed or be less than 40 hours. Work tools, supplies, equipment provided at no cost. Housing provided for non-commuting workers at no cost. Transportation & subsistence reimbursed to worker upon completion of 50% of contract or earlier if appropriate. $11.33/hr or current applicable AEWR. Raise/bonus at employer discretion. EOE. Worksite in Phillips and Lee Co., AR. Report or send a resume to nearest local TX Workforce Solutions office or call 806-637-1223 & reference Job #2403132. W&W Produce Inc. LLC - Lexa, AR

71 temp diversified farm workers needed 5/6/19 – 11/20/19. Workers will perform a variety of duties associated with growing & cultivating employer’s crops. Workers will have extensive periods of sitting, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, repetitive movement, frequent stooping and lifting 75 lbs. Must have 3 months experience working in Rice and Soybeans & affirmative job references. Pre-employment Drug test and random drug test is required at employer’s expense. Guaranteed at least 3/4 of contract hours but hours will vary according to weather and crop condi-tions. Hours may exceed or be less than 35 hours. Work tools, supplies, equipment provided at no cost. Housing provided for non-commuting workers at no cost. Transportation & subsistence reimbursed to worker upon completion of 50% of contract or earlier if appropriate. $11.33/hr or current applicable AEWR. Raise/bonus at employer discretion. EOE. Worksites in Cross & St Francis Co. AR. Applicants should report/send resume to the nearest TX Workforce Solutions office or call 806-637-1223 & ref job #2402248. Matthews Ridgeview Farms- Wynne, AR.

4 temp farmworkers needed 5/13/19 – 10/25/19. Workers will perform a Variety of duties associated with planting, cultivating and harvesting the employer’s vegetable crops. Workers will have extensive periods of sitting, standing, walking pushing, pulling, repetitive movement, frequent stoop-ing and lifting 75 lbs. Must have 3 months experience hand harvesting a perishable crop & affirmative job references. May random drug test at employer’s expense. Guaranteed at least 3/4 of contract hours but hours will vary according to weather and crop conditions. Hours may exceed or be less than 40 hours. Work tools, supplies, equipment provided at no cost. Housing provided for non-commuting workers at no cost. Transportation & subsistence reimbursed to worker upon completion of 50% of contract or earlier if appropriate. $13.26/hr or current applicable AEWR. Raise/bonus at employer discretion. EOE. Worksites in Henderson, Mercer, & Warren Co. IL. Report or send resume to nearest local TX Workforce Solutions office or call 806-637-1223 & ref. job #6410256. Douglas Slagel – Keithsburg, IL

Help Wanted

517 S 3rdThurs. Fri. Sat. • 8-2Clothes, shoes, toys.

1611 E TateSaturday • 8-?

Home decor, men’s & women’s clothing,

and misc.

Circle SStorage Unit Sale

Cardwell between 4th & 5th

Saturday • 9-?Lots of misc.

Yard: 715 MagnoliaFri. & Sat. • 9-5

Western boots, fabric, jeans, little bit of

everything.

Garage Sales

Help Wanted

Please apply at: Medical Arts Hospital

Human Resources2200 N Bryan Ave Lamesa, TX 79331

www.medicalartshospital.orgor send via email:

tbrown@medicalartshospital.org

HOSPITALM E D I C A L A RTS

HOSPITALM E D I C A L A RTS

is currently accepting applications for the following positions:

• RN Charge Nurse (Nightshift)• LVN Staff Nurse (Nightshift)• Housekeeping (Part-Time)

• LVN for Clinic (11am – 8pm, Monday – Friday)• EMT – Paramedic/Intermediate

• Correctional RN for Preston-Smith Unit (Nightshift)• Correctional LVN for Preston-Smith Unit

(Nightshift & Dayshift)• Certified Med Aide

Land For Sale

320 Ac. CRP farm1/2 mile East of CR

415 on Hwy 213.$1,000 an acre806-759-7402

Massey-Ferguson -- KubotaBush Hog -- Krause --

Lilliston Kent -- Lorenz -- Baker Plows J & M -- ByronPeanut Equipment

Spray Coupe & Wilmar Sprayers

1203 Seagraves Rd.Brownfield •

806-637-4569

TERRY COUNTY TRACTOR

Business Services

GBCONSTRUCTIONAll Phases of Construction

Remodeling - AdditionsPainting - Ceramic Tile (kitchen

and bath)All Types of Flooring -

Minor Electrical and PlumbingBonded & Insured

Greg...(432) 661-7987Jason...(432) 847-8469

FOR SALE: 2004 Ford F-250 Lariat FX4

6.0 V8 diesel 4x4 168,800 miles. Aftermarket exhaust, cold air intake and programmer. Nitto

tires have less than 5000 miles. Egr delete has been done as well as front suspension work such as

ball joints etc. 806-928-7877

For Sale

Ruidoso House For Sale:Deer Crossing Cabin122 San Miguel Road

Ruidoso, NM 88345.....$215,0003 bedrooms, 2 baths. 1,320 sq ft. Mountain home in Tall Pines with views. Fully furnished. Private deck and hot

tub. Central Heat and A/C. Nightly rental history. Secluded, but quick access to downtown Ruidoso.

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/122-San-Miguel-Rd-Ruidoso,-NM-88345_rb

Real Estate

ALL GARAGE SALESMUST BE PLACED IN

PERSON AND PAID UP FRONTBEFORE NOON ON TUESDAY.

If it’s collecting dust, it could be collecting cash!

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Legal Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE A sale will be held Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 9:00

A.M., at American Self Storage, 1403 E. Main, Brownfield, Texas. Property will be sold to satisfy

Landlord's lien (Article 5236 and Chapter 59 of Texas Property Code) to the highest bidder for cash, and immediate removal required. Seller reserves the

right to reject any and all bids. Property includes con-tents of the following space of the following tenants:

Barbara Cruz, Lamar Perkins, Shannon Brusehon, Sylvia Lira. Legal #9209 published in the Brown-

field News March 27, 31, and April 3, 2019