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BRMC welcomes Interim CNO and new FNP

Brownfield Regional Medical Center's Board of Directors held a meeting on Monday to discuss and move forward with the hiring and training of Family Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Brown and announce the new interim Chief Nursing Officer, Pam Clark. Brown is a Seagraves native, an FNP for a year, and has many years of experience in the medical field. Clark has taken over as interim CNO due to the previous interim CNO, Crystal Briggs, leaving early. Clark is a Brownfield native with 42 years of experience as a Registered Nurse and over a decade as an interim CNO. The board also discussed the upcoming elections for the board of directors next year. Three members are up for reelection, Justin Hesse, Bobby Lawerence, and Sue Cottrell. Filing dates are January 19 through February 18.

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POLICE REPORTS

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BETTY LYNN BRASHER

Betty Lynn Brasher peacefully fell asleep in the arms of Jesus on December 16, 2021, at the age of 83 in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was born on June 9, 1938, in Meadow, Texas to Frank and Maggie Daniel after 23 years of marriage. Her love and devotion to her family and friends, coupled with her strong Christian faith, was evidenced in a lifetime spent supporting others in any way she could. Betty graduated from Brownfield High School in 1955. She began working at Frank Daniel Furniture & Electric while in high school, she also worked for Goodpasture Grain in Brownfield. Several years later she became a legal secretary for Jim Pete Hale. In 1980 Betty and her late husband James opened Brasher’s Furniture in Brownfield, Texas and she remained there until her retirement in 2000. Betty and James counseled and prayed with many during their years of Christian service. In 2002, Betty came out of retirement and worked part time at Thermo Fluid, Inc from 2002-2004 when she retired for good. Betty enjoyed her family, church, photography, scrapbooking, genealogy, and helping the community. She was on the advisory board of the National Cowboy Symposium of Lubbock and was also their photographer from 1995 to 2004. In her later years, her life was enriched by a special friendship with Freddy Gandy. Betty is survived by her three children Debra Scott of Tyler, Todd Brasher (Kathy) of Grapevine, and Valerie Tharp (Randy). Her grandchildren Tiffaney Clark (Jason), Michael Ward (Whitney), Maggie Brasher, Zak Tharp, Mace Brasher, and Laken Tharp, and step grandchildren Mitch Griffin (Gretchen) and Murphi Dunn (Josh). She has 11 great grandchildren Cece Clark, Jack Clark, Ruby Clark, Reese Ward, Scottie Kate Ward, and her step grandchildren Grace Billingsley, Brady Griffin, Cooper Griffin, Stella Dunn, James Dunn and Ivy Dunn. Family Visitation will be Tuesday December 28, 2021, at Brownfield Funeral Home, 120 W. Tate Street, Brownfield, Texas from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Funeral Services will be Wednesday December 29, 2021, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church-Chapel 219 W Main St. Brownfield, Texas.

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Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Programs Have Ended

The State of Texas ended its participation in the federal pandemic unemployment benefit programs effective June 26, 2021.

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Reclaiming Our "Better Angels"

As Christmas 2021 approaches, it occurs to us that we would likely have to travel back in time to the Civil War to find an America more divided along ideological lines than we are now. One might even argue that those divisions of the 1860s were lesser, largely centered among those who weighed in for or against the economic "benefits" of slavery.

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2 vehicle collision

2 vehicle collision on 1st street and Cardwell Brownfield FD and PD on scene directing traffic. Both drivers were seen by EMT for minor injuries

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The Seed & Fire of Christmas

Daphne Delay

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