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‘‘I am a second-generation ginner who grew up in a gin office and literally took my first steps there,” says Dan Jackson, manager for Meadow Farmers Co-op Gin in Meadow, Texas. “My dad, Max Jackson, ran a small gin east of Lubbock — McClung Co-op — and my mom, Mary Jane, was the bookkeeper. We eventually moved west of Slaton where I attended public school at Lubbock-Cooper.
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Is that a bird? Is that a wind turbine blade? Is that the space shuttle? No! It's a dismantled decommissioned B-1 Bomber. Traffic was backed up about half a mile following the B-1 coming through Brownfield Wednesday morning while heading to Lubbock.
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Texas Tech University has announced that it will cut almost $7 million from the athletic budget due to the COVID-19 virus. Texas Tech like the rest of the nation has had to halt all sports competitions because federal, state and local governments have put in place strict guidelines about people being in places together, especially large groups to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Read moreGaylon Young was born in Brownfield Texas to Carrel and Francis Young. Gaylon grew up on a cotton farm in Brownfield where he attended and graduated school. Gaylon moved to Durango Colorado in 1966 And eventually met Amanda (Elaine) Sisson who he fell in love with and married February 14,1970 and they settled in Farmington New Mexico where Gaylon and Elaine had one child “Brett” who was born in November in 1972. Gaylon worked most of his life selling truck parts for many different brands of semi trucks. Gaylon enjoyed Motorcycles and owned many different brands over his lifetime. He also loved the mountains and they would often take motorcycle rides together, touring the mountains of Southern Colorado. Gaylon also enjoyed having dogs around and treated them as if they were his other kids. Gaylon’s love of a lifetime was Elaine and they did everything together up until her passing February 17,2015. Gaylon was also proceeded in death by his Mother Francis Young and his father Carrel Young of Brownfield Texas. Gaylon leaves behind 2 brothers Phil Young of Brownfield Texas and David Young of Abilene Texas Gaylon also leaves behind his son Brett Young of Farmington New Mexico. Gaylon’s care has been entrusted to Alternative Society of Farmington New Mexico where he will be cremated.
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In response to COVID-19, companies are adapting their resources to provide essentials like personal protective equipment or offering new or free services to ease the strain on the transition to a new normal.
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