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Doreatha Dean Key, 81, also known as “Granny” to her loved ones, passed away Wednesday May 18, 2022 at home in Brownfield, Tx surrounded by family. She left this earth to walk in the Heavenly Garden exactly 14 years to the day after her beloved Sammy passed.
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The Cubs capped off a baseball season with multiple surprises and with 5 all district players. The Brownfield Cubs baseball team led by head coach Eric Morin surprised more people than expected. Although the Cubs had a slow start to the season and troubles with pitching at the beginning of the year. The season did not end with the same troubles it started with because the pitching improved, batting improved and outfield play improved. The team finished second in the district with a record of 12-18 and a district record of 4-2. With this in mind the team was relatively young and only had 2 seniors on it. The junior-heavy Cubs would go on to best Alpine 2 out of 3 game series and would advance to the second round. In the second round the Cubs faced Shallowater where the team for the first four innings of each game made things interesting. The Cubs would fall to shallower and end their season in the second round. Looking forward, the Cubs are now more experienced with lots of talent on the horizon. The Cubs graduated only 2 seniors last year one of them being Zarius Garcia. Garcia who was All District 1st Team 2nd Basemen is the team’s only all district player who will not return next year. 4 out of 5 all district players will return to the diamond for coach Morin. Coach Morin will also be fully loaded with 11 seniors to kick off next baseball season.
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The Cubs bats were quick to connect with the ball against Seagraves on Friday, June 18. The Cubs came out in the first inning and got 5 runners on base and 3 of them scored. One thing to take note of with this summer team is the fact that at any given time there aren’t any seniors on this team. Most of the roster is incoming freshmen and some are even younger than that. With the team being so young they are naturally playing teams that are older than them when they play on the varsity level. Being young hasn’t stopped the Cubs summer team, The Cubs continued to put up runs on Seagraves.
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When I wrote my first book about righteousness in 2003, my grandmother was 83 years old. Even at that age, I greatly admired her. She was hospitable, beautiful, and in every way reminded me of the Proverbs 31 woman.
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Gas prices continue to skyrocket, sabotaging people's summer plans, and even impacting certain jobs. For example, delivery drivers are feeling entirely forgotten. A pizza delivery driver at Dominos, Katy, told the Brownfield News she only makes six dollars an hour when driving and sometimes people don’t tip. She explained that she drives an astonishing amount, “since the last year I’ve worked here I’ve put 25,000 miles on my car.” She continued to explain, “the other day I drove three hours on just one trip.” She added that now she gets her oil changed once a month. With the added expenses of high gas prices, oil changes, and wear and tear on her vehicle she said she has been contemplating quitting. She said that she is in a pizza delivery driver Facebook group page and other drivers were receiving a two dollar raise. She said that she had not received a raise or any indication that she might receive a raise soon. She said, “they just try to appease us with gatorades and monster drinks.” She explained she doesn’t even drink energy drinks.
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