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November 2022

21 Lions, plus coach recognized on all-district team

Twenty-one players in 22 positions from Brownwood, plus head coach Sammy Burnett, were selected to the 2022 All-District 2-4A Division I Football Team by the district coaches. Brownwood dominated the superlative awards, winning of six categories.
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Brownwood council’s action will beneft two projects

Brownwood City Council members took action Tuesday that will benefit the construction of an apartment complex and the renovation of a downtown building that will become a restaurant. Trafalgar Homes project Council members approved the purchase of water and wastewater infrastructure materials for the Trafalgar project totaling $176,521, which will be purchased from the warehouse and from Ferguson Supply, Abilene through a BuyBoard Contract.
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Wife seeks path forward after decades of abuse

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 30 years has always made me feel like I wasn’t good enough for him. He would flirt with other women and say things to me about an ex-girlfriend he broke up with before marrying his first wife. (I caught him private messaging her.) He has told me four different times that we should separate. The first three times, I cried about it. The last time he said it, I told him never to say that to me again.
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10-3 Lions advanced a long way before suffering a long fall

The farther a Texas high school 11-man football team advances in the six-round postseason tournament, the bigger the thrill of victory becomes. But, also, the farther a team advances, the longer and harder the fall is when a team is eliminated and the season abruptly ends.
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Bobbie Jean Forbess

Bobbie Jean Forbess 94 of Rogers, Arkansas formerly of Brownwood, Texas passed away November 22, 2022, at Jamestown Health and Rehab. She was born September 10, 1928, in Dell, Arkansas the daughter of James Oscar and Lessie Larene Dial Barnes. Bobbie owned and operated a Health Food Store. She was a longtime member of the Austin Avenue Church of Christ in Brownwood and a member of Southside Church of Christ in Rogers. She is preceded in death by her husband Ancil L Forbess, Jr. they were married March 23, 1947, in Galveston, Texas. She is survived by her children Rodney Forbess and wife Darlene and Teresa Ann Hamlet and husband Garry, seven grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m, to 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 28, 2022, at Benton County Funeral Home, 306 N. 4th Street, Rogers. Funeral services will be at 11:00 at the funeral home. Graveside services 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at Eastlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Early, Texas under the direction of Heartland Funeral Home, in Early. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions to the Green Valley Bible Camp or to the Iron Rose Sister Ministries c/o of Benton County Funeral Home. Online condolences to www.bentoncountyfuneralhome.com
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SALSA to present award to Brownwood man

The local nonprofit group SALSA (Strategic Alliance for Leadership and Social Action) will present a Brownwood man with a Special Tribute of Appreciation award for his decades of community service. Phillip P.
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‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’

Just in time for the holidays comes “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” a musical drama based on sounds of season that were being heard as America prepared to celebrate in December 1941 — only to have a world war intervene. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” opens at Brownwood’s Lyric Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
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Freeze returns to SEC; Fickell to Wisconsin

Auburn is bringing Hugh Freeze back to the Southeastern Conference as head football coach of the Tigers, more than five years after his resignation from SEC West rival Mississippi amid both personal and NCAA scandals.
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