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The Brownfield Board of Trustees held a special meeting the morning of Friday, March 11th. The special meeting was attended by most of the trustees with Chairman Geoff Cooper and Yvonne Rocha the only absent members. Vice President Tim Swaringen presided over the meeting with a quorum present. He handed over the floor to Superintendent Chris Smith who presented the board the winning bid for new kitchen equipment for Oak Groves and Brownfield Middle School.
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A reckless, speeding driver led Brownfield police on a high-speed chase on Wednesday March 9th. When the police caught the black Dodge Charger three young men were arrested. Twenty one year old Ross Ernest was arrested for public intoxication. Eighteen year old Juan Najera was arrested for an illegally possessed firearm. Nineteen year old Warmly Latraveon D'shawn was arrested for aggravated assault on a police officer, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of marijuana, and terroristic threat. These arrests were made on 100 West Hill St in Brownfield, TX. Both Juan Najera and Ross Ernest are still in Terry County jail, but D’shawn was let out on bond on March 10th.
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Funeral Service for Claudie Ray “Red” Gruben, Sr. was held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2022 at Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel. C.R. was born on March 11, 1926 in Rotan to Epkie and Minnie Gruben. He served in the Navy during WWII. He played Wahoo with his children every chance he got and had a tendency not to lose. He enjoyed gardening, tending to his cows and chickens and working on old tractors. C.R. was retired from Terry County Road Maintenance. Although he was retired, he still got up early every morning and cooked breakfast for him and his dogs. C.R. was preceded in death by wife, Billie Jo Gruben; two sons, Claudie, Jr. and Epkie Lee Gruben; daughter, Sherry Kay Gruben; four brothers; two sisters and five grandchildren.
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Elizabeth Ann (Dobyns) Hope, 91, of Lubbock (formerly of Brownfield), passed away peacefully on March 4, 2022. She was born on January 30, 1931, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, to Richard Lawson Dobyns and Mary Lucile Dobyns. She grew up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and graduated from Clarksdale High School in 1949. Ann graduated from Baylor University in 1953 with a degree in education and Bible and a minor in music.
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The Brownfield baseball team completed a 7-6 comeback win over Coahoma on Monday, March 7th on a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh with two outs. The walk-off win was on the Cubs season home opener. The Cubs trailed 6-0 at the top of the second inning. The Cubs scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth with two outs and completed the comeback in the bottom of the seventh with four runs on two outs. Head Coach Eric Morin was pleased with his team’s comeback win.
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The Brownfield tennis team left for the Texas Tennis Coaches Association Regional tournament the morning of Thursday, March 10. The team met at the tennis courts and received a police escort that went into front of the new high school building where teachers, administration, and students could wave to them and had signs of encouragement. The final stop before beginning the long drive to San Antonio was at Colonial Heights. The players went inside where students were lined up against both walls. They gave the tennis team a rounding applause and high fives them as they came down the hallway to the cafeteria. In the cafeteria, more students were waiting for a chance to cheer the team and continue high fiving them. After the team loaded the bus and began the drive to San Antonio and a first round matchup against Jourdanton on the first day of the tournament.
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For more Brownfield and Wellman-Union track and field photos and results go to www.brownfieldonline.com
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