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Food insecurity for children in Texas is a major concern, especially following the pandemic, explained Mia Medina, a program director for No Kid Hungry Texas. On Monday The Brownfield News was able to sit down and speak with Mia Medina about childhood hunger in Texas. She said, “that as many as one in four kids suffer from food insecurity.” We discussed the various ways that food insecurity can look in various households, but regardless of how food insecurity manifests for specific children “studies show that kids who eat breakfast at school are more likely to excel academically, they’re more likely to be alert, and they’re more likely to have better concentration.”
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Passionate disagreements and important discussions were at the center of this quarter’s ambulance board meeting. The focus of the discussion was on the community of Brownfield’s essential medical and first responder teams.
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The Alzheimer’s Association annual Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report is out for 2022 and shows more Americans living with Alzheimer’s; an estimated 6.5 million nationally, including over 400,000 in Texas. That number is expected to increase to 490,000 by 2025. Additionally, over one million Texans provided 1,769,000,000 hours of unpaid Alzheimer’s care, valued at $25,874,000,000.
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Work on a $3.5 million Texas Department of Hale County—US 70, SH 194, FM 54, FM 789, Transportation (TxDOT) project to restripe FM 37, FM 788, FM 2284, FM 1424, FM 37 various roadways in the Lubbock District is under way. Contractor Centerline Technologies, LLC, from Victo- ria, TX, began work yesterday along US 62, from the Ralls city limits to the Floyd County. Weather permitting, work will continue on US 62 in Crosby County this week before heading to Terry County.
Read moreMarch 28: Steak Fingers, Mashed Potatoes, Peas and Dessert
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