It was a yes on two separate memorandums of understandings (MOU) between the county and the city of Brownwood as Brown County commissioners met Tuesday in a post Labor Day session.

The first MOU set into motion an agreement with the city regarding fire investigations.  The county does not have a fire investigator and in the past has relied on Brownwood's fire marshal Buddy Preston for fire investigation services.  Preston had been offering his services free of charge.  According to the agreement, the county will pay $100 dollars for the first hour of service in an investigation and $50 for each additional hour.  Brown County Sheriff Captain Tony Aaron, who presented the agenda item, told commissioners that last year the county responded to approximately 50 fires, five of which required extensive fire investigations at what would have been an estimated cost to the county of approximately $5000.

Reports released for the week of August 29th through September 4th, 2010 from Brownwood Fire Department indicate response to 24 medical emergencies, 4 motor vehicle accidents, , 1 false alarm, 1 alarm activation, 4 fire calls (2 electrical problems & 2 vehicle fires) & 2 calls to assist.

Calls of interest included:

Monday, August 30

*8:32pm-False Alarm.  BFD responded to a report of house fire; however, upon arrival nothing was found but someone was cooking in a BBQ pit in the backyard.

District Attorney Micheal Murray reported that several felony cases were recently heard in Brown/Mills County District Court, Judge Stephen Ellis presiding.

• Theron Dale Hutchens pled guilty to the felony offense of Possession of a Controlled Substance-Drug Free Zone and was sentenced to Five (5) Years, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
• Sherrie Mc Kinley pled no contest to the felony offense of Delivery of a Controlled Substance and was sentenced to Four (4) Years, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.

VFW Post 3278 and the Ladies Auxiliary will host a Patriot's Day Ceremony on September 11th (Saturday) at the VFW Post, 2300 Stephen F. Austin.  The ceremony will begin at 7:30am.

 

Everyone, I mean everyone, locally, statewide and nationally, knows that Texas is a football hotbed. Every school goes all out for their team. Brownwood is no different.

Brownwood High School has achieved greatness in this sport but little is known about a sport’s record that was set some 61 years ago and has not been broken. Brownwood was in the state finals in basketball and lost to Texas City by two points. No athletic team prior to 1949 and no basketball team since have advanced to the state finals. Why is this so important at this late date?

The Howard Payne Lady Jacket soccer team was unable to hold an early lead ending in a 1-1 draw against the Huston-Tillotson University Rams on Labor Day Monday.

Howard Payne made it a one side affair with 11 shots on goal to the Rams 2, but were unable to get the second goal for the win.

HPU's goal came in the 19 minute when Leslie Jones knocked in her first goal of the season off a rebound from the keeper to get the early 1-0 lead.

Huston-Tillotson pulled even in the 58 minute when Wilcut found Rios in the box to score the 1-1 goal. HPU keeper Adrienne Walker mishandled the save and allowed the ball to slip from her hand into the boot of the HTU forward.

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on tropical storm Hermine. The Hurricane Center forecasts tropical storm Hermine to make landfall along the northeast Mexican coastline shortly after midnight tonight.

Hermine is forecast to track northwest towards west central Texas as a tropical depression.  It should impact the area Tuesday night, Wednesday, and Wednesday night. The outer rain bands of this depression could impact the northwest Hill Country as early as Tuesday afternoon and evening. Remember that isolated tornadoes can form in the outer bands of these systems with little or no warning.

The American Southwest Conference today announced its players of the week for football and Howard Payne's Mitchell Bailey was named ASC Special Teams Player of the Week.

SPECIAL TEAMS
Mitchell Bailey, PK, So.
Howard Payne sophomore place kicker Mitchell Bailey (Early, TX / EHS) hit a pair of 50-yard field goals and totaled four on the game in a double-overtime 40-34 road loss to Trinity.

Lake Brownwood was the site of the Wednesday Evening Jackpot fishing tournament on September 1^st where 25 participants tried to reel in the big one and improve their yearly standings.

Weather conditions for the tournament: Weather was Mostly Cloudy with wind: 5 to 15 SSEast gusts to 25

Air temperature started at 80 degrees and ended at 77 degrees.  The water was clear 83-86 degree temperature

There were 19 fish weighed in for a total of 41.57 lbs, out of 25 contestants 13 people weighed in fish with 2 limits.

Congressman Mike Conaway will be in Brownwood Friday to speak to the Brown County Republican Women at their monthly luncheon.

The luncheon will begin on Friday, September 10^th at 11:30am at the Brownwood Country Club.  Conaway will discuss happenings in Washington and will take questions from the audience.

Serving in his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Conaway represents the 11th Congressional District which spans 36 counties in West and Central Texas.

Howard Payne University has enrolled 1,290 students for the fall 2010 semester, a 9.5% increase over the enrollment total last year.

The university welcomed the largest new-student enrollment to campus since 1996 with 391 beginning first-year and transfer students. When including part-time, non-degree seeking and dual-enrollment students as well as those who are seeking a certificate of ministry, the number increases to 540.

“We are very pleased with the increase in enrollment numbers this fall,” said Dr. Bill Ellis, university president. “Everyone on campus has played an important role in helping bring in the largest new class in 14 years. We are especially pleased with this entering freshman class because they are, as a group, academically well-prepared for the rigor of a private university education.