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This weekend’s election results were determined, but then in a shocking turn of events an error was made and the results were temporarily revoked. The elections office realized that 59 votes from the Meadow Early Voting Polling Place were not counted and added to the election night totals. In a county this size 59 votes can easily determine an election.
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Brownfield High School seniors Zarius Garcia and Gabi Fields were honored Monday evening as Mr. and Ms. Cub. The award is a long standing tradition at Brownfield High School and is presented to student athletes who represent BHS well, both on and off the field.
Read moreThe Commisioner’s Court met with a joking, positive, and friendly attitude on Monday morning. “Does the wind blow in Terry County,” a representative of Poka Lambro said jokingly, the court laughed and he continued, Poka Lambro is a “cooperative formed in 1950 to bring phones to the farms,” but today Poka Lambro is more focused on bringing the internet to rural areas rather than phones. The representative explained, “rural co-op, we’ve got it covered, the metro places, the higher density towns we’ve got that covered so when we look at it and based on our own surveys, and getting calls from people that say can you just get me internet we believe that the unserved areas are probably about 250 to 300 establishments in what we call the donut. So we’ve got co-op covered and we got Brownfield covered and then you imagine a donut around the outskirts of Brownfield that’s where we believe the biggest unserved area is in Terry County… And now I wanted to talk about funding. There is probably the largest amount of funding available for broadband build out that I have ever seen in my career, and I’ve been in this 27 years… I’ve never seen the amount of money that is about to come down. It’s coming out through the infrastructure act.
Read moreMonday, May 16th: Chicken Strips, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, French Green Beans, Dessert
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Ok, so in Christians circles you hear this said a lot: “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” In fact, I’m one to bring it up pretty often myself.
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The Chamber of Commerce created a promotion to benefit local wineries, “Viva El Vino. Approximately 17 participants ran a 3k and they were presented with wine samples along their run. Three wineries participated and provided the wine, Antima Cellars, The Triple D Winery, and William Ranch Vineyards. The winners of the run were: Nathan Horrell in first place mens, Hans Hansen in 2nd place mens, and Eric Abbe in 3rd place mens. The women’s winners were 1st place Shelby Hansen, 2nd Kaitlan Horrell, and 3rd was Amanda Gonzalez. After the run there was a delicious taco meal.
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