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Memorial Day is a day to remember our fallen in battle. A day to reflect on the sacrifices made by so many down through the years to ensure our freedoms and liberties.
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(Washington, D.C., May 19, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers and ranchers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to this direct support to farmers and ranchers, USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program is partnering with regional and local distributors, whose workforces have been significantly impacted by the closure of many restaurants, hotels, and other food service entities, to purchase $3 billion in fresh produce, dairy, and meat and deliver boxes to Americans in need.
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Wellman-Union ISD took time to honor and induct the new National Honor Society nominees with a ceremony on Thursday. The new inductees include seniors Tucker Lambert, Suzanna Rempel, and Maverick Walters, and sophomore Madyson Horton. Current NHS students that took part in the ceremony include senior Blake Crowley and juniors Katelyn Besler, Johnathan Wiebe, and Madison White.
Read moreOutstanding 4-H and FFA high school students received prominent recognition for their dedication to agriculture through AgTexas Farm Credit Services’ 5th Annual AgYouth Scholarship Program, and seven (7) students each received a $1,000 scholarship.
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I want to congratulate the Class of 2020! Your senior year has been filled with a multitude of achievements including academic growth, multiple playoff opportunities, and restoring CUB PRIDE in our community. You have displayed the epitome of CUsRise in all that you have accomplished during the 2019-2020 school year. You have put in the hard work, dedication and tireless effort to reach this important milestone in your life. The lessons you have learned to this point, the friends you have made and the journeys you have experienced will stay with you for years to come. However, this is not the end. I challenge each of you to continue to learn, seek knowledge and make connections with people as you begin the next chapter of your life.
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At approximately 8:15 a.m. Tuesday morning, Brownfield 911 dispatched EMS and Brownfield Fire & Rescue to the scene of an automobile accident. The accident occurred at US 62/385 and County Road 474, at the entrance to Birdsong Peanuts, about three mile south of Brownfield. According to law enforcement, a blue Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by Joshua Fowler (30) of Lubbock was traveling behind a semi-truck and trailer driven by Adam Lopez (52) of Memphis, Texas in the right lane of the southbound lanes on US 62/385. According to DPS, Lopez began to make a right turn into the entrance (CR 474) of Birdsong Peanuts, and Fowler ran into the back of the peanut trailer going the posted rate of speed. According to Brownfield Fire & Rescue, it took about 46 minutes to extract Fowler from the Trailblazer, who was then care flighted to University Medical Center in Lubbock where he is listed in critical condition. Lopez, the driver of the truck, was uninjured. BRMC EMS, Brownfield Fire & Rescue, Terry County Sheriff’s Dept., Texas Highway Patrol, Wellman Fire Dept., and TxDOT all responded to the scene.
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