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Jimmy Wesley Woodard was born on April 12, 1947, to Tommie and Julia Woodard of Wellman, Texas. Jimmy was raised on a farm a few miles west of Wellman where he had his own sow operation in between school and working on the farm. Jimmy was not only everyone’s friend and named “Mr. WHS”, he was active in FFA, football, basketball and track, and graduated from Wellman High School in 1965. However, his most important achievement while in high school was meeting his high school sweetheart, the love of his life and future wife of 1 week shy of 54 years, Judy Yowell from Brownfield.
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Services for Joe Trevino Villarreal, Sr., 78, of Brownfield was held at 10 am on Friday, April 8, 2022, at Abundant Harvest Community Church with Pastor Rudy Alvarado officiating. Prayer service were held from 6:30- 8 pm on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel. Joe was born on April 27, 1943, in Odem, Texas, to Jesus and Maria Villarreal. He was passionate about farming and tending to his horses.
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Graveside services for Robbin Raye Evans, 65, of Meadow, Texas will be at 10:00 a.m., MST, Saturday, April 9, 2022 in Tatum Cemetery, Tatum, New Mexico. Officiating will be Josh Crow and Rocky Nichols. Services are under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Brownfield.
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The Lady Cubs get off to a blazing start to give an impressive showing of offensive power in the bottom of the 1st to dominate the Dimmitt Bobbies. The Lady Cubs started out red hot scoring 9 runs in the bottom of the first inning to lead them to a 23-2 victory over the Dimmitt Bobbies. The Lady Cubs took every opportunity they could to steal a base, as soon as the first batter got on base they waisted zero time to move into scoring position. Ashley Ramirez stole 2nd and 3rd to move into scoring position and was brought home by Millie Castillo for the first of many RBI’s in the game. RBI’s came easy to the Lady Cubs, the team had 9 RBI’s in the bottom of the first and 4 more to follow in the bottom of the second. The team ended the bottom of the 4th inning bringing in 8 more RBI’s to close out the game.
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The Brownfield golf team competed today at the Reese Golf Center tournament along with several other teams from the district. The Cubs placed 6th overall in tournament play. Individually KJ Carroll led the team with a final score of 203. Carroll shot a 111 in the first round and A 92 in the second round to lead the Cubs.
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Billions have been distributed by the Texas Workforce Commission in order to help struggling families gain childcare while parents are working, that’s according to the Texas Workforce Commission’s latest press release.The Texas Workforce Commission says, “through the investment in child care providers, we help our businesses retain and attract a skilled workforce and we keep our economy growing.” In total TWC is distributing $3.45 billion of federal relief funds directly to approximately 13,400 eligible child care providers through the 2022 Child Care Relief Fund (CCRF). Those relief funds can be used to cover many expenses, including temporary wage increases or other strategies to recruit and retain staff, rent, supplies, and utilities. In just this month the Texas Workforce Commission approved $314.75 million to be made available for child care funding. In November 2021, the Commission allocated over $293 million for low-income child care, bringing the total funding dedicated to $607.95 million for families through 2024. These funds will help address local demand for child care assistance and enroll more children currently on existing waiting lists.
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The Brownfield Aquatic Center pool slides have been completed by a company called Splashtacular. The lead foreman said the newly painted slides will be much faster and slicker than they ever were before. Splashtacular also redid the stairs with safe slip resistant material as well as replaced the slide platform decking with fiberglass reinforced decking. The restoration was done on time and should last a long time, explained the forman. MyTurn: Justin Pollock Special to The Brownfield News
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