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Plainview Chamber of Commerce Businesses

Ser vice Gin

825 Dsigns

AA&A Windshield and Glass

Abundant Grace Church

Accent Care

Aday, Tom

Ag Texas Farm Credit Ser vices

Agri-Ser ve Corporation

Aguirre’s Plumbing

AHEC of the Plains

Air Done Right Mechancial

Alford, Jan Insurance Agency

Alford, Scott CPA

Allen Lawn Solutions

American Overhead Door

Amigo’s Supermar ket

Ar tisan Jewelers

Ar turo Spor ts

Atlas CMMS/Jones & Pendergast

Atmos Energ y

Aventura Wor ld

Azteca Milling , LP

B.P.O Elks Plainview Lodge #1175

Baker, Carolyn & Tommy

Bar tley Funeral Home

Bear y-Sweet

BeeHive Homes of Plainview

Benchmar k Business Solutions

Better Business Bureau

Betty Faye Beauty Bar

Bill Wells Chevrolet

Bill Williams T ire Center

Billington Real Estate

Body Waves, LLC

Boone’s Photography

Boxdrop Plainview

Broadway Brew

Broadway Treasures

Browning Seed

Budget Inn

Bulldog Ace Hardware

Burger King

Caprock Communitiy Literacy

Caprock Paving

Caprock Plumbing

Carol Terrell

Casa Rica

Cavalier

Central Plains Center

Central Plains Veterinar y Clinic

Centur y 21 Kearney & Associates

Chambless Chiropractic

Chick- F il-A dba JLR Restar uant Group, Inc

Chicken Express

Chili’s

Chilton Heating & Air

Chunkers Fer tilizing

City Electric

Coffey Forage Seeds, Inc.

Collection 806

Comfor t Suites

Commodity Ser vices Inc

Compassionate Care Pregnancy Center

Concrete Connection

Conrad/ Plainview II

Cor teva Agriscience

Cotton Patch Café

County Ser vices

Countywide T itle Company

Covenant Edgemere Adult Medical Clinic

Covenant Health Hospital Bone & Joint Center

Covenant Health Hospital Cardiolog y Clinic

Covenant Health Hospital Diabetes Center

Covenant Health Hospital General Surger y Clinic

Covenant Health Hospital Radiolog y

Covenant Hospital

Covenant Rollins Hospital Healthcare Center

Culligan UltraPure

Edward Jones Chase Thompson

Edward Jones Gar y Massingill & Regan Manning

Edward Jones- Megan Dunn

El Mercadito Rodriguez (Street Tacos)

Elite Nails & Spa

Evalene’s Gifts & More

Excel Constr uction Group

Express Employment Professionals

Factor y Connection

Fair Theatre

Farmers Insurance King Agency

F ieldhouse Sandwich Shop

F irst Assembly of God

F irst Baptist Church

F irst State Bank

F irst Student

F irst United Bank

F ive Star Auctioneers

Flatland Collective

Foote, Roger Lawn Care

Fore Front Agronomy, LLC

Fox Dair y

Freedom Health

Frisco Baker y

Frontier Mar ket

Garrison Oil Co./ Allstar Fuel

Gar vish Radiolog y

Gar y House

GLM Farms

Golden Age F inancial

Good Wind, LLC

Goodwill Industries

Goodwill LLC

Grand Hearing Center

Grand V iew Dair y c/o Blue Sky Farms

Graphic Zone

Great Clips

Greg Homesley, CPA

Hale County Appraisal District

Hale County Compress

Hale County Farm Bureau

Hale County Historical Commission

Hale County Meals on Wheels

Hale County Teachers Credit Union

Hale County Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Ser

Happy Feet & Butiful Within Aesthetics

Happy Investment Ser vices

Happy State Bank

Har vest Christian Fellowship

Haven

Higginbotham Insurance

High Plains Concrete

High Plains Pheasants Forever

Hi-Plains Millwright

Hodges & Hodges Or thodontics

Holiday Inn Express

Holistic Haven Health & Wellness

Holloway, Paul

Holloway, Paul Law Office

Hometown Pharmacy

Hometown T ire Pros

Hospice of the South Plains

HPR Networ k

Hub City T itle

Hukill, Kregg 242 District Judge

Indulge Sweet Shoppe

Interim Healthcare

Isaiah’s Auto Spa

It’s A Gir l Thing

J & D’s Ar t T ime

J & J Garden Mar t

James Brothers Implement Co. Inc.

Jasperwood F ire Extinguishers

JCR Prime Insurance

JMS Equipment Co.

Jolly Crop Insurance

Kaufman, Randy CPA

Cynthia’s Hear t Desire

D & D Automotive

Daffern Steel & Recycling

Dair y Queen

Daisies and Dir t Roads Mar ket

Diamond Industrial

Domino’s Pizza

Double G Plumbing

Douglass, Ken

Dunlap, Wendell

Ebeling , Donald & Cinde Farms

Edcot Gin

Leal’s Mexican Restaurant

Legacy Farms, LP

Legacy Lawn Care

Lewis, Kaufman, Reid, Stukey, Gattis & Co., PC

Liquor Loft II

Lira’s Tax Ser vices

Lockeby, Alice

Logo Dogz

Lone Star Dance Academy

Lonestar Oil Supply, LLC

M & G Auto and Diesel

Mabee Regional Heritage Center

Main Street/CVB

Mason, Bill

Masso’s

McCoy’s Building Supply

McCutcheon, Willis

McDonald’s Restaurant

McDonald’s Trading Post

Merit Kennels

Michelle Lucio

Miller, Ron

Miss Kitty’s Downtown/ The Radiant Lily

Morgan-Eaves Real Estate

Mouser Agency

Mr Payroll

Mull, David

My Bug Man

NAPA

Nature’s Way

Need’Em Help Temporaries, Inc.

Ocho 80

Optimim by Altice

Owen, Voss, Owen & Melton P.C.

Palisades Even Center

Panhandle Popcorn

Par ker Oil

Par khill

Payne, Dale & Janice

Plains Land Bank

Plains Electric

Plainview Ahead, Inc.

Plainview Association of REALTORS®

Plainview Celebration & Events

Plainview Christian Academy

Plainview Chr ysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram

Plainview Classical Academy

Plainview Community Concer ts

Plainview Countr y Club

Plainview Dentistr y Plainview Education Foundation

Plainview Feed & Supply

Plainview Furniture Exchange

Plainview Hale County EDC

Plainview Healthcare Center

Plainview Hear ld

Plainview Housing Authority

Plainview ISD- Central Office

Plainview Junior Ser vice League

Plainview Lime Lite

Plainview Lions Club

Plainview Roller Rink

Plainview Rotar y Club

Plainview Serenity Center

Plainview Tr uck & Trailer

Plainview Wash-N-Dr y

Prairie House Living Center

Prosperity Bank

Quality Air Ser vice Center

Quar terway Cotton Growers

Quick Lane T ire & Auto

Quick Stop / Bob’s Kitchen

ReBar kable Rest & Restore

Reddy Hotels LLC

Reid, Thad

RHN Medical & Dental

Rober ts & Wilkins Realtors

Kenneth Wyatt Galleries

KHAR Auto Sales and Ser vice

Kiser Auto Par ts

Kiwanis Club

Kopp, David - Rober t & Wilkins, Realtors

Kornerstone Funeral Directors

K’s Herbal Tea and Crafts

Kylas Uptown Tans

Laney, Pete

Larr y Dickerson Roofing , LLC

Lasco Process Systems

Law Office of Rob Hamilton

Sherwin Williams

Shoe Sensation, Inc.

Signature Smells

Silver thorne Investments

Smith Auto Family Ford

Soak n Suds Carwash

Sonic Drive In

Soroptimist International of Plainview

South Plains College

South Plains Community Action Association

South Plains Irrigation, Inc.

State Rep. Ken King

StillWaters Appliances & More

Stonebridge of Plainview

Street Community Gin

Street Real Estate

Sunset Pointe Event Cener, LLC

Super Smiles 4 Kids

Suther lands Home Base

Taco Bell

Tar yn Minter Law

Tasty Donuts

Tea 2 Go

Ten Thir ty One Events

Texas Care/ McHur Care

Texas Cr usher By Excel

Texas Dynamic LLC

Texas Roofing Division, LLC

The City’s Ice Box, LLC (Twice the Ice)

The Creamer y Coffee Barn

The Extreme Edge

The Inside Out Foundation

The Liquor Loft

The Mercantile on Ash

The Rusty Rose

The SVNTH Letter Barbershop

Thrasher, Inc.

Todd Agricultural Consulting , LLC

Tonya Keesee

Toot’n Totum

Traditions Health

Triad Car Treatment

Tri-Star Chemical

TTU Small Business Development Center

Tulia Dental

Tye Roofing , LLC

Tye, John

U. S. Representive Jodey Arrington

United Ag , LLC dba Dair y Fountian

United Supermar ket

Valley Ag Electric

Vexus F iber

Wall, Phyllis

Waller Garage

Wally Hatch ( District Attorney)

Wal-Mar t Distribution Center

Wal-Mar t Supercenter

Warren, Mar k

Wayland Baptist University

Wayland Baptist University Store

Webb V ision Center

Wee Care Child Center

Weekends BBQ

Wendy’s

Wentz Or thodontics

West Texas Dental Associates

West Texas Family Medicine

West Texas Gas

West Texas National Bank

Western Ag

Western Bank

Western Equipment

Westex Federal Credit Union

Rogers, Cross, Hanby & Co. LLC

Rollo Insurance Agency

Rotarian Char les Starnes

Rotom Inc. dba IMS

Russell Cellular

S & H Seed, LLC

S & S Electric

Salvation Army

Santa Fe Terrance

Sea to Sky Outfitters

Security F inance

Senator Char les Perr y

Westridge Manor

Whataburger

White Energ y

Willie’s T ire

Wor kforce Solutions South Plains

Wright Realty and Design

Xcel Energ y

YMCA

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Zirpoli, Danah 64th District

Zohar Ser vices, LLC

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13 From the Mayor

14 From the Commissioner’s Court

16 From the City Manager

20 Plainview airport manager discusses aviation dedication

22 Plainview EDC highlights the arrival of most requested fast-food chains

24 Plainview’s solid waste superintendent talks about city’s recycling efforts

28 Unger Memorial Library offers much more than just books

31 Workforce Solutions South Plains: Training today, career success tomorrow

32 Decades of dedication make Plainview Herald a community cornerstone

34 Plainview Education Foundation adapts under new leadership structure

36 Caprock Community Literacy Council aims to make literacy, education accessible to the Panhandle

38 PCHS inaugural class achieves greatness from classroom to community

44 Gerald Dean Holt – Plainview Chamber’s ambassador of the year

46 Dog trainer Regina Edwards turned lifelong passion into community service

48 Jimmy Saenz brings years of experience to golf professional role at Plainview Country Club

50 Plainview native Karson Hembree returns home to lead Bulldogs basketball program

52 Beverly Dunlap, Plainview Chamber’s 2024 woman of the year, shares about life of quiet impact

58 Covenant Health Plainview’s construction set to wrap up by year’s end

64 McHur Care expands access to mental health care across Texas

66 Plainview welcomes Chickfil-A, Whataburger after years of anticipation

68 Nearly 40 Years Strong: F.I.S.H. Serving Hale County One Box at a Time

72 Snack Pak 4 Kids essential to providing nutritious food options for Plainview children

78 Plainview Country Club golf course is public and open to all

80 Plainview continues park improvements

82 High Plains Pheasants Forever fosters youth conservation, habitat projects

86 Where to hoop this summer: A guide to Plainview’s top basketball courts

91 Visitor information

94 Medical listings

97 Church listings

101 Business Honor Roll

111 City of Plainview map

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There’s a unique resiliency in the people of West Texas. First United Bank built one of the strongest and most stable community banks in Texas based on it We’re 118 years old, with assets of more than $2 billion, one of the largest ag lenders in Texas, operate 23 Banking Centers in 20 cities, and employ more than 300 people across West Texas.

Exploring the Opportunities in Plainview, Texas FROM THE MAYOR

In Plainview, we don’t just explore the opportunities — we bring them to life.

That’s more than a motto. It’s a mindset. A call to action. And over the past year, we’ve seen our community answer that call in meaningful ways — through new business ventures, civic pride, and shared progress that is reshaping our future.

FROM POSSIBILITY TO PROGRESS

Plainview has always been a city of possibilities and renewal — where our wide-open blue skies meet hardworking people and bold ideas. But possibility means little without action. That’s why we’ve focused on moving from exploration to execution: turning plans into projects, and dreams into ribbon cuttings.

In just the last year, we have welcomed major new businesses like Chick-fil-A and Whataburger, the opening of DSM’s commercial chemical plant, and a variety of other restaurants, retail stores, and service providers across town. Downtown Plainview is experiencing a true renaissance — with new boutiques, shopping opportunities, and art spaces revitalizing our historic core and drawing visitors and locals alike.

SUPPORTING LOCAL SUCCESS

None of this happens by accident. It happens because we believe in Plainview — and we back that belief with investment. Through local incentives, infrastructure and road improvements, quality of life improvements like our new baseball fields, and business-friendly policies, the City of Plainview is working to create an environment where local businesses can launch, expand, and succeed.

And we’re not doing it alone. From the Plainview-Hale County Economic Development Corporation to our partners at Wayland Baptist University and South Plains

College, we’re collaborating every day to train our workforce, connect entrepreneurs with resources, and build a strong, stable local economy.

REVITALIZING OUR COMMUNITY

You can see our progress in the transformation of our downtown area, where historic buildings are being restored and new businesses are opening their doors. You can feel it in the community events that bring our families together. And you can hear it in the conversations happening between neighbors who are excited about what’s next.

This is what it means to bring opportunity to reality — to turn slogans into substance and community pride into concrete results.

LOOKING AHEAD

As your mayor, I believe that all citizens and business owners have a role in shaping Plainview’s future. Whether you’re opening a storefront, mentoring a student, attending a city meeting, or simply shopping local — your involvement matters.

We are not content to sit back and hope for growth. We are working for it. Building for it. Planning for it. And together, we’re making it happen.

So let’s keep moving forward. Let’s continue to explore the opportunities — and more importantly, let’s keep turning those “Opportunities to Reality.” DP

Charles Starnes, Mayor City of Plainview

Plainview Mayor Charles Starnes

FROM THE COMMISSIONER’S COURT

On behalf of the Hale County Commissioner’s Court, I would like to welcome all to Hale County.

Hale County has approximately 32,500 residents who call Hale County home. Hale County has partnership with the cities and county residents to provide efficient and effective county government for all of our residents.

Projects that the county is currently working on include infrastructure improvements to county buildings. The county has begun the remodel and construction of the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program buildings. We continue to move forward with the Hale County Jail and Law Enforcement Center which should began construction

this fall. Hale County is one of fifteen counties that make up the High Plains Regional Public Defender’s Office and their offices are located at the Hale County Courthouse and Annex.

Hale County has a strong and cooperative relationship with the City of Plainview. The City and County operate the Plainview/Hale County Health Department and Plainview/Hale County Airport. The airport is in the process of moving toward some long-termed improvements. The County also works closely with the Plainview/Hale County EDC in retaining and attracting businesses to Hale County.

All elected officials and department heads are proud to live in Hale County and work for the residents of Hale County. DP

Judge David Mull

Theodore Chancellor takes reins as new Plainview City Manager

BY ELLYSA HARRIS PLAINVIEW HERALD

The decision to come to Plainview can be attributed, at least in part, to 9-yearold Alexis.

Back in January, said Theodore Chancellor, he and his wife, Megan, were driving to Alabama from their home in North Carolina and talking about where they wanted to live.

Having spent the last 10 years in North Carolina where Chancellor was manager of airport operations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, it was time for a change in scenery.

Reflecting on that car ride, Chancellor can’t help but chuckle at the serendipitous moment when his oldest child told her parents she wanted to live somewhere flat.

“I don’t know why that was what came to her mind, but she said she just wanted somewhere flat and I thought that was really weird for a 9-year-old to say,” said Plainview’s new city manager. “She definitely got her wish.”

The Plainview City Council announced the hire of Chancellor to the role of city manager during a regular meeting in February, about five months after the resignation of Jeffrey Snyder who held the post for 10 years. Chancellor was chosen from a pool of 36 applicants.

In many ways, the move is a big step for the family that grew from just two to six in the 10 years spent in North Carolina. Alexis and his other three kids, 7-yearold Luke, 5-year-old Eric and 3-year-old Carter, were all born there.

The move also marks a career change for Chancellor who spent his life either serving in the United States Military or working in aviation or both.

“I was actively looking,” explained Chancellor. “I was looking for, you know, city manager positions.”

Aware that running an airport is a bit different from running a city, Chancellor did what he could to set himself up for this step in his career. He earned his doctorate from Liberty University. He also has an executive certificate in public administration, a master’s degree in project management from EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University and a bachelor’s

degree in aviation management from Jacksonville University.

In preparation for the transition from airport manager to city management, he was intentional about the projects he took on. He looked for opportunities to work closely on projects with departments like legal, human resources, records management, information technology or finance to prepare for anything he might encounter as manager of a city.

Chancellor grew up in McCook, Nebraska, a community of about 7,300 people just less than 500 miles north of Plainview. He is the son of a small business owner and an engineer. His mother owned a print shop and his father was an engineer for a hose plant, he said. He’s no stranger to the entrepreneurial spirit and to hard work.

Growing up, he always thought he’d build a career as a small business owner. He took part in leadership classes and took part in opportunities that might aid that career path.

He was still young, though, and when high school was done, he hadn’t quite decided what he wanted to do. He chose to join the United States Navy at age 17 while he figured it out.

“I viewed the military as kind of the opportunity to see the world and give me a couple more years to decide exactly what path I wanted to go down,” he said.

He spent 20 years as an enlisted service member and retired as an E6 officer before transitioning to Navy Reserves. His longest deployment was to the Middle East, he noted, but he’s also seen parts of Kenya, Amsterdam, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and so many more places.

He utilized the GI Bill as soon as he had the opportunity. The start of the semester at Jacksonville University aligned with the date he ended his active duty. With no break in between, he started school and signed up for the Navy Reserves.

Theodore “Ted” Chancellor PROVIDED BY CITY OF PLAINVIEW

At the end of 2024, Chancellor was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy Reserves.

As an officer in the Reserves, he is obligated to drill once a month and spend two weeks of the year on duty.

“I have to meet fitness tests, meet vaccination requirements, training requirements, annual training requirements,” he explained. “I have to keep up with job knowledge, skills, that sort of thing. Once weekend out of the month, I have to go, basically, and do that.”

He also got married to his high school sweetheart after his active duty commitment was finished.

Megan is a native of England, he said. It turned out his childhood pastor was from England as well. Seeing a unique opportunity, they took it.

Ted Chancellor and his family including wife, Megan, 10-year-old Alexis, 7-year-old Luke, 5-year-old Eric and 3-year-old Carter.

PROVIDED BY TED CHANCELLOR

“So we had to legally sign the paperwork here because to get married in England, you have to live there for a month,” Chancellor said. “We were pretty young and didn’t have the money to live somewhere else for a month.”

The wedding came together like a fairytale.

“We knew nobody at that ceremony,” he said with a laugh. “But the entire community came together and they had a buffet and everybody brought (stuff). Our wedding cake was made by them.”

The community took care of the photographer and the hairstylist that took care of his wife’s hair. The couple just went with it, Chancellor recalled.

It marked the beginning of an adventure for Chancellor and his new wife. They traveled the world together before finding places to settle in the United States.

Kids came soon after.

While he’s enjoyed his work in aviation, he’s also enjoyed being a father. Charlotte was a good place to start a family, he noted.

As he looked to change careers and continue raising his kids, he and his wife knew they wanted a place that echoed their values and where they could see themselves long-term. They found that in Plainview, he said.

Asked what he envisions for the City of Plainview, Chancellor said he’s still getting a feel. He knows, though, that finding ways to capitalize on the city’s position on the I-27 corridor. He also hopes to find ways to work with local businesses to better promote Plainview’s assets.

Chancellor said he also hopes to create a new Comprehensive Plan.

“Not because it’s outdated or anything like that, but because we’ve checked everything off,” he added.

But first, he wants to get settled and show his kids and wife the local wonders that their new “flat” home has to offer.

Before he formally accepted the position, he called his wife to come and vet the community. Later, they brought the kids to do tours of the local schools.

The family has been blown away by the general warm welcome they’ve received, he said.

“This is exactly what we were looking for,” Chancellor said. DP

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Plainview airport manager discusses aviation dedication

BY REECE NATIONS, PLAINVIEW HERALD

While

the wide

world of aviation may not be for everyone, others just seem destined for takeoff.

Take Plainview’s Ryan Stevenson, for example. Like any other resident, one might cross paths with him going about his business in town on any given day.

Unlike most Plainview citizens, however, Stevenson resides in an unassuming building a few hundred feet from a 4,000-foot-by-75-foot tarmac runway. As manager of the PlainviewHale County Airport, most of his time is spent on-site conducting routine maintenance,

servicing customers who stop in for fuel, and doing whatever is necessary around the 600-acre airport to keep operations running smoothly.

Stevenson started his role as airport manager in November 2023. Previously, he worked at Tradewind Airport in his hometown of Amarillo.

“The position was ‘line service technician,’ which is basically the guy that fuels the planes, moves the planes, fixes the hangars, does everything at the airport—kind of takes care of it, just like an attendant at a gas station—but in this case, a gas station for flying vehicles,” he said. “Tradewind Airport has quite a bit more activity than Plainview’s, so it was a good opportunity to sort of throw myself right in the middle of it and really figure out how the operation of the airport works.”

When the opportunity to manage Plainview’s airport arose after working his way up Tradewind’s ranks, Stevenson jumped at

it. Though not a licensed pilot himself, Stevenson said he grew up around aviation as his father served as a captain for American Airlines until his retirement last year.

When he was young, Stevenson would often get to take flights with his dad just for fun. Some of the coolest planes he still remembers flying in during those days include a Learjet 24 and a Beechcraft King Air 90.

While he’s logged about 36 hours of flight time toward completing his license and countless more hours playing in flight simulators, Stevenson still had a few steps left in obtaining his private pilot license as of this writing. While the path he’s taken to get his license was unconventional, Stevenson said he has continually taken unconventional routes in life.

“I spent a little bit of time in the DFW area for about 10 years ... and during that time, I’d kind of gone from job to job,” Stevenson said. “Then when I was about 21 or 22, I had the idea to move up to Colorado, and so I tried, but it didn’t really stick until I was 25. ... After about four years in Colorado, I came back to the DFW area and got a job teaching guitar. From that point forward, I was kind of experimenting a little bit with different types of positions, figuring out where I wanted to be and what I wanted to be doing.”

He said his interest in aviation returned to him later in life. After spending several years out of state, Stevenson returned to Amarillo to undertake his next professional expedition: aviation.

Since stepping into the role of airport manager, Stevenson has overseen projects like the removal of hangars as part of the city and county’s east ramp improvement project. He has also worked with the Plainview-Hale County Airport to secure additional funding for its renovation plans through the process of applying for grants.

“I know that this airport has some pretty grand plans ahead of it for development,” Stevenson said. “We started the whole east ramp improvement project by tearing down those really old hangars that really didn’t serve much of a purpose anymore and didn’t have any airplanes in them. To prepare for the next step in development, we got rid of those two rows of T-hangars, and in their spot, we’re going to put some corporate hangars.”

Another of Stevenson’s tasks is fielding potential tenants to step into the hangar

vacated by Legacy Air in March. Previously, Legacy provided airplane maintenance, refurbishment, and annual inspection services at the airport, which officials hope any new tenant will be able to continue providing the airport’s customers.

While the search for a replacement tenant and the airport’s total overhaul both continue in tandem, Stevenson knows it’s the people involved in day-to-day aviation

It’s a very tight-knit community of people that are really trying to help everyone else.”

that make it all worth doing. Whether they are enthusiasts or pilots of multimilliondollar jets, the local aviation community is what continues to make airports like Plainview’s thrive.

“You know, getting to fly those big planes I’m sure is fun, but also just the people involved in aviation—whether it be the guys out here on the ramp or the guys up in the sky—they’ve all sort of got each other’s backs,” Stevenson said. “It’s a very tight-knit community of people that are really trying to help everyone else.” DP

provides a customer with service following their landing on the runway.

Plainview airport manager Ryan Stevenson

PHOTOS BY REECE NATIONS

What Do Whataburger and Chick-Fil-A Really Say About Plainview?

The arrival of two of Plainview’s most requested food establishments –

Whataburger and ChickFilA – is more than just a win for burger and chicken lovers. It marks a significant milestone in the City’s development and tells a deeper story about the direction Plainview is heading.

National and regional chains don’t choose locations lightly. Before opening, they analyze traffic patterns, workforce trends, income levels, and future growth potential. Their decision to come to Plainview means we’re being recognized as a market with strong demand and long-term viability.

These businesses bring more than just convenience – they bring hundreds of employment opportunities and increased tax revenue for public services like Fire and Police. They are also an important indicator for future investors. In fact, their presence can have an even greater impact on rural markets like Plainview than in urban ones.

RURAL MARKET VALIDATION

When national chains invest in smaller communities, it signals confidence in the area and its ability to support the business. Chains like these see that Plainview serves as a hub for nearby towns and the population, traffic and disposable income to support longterm success.

That kind of validation catches the attention of other site selectors looking for the next viable location. In a place like Plainview, that kind of vote of confidence says: “This town is ready for more.”

DRAWING POWER FOR REGIONAL VISITORS AND THE PORTS TO PLAINS CORRIDOR

Kristi Aday

Fast food in Plainview isn’t just for residents. It draws visitors from surrounding areas and from traffic on I-27. These visitors drive in for school, healthcare or shopping that they cannot find in their own communities. Passers-by stop for gas and a meal on their highway journey. Or they may visit Plainview to attend a sporting event or a meeting at the Civic Center.

That traffic boosts potential for retail, lodging, convenience stores, and medical services.

“These businesses bring more than just convenience – they bring hundreds of employment opportunities and increased tax revenue for public services...”

SIGN OF INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS

In rural development, it’s not uncommon for infrastructure to be a hurdle. But when multiple national chains open, it demonstrates that utilities are already in place, that high-traffic corridors are established, and that permitting and zoning have proven workable.

That reduces barriers for future developers or retailers considering a move into the area.

BOOSTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

These new businesses bring job opportunities for all skill levels and create pathways for training and advancement. For young people especially, these openings can offer a reason to stay in Plainview rather than leave for bigger cities. A strong workforce supports even more growth in services like childcare, retail, and healthcare.

RAISING OUR REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

Plainview competes with nearby towns like Lubbock, Amarillo, and even our smaller neighbors. A growing commercial sector makes Plainview a more attractive place to stop, a more competitive place to live and work and a more investable market for developers.

Fast food growth in Plainview isn’t just about food—it’s about signaling that the city is open for business, growing in regional importance, and ready for more retail, service, and lifestyle amenities.

LOOKING AHEAD

The growth in Plainview’s fast-food sector reflects the city’s potential. At the same time, we recognize the importance of balance. While we welcome growth, we also value our local restaurants, entrepreneurs, and small businesses that give Plainview its unique character. Our job in economic development is to support both—welcoming investment while championing local innovation. DP

Brocke Lively talks Plainview’s recycling efforts, aims to continue program’s growth

BY ELLYSA HARRIS PLAINVIEW HERALD

He’s often heard it said that Plainview doesn’t recycle but Brocke Lively knows that just isn’t true.

Plainview’s solid waste superintendent has led a rather aggressive charge to encourage citizens to recycle whatever they can and in the past year, those efforts have gained recognition for the city.

Setting on his desk tucked away in a building at the Plainview Landfill is a curious looking lamp. It’s a large jar repurposed and created to function as a lamp.

It’s admittedly a cool piece but it’s nothing compared to his other projects, notes Lively, the creator.

“I grew up with a family who loves ‘junkin’, you know. You go to the antique store, find something and turn it into something different,” Lively said. “That really appeals to me. I do that.”

When creativity strikes, he enjoys picking up an ordinary object and turning it into something extraordinary.

“That’s my hobby is turning stuff into new stuff,” he said. “That’s what recycling is.”

Lively has been employed with the City of Plainview for 19 years. He took over his current role in 2019. Since then, he said, he’s made some changes. Under his leadership, the landfill has expanded, a new video camera system has been added to the trash trucks to be able to remotely see what drivers encounter on their routes, the Solid Waste Department has a new grinder to better process the more bulky items like trees or tires, he said.

He’s also added more blue recycle bins across the city and has worked closely

Brocke Lively, solid waste superintendent, has been in charge of the recycling program since 2018.

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with other city leaders to create campaigns to recycle.

More recently, though, Lively and Neil Weems, director of public works, headed a project to recycle old water meters as they were replaced with new ones. In 2024, those efforts earned the city an award for Project of the Year for Environment between $5M$25M in 2024 from the Texas-American Public Works Association.

Before starting the project to upgrade the city’s water infrastructure, Lively and Weems sat down to explore ways to maximize recycling opportunities. Inspired by the way the new meters were packaged (in cardboard boxes), Lively casually told Weems he wanted to recycle all the boxes. Weems agreed and suggested looking into whether or not they could recycle the brass as well.

The biggest question, Lively recalled, was figuring out how difficult it would be to pry each meter apart. So he took a couple home to

Plainview recycles lots of PET plastics.

tinker with in his shop. It turned out, pulling them apart was relatively easy, he reported back to Weems.

Removal of the old meters and installation of the new ones began in January 2024 and continued through May 2025. The city made more than $10,000 for the cast iron lids and metal cans. The brass meters sold for $130,000.

“We had an 88% diversion rate,” Lively noted to the Herald. That’s how much “waste” from the project made it back into the market place.

The recognitions didn’t stop there, Lively added. He was asked to speak to the Texas Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America and he presented to the Texas Recycling Infrastructure Economic Development – Initiative Team.

Admittedly, Lively said, it’s been a big year for Plainview and its recycling program.

The water meter project was a big one but Lively has continued to focus efforts on recycling other items as well.

Plainview recycles lots of PET plastics, Lively said. It’s a booming business market but Plainview alone doesn’t always recycle enough to meet capacity to send a shipment of plastic. The city has partnered with others around the region to collect and ship off more.

Plainview’s recycling efforts caught the attention of Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages

in Amarillo, he added. He gave a presentation to the company in late 2024 to talk about those efforts. The opportunity led to the city finding out about and applying for a $5,000 grant, which was ultimately awarded, to make videos to promote its recycling program. It’s a win for Lively and the City of Plainview.

Lively says Plainview has had a recycling program since the 1990s. Since he took over solid waste, he’s prioritized it more which is why he suspects its received so many recent accolades and above all, growth.

“We’ve been pushing a lot more education,” he said.

If a resident stops by Plainview’s Recycle Center, he’s always willing to conduct a quick tour and share an overview of its operations as well as information about what can and cannot be recycled. That information is available on the City of Plainview’s website as well.

As a self-described “trash nerd,” Lively is full of odd information about Plainview’s recycling statistics. He’s proud of the city’s status as the biggest contributor to Keep Texas Recycling and of the city’s status as one of the area communities with high recycling rates.

He’s happy others are getting a feel for something he’s known.

“To hear that is really, really nice and truly fulfilling that we’re doing something,” Lively said. DP

The City of Plainview earned recognition for its efforts to recycle the materials from the old water meters.

Unger Memorial Library offers much more than books

BY ELLYSA HARRIS PLAINVIEW HERALD

The City of Plainview’s first lending library was started in the corner of a drug store.

It was the early 1990s and the local newspaper, The Hale County Daily Herald, had been advocating for a library. The lending library opened in a store along what is now known Broadway, according to information shared by Susan Barkley, a member of the Hale County Historical Commission. It moved locations a couple of times as it gained more financial support. In the late 1950s, the Unger family donated money to build a library at 825 North Austin Street, she noted.

Since then, the library has become an important resource. Chief Librarian Cynthia Peterson shared information about the library and its resources with the Plainview City Council during a regular meeting in June.

Here are a few resources the library has to offer:

SPORTS EQUIPMENT AND GAMES

Did you know the library loans sports equipment and games?

‘We got a donation from the Plainview Change Club,” explained Peterson.

Library staff members processed the equipment to be able to loan out things like jump ropes, beanbags, sports balls, bats, games of tic-tac-toe, cornhole and a variety of other items.

“We’re really excited about this and working with them (Plainview Change Club),” she said.

DATABASES

The library has 127 diverse databases online. The database includes links to a variety of resources such as online course platforms to brush up on your skills, websites to dive deeper into historical subjects, archives of some of famous publications such as Life Magazine, and databases with access to e-books not available through the Unger Memorial Library.

There’s a treasure trove of information for those

willing to look for it but one resource that stands out is the Hale County Cemetery Database.

“It covers all the known cemeteries within the county,” Peterson said.

Those interested can look up information such as names, death, marriages, military service, funeral home, location, etc.

“It’s very popular, as you can imagine, and it’s accessible outside of Plainview in Hale County, too,” she added. “So genealogists around the United States can gain access to that.”

HI-PLAINS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COLLECTION

Did you know the Unger Memorial Library is home to one of the more well-known databases of genealogical records?

The Hi-Plains Genealogical Society Collection, which was established in 1967, includes more than 3,000 titles that has aided people who want to learn more about their family’s Hale County roots.

“It’s got everything from books to family histories, biographies, all sorts of different things,” Peterson said. “They also have access to some of the databases that are online now.”

MISCELLANEOUS

More than just a place to check out books, the library offers a variety of other services that are generally free or low-cost.

It offers test proctoring, notary services, and citizenship resources, to name a few.

“We’re currently notarizing an average of over 98 each month so it keeps us pretty busy,” noted Peterson.

The library is also a voter registration site, she added.

“We are designated a voter registration site under the National Voter Registration Act,” she said. “As a result, we have forms available. DP

Unger Memorial Library continues to expand the variety of resources it provides to its patrons.

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We work directly with area employers to help them find and retain local talent, enhancing their competitiveness in local and global markets. Our services include providing Labor Market Information, wage comparisons, and identifying in-demand occupations. We offer funding opportunities for

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Decades of dedication make Plainview Herald a community cornerstone

BY REECE NATIONS PLAINVIEW HERALD

Though the newspaper industry has continually served the Plainview region for more than a century, the history of the Herald itself may be unfamiliar to some who flip through its pages each week.

At one time, an array of local presses served Hale County and the surrounding area. Mary L. Cox notes in her book “History of Hale County, Texas” that these publications played a variety of crucial roles in their respective communities.

“The newspapers of Hale County have played an important part in the history and development of the country,” Cox wrote. “They have been a vital factor in the life of the community, keeping the people in touch with the affairs of the community and informed in regard to the affairs of the state and nation.”

In addition to publishing traditional news articles, early community newspapers provided a platform for sharing important local announcements, served as a local advertising hub for businesses, and acted as forums for civic involvement and social connection.

Once published as the Hale County Hesperian, the paper’s first incarnation was founded by D.B. Hill and John Davidson of Plainview in October 1889. A new owner, J.M. Shafer, changed the name to the Hale County Herald in June 1891, according to Cox’s book.

In 1913, more ownership changes led the Herald to increase its publishing schedule from semiweekly (twice a week) to daily, though only for a short time. The Herald later switched to a triweekly schedule before reverting to semiweekly the following year.

Danny Andrews worked at the Herald in various roles for a total of 39 years.

This photo from the Herald’s archives shows the location of its former building from the perspective of the Hale County Courthouse downtown.

PLAINVIEW HERALD

The Herald eventually outlasted its competition to become the dominant news source for the emerging South Plains community. Other newspapers that were formed and once published in Plainview included the Texan Press (later consolidated into the Texas Press-Leader), the Community Weekly, the Plainviewan, and the Plainview News.

Former Herald editor Doug McDonough worked at the paper for 41 years.

PLAINVIEW HERALD

Other papers existed at one time in nearby communities as well, such as the Hale Center American, the Abernathy Review, and the Petersburg Journal. In March 1929, the Herald and the Plainview News consolidated to form the HeraldNews Publishing Company, setting the stage for what would eventually become today’s Plainview Herald.

Citizens regularly sought out these publications whenever historic events occurred anywhere in the world or country. However, community newspapers could not exist without the men and women responsible for their reliability.

One of the people who dedicated many years to local journalism is Doug McDonough. A Plainview native, McDonough worked for the Herald for 41 years, from 1976 to 2017.

McDonough said he began his editorial career after serving briefly as the advertising director of the Childress Index.

“When I started, we had 76 employees inside this building, not counting the mailroom and newspaper carriers,”

McDonough said. “We had, I think, 13 people over on one side involved in news production, including darkroom assistants and a darkroom technician... a news editor, different reporters, secretaries, typesetters. We had people in the composing room typing stuff out, either building the ads or the news copy. There were like five or six people operating the press, and that’s not counting all the folks in circulation and display advertising. So, it was quite an operation.”

In addition to general assignments, McDonough initially served as the paper’s farm editor, writing and editing articles about agriculture and agronomy in the area. He said the Herald back then was a bustling place, filled with workers undertaking a multitude of tasks.

McDonough’s career straddled both the old and new eras of modern journalism. He went from using manual typewriters to craft his copy to the IBM Selectric before the first personal computers finally arrived in the newsroom in the late 1980s.

Over his career, McDonough chronicled quite a few nationally noteworthy occurrences at the Herald. Some of

what he covered included the American Agriculture Movement’s February 1979 “Tractorcade” to Washington, D.C. (a large-scale protest in which farmers from across the nation drove their tractors into the nation’s capital to lobby for reforms to federal agricultural policy), the arrival of Plainview’s Walmart Distribution Center, the closure of the Cargill Excel Beef Processing Plant, and the filming of the 1992 Steve Martin movie “Leap of Faith” in town.

He said the friendships he formed with his coworkers at the Herald are some of the fondest memories he still holds dear.

“Once a month, we would have Friday get-together luncheons where everybody would bring their covered dish luncheon-type stuff from home,” McDonough said. “When we celebrated our Plainview Herald centennial, we had an open house where guests would take pictures at the beginning of our tour, and we would put them in souvenir newspapers to give out. From start to finish, we’d hand them out within about 30-45 minutes.”

One coworker McDonough still remembers fondly is Danny Andrews, another former Herald editor. Andrews started at the Herald in March 1967 by covering the high school baseball games in which he was a player for the Plainview High School Bulldogs.

Andrews said he continued to be a sportswriter for then-Herald Sports Editor Bob Hillburn after enrolling at Wayland Baptist University in the fall of 1967. Despite his love of sports, he admitted it was clear that his true calling was actually in the press box.

“I was better as a scorekeeper than I was as a third baseman or right fielder,” Andrews said.

He spent the next 39 years of his career with the publication writing thousands of columns, first taking over as sports editor in 1970 before being named its editor in 1978. Both he and McDonough are former presidents of the Panhandle Press Association.

In addition to his long career serving the community, another of his major contributions to Plainview can be found in a hallway at Plainview Junior High School. Andrews helped found the Plainview Athletics Hall of Honor in 2022 and still serves as one of its organizers.

After leaving the paper in 2006, Andrews served as director of alumni development at Wayland before retiring in January 2017. He said Hearst Corporation’s ownership of the paper allowed him to go and see places outside Plainview that he otherwise may have never seen.

“The beauty of my journalism career was Hearst buying us in 1979 as part of the deal with Midland because I got to do things that I would never have dreamed of,” Andrews said. “I got to go to the White House three times, meet with presidents, go to San Francisco, help pick young journalists. You know, just some things that—growing up in Plainview, Texas—I would never have dreamed, mainly because of Hearst’s influence.”

Another longtime figure at the paper was former Herald staff columnist Nicki Logan. Logan said she applied to work at the Herald “on a whim” in 1984 with no prior experience in newspapers.

Born and raised in Plainview, Logan said her father worked in town as a telegrapher for the Santa Fe Railway company

for around 40 years while her mother worked as a housewife. While in the midst of raising a family of her own, Logan hit a rough patch when her oldest daughter, Alicia Masters (née Logan), left home to attend college at Texas Tech University.

“It was a really bad year, and I thought I needed to get a job to help with college expenses,” Logan said. “I had written a column for the Hale Center American, but I had no idea what a word processor even was.”

As a columnist, Logan contributed to the lifestyles section of the paper, writing human interest stories on topics like fashion, beauty trends, arts, entertainment, and other topics related to everyday life.

She said she learned how to do her work by being trained on the job by some of the Herald’s most tenured employees, including former secretary to the editor Charlotte Thurman and former production manager Ben Thompson.

“I never dreaded coming to work. It was wonderful,” Logan said. “I had the best job at the Herald: I had features and columns. The fun thing that I found was, if I drove by your house and saw something unusual, I thought, ‘Gosh, I want to see in there,’ I could just call them and people were always so gracious. It was fun.”

In addition to features, Logan would also write columns about everything from newborn children at the hospital to marriage announcements, obituaries, and more. She said one of the deepest satisfactions she received from her work was having people come up to her and compliment her stories in person.

When she retired in 2012, she was surprised to learn that the past 28 years at the Herald had flown by. As a handler of town gossip, Logan said some of her best stories from working at the Herald must unfortunately remain off the record.

“I had the very best job at the very best place in town and loved it there,” Logan said. DP

The Plainview Herald operates today from its office located at 820 Broadway. REECE NATIONS

Plainview Education Foundation adapts under new leadership structure

BY REECE NATIONS PLAINVIEW HERALD

Those raising families in Plainview likely know or have heard of the Plainview Education Foundation’s yearslong efforts to facilitate philanthropic support for the Plainview Independent School District.

Since its founding in 2021, the foundation has operated with an executive director at the top of its leadership structure. That changed this year when Executive Director Gretchen Massingill stepped down from her role in January, leaving the foundation’s remaining team members with a choice on how to proceed.

Massingill served as executive director of the foundation since its inception. Rather than find someone to replace her, the foundation altered its leadership model and began dividing workloads.

Tracy Dawson, the foundation’s president, said the organization decided to pivot and become a board-run foundation. Despite some early challenges, Dawson said the board’s progression from being largely an advisory group to hands-on organizers has strengthened the foundation.

“Gretchen left this very good foundation to begin with. We just all had to learn our new parts and get used to them,” Dawson said. “There are growing pains, I would say, but I think we’ve made some good improvements. We’re doing some things differently, but we’re making it our own.”

Along with herself, Dawson said the foundation’s board consists of volunteer administrators who help with event planning, fundraising, and organizing campaigns. Belinda Parker serves as vice president of the programs group, Brandon Ahrens as vice president of development, Claudia Lara as vice president of events and marketing, and Joli Goble as director of finance and governance.

Tracy Dawson said PEF will operate as bound-run foundation moving forward.

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Previously, Dawson said, Massingill shouldered many of those responsibilities on the foundation’s behalf. Though the board was more than willing to step up and take on more responsibility in her absence, Dawson said it took time to adjust.

“We are not just a board that comes in and says, ‘Yay or

nay,’” she said. “We are a very, very involved board.”

The foundation helps boost educational opportunities for public school students in Plainview in several ways. Not only does it find sponsors for senior scholarships and host events like its annual gala fundraiser, but it also offers the opportunity to purchase an honorarium or memorial to commemorate former teachers, classmates, friends, and loved ones.

Additionally, the foundation provides funds for student organizations and improvement projects through its “Education Express Grants.” These grants help the school district pay for unforeseen budgetary expenditures.

“We typically have teachers apply for those in the early fall, and then we award those around mid-October,” Dawson said. “Last year, we gave $19,000 back in teacher grants. All the money that we raise through different means of fundraising goes back into education.”

Though solely dedicated to supporting the district, the foundation is a separate entity from Plainview ISD. As a 501(c)(3) organization, the foundation can also step up to provide additional funds when Plainview ISD is inhibited from doing so by either state or federal law.

Dawson said the foundation will look for new ways to get involved around town and increase awareness of its philanthropic efforts. She added that the foundation

hopes to collaborate with local businesses to facilitate work-based learning opportunities as well.

“We want the money that we raise to stay in Plainview,” Dawson said.

“One of the things on our list to get started is more of a community connection, possibly with some internships through local businesses. We’ve had a couple of community connection events, but we’ve not taken it a step further to maybe go into internships. So, in the future, we would like to eventually do that.”

Those interested in learning more about the foundation and getting involved with it can visit plainvieweducationfoundation.org. DP

Attendees gathered at PEF’s 2024 gala fundraiser at the Plainview Country Club (Oct. 13)

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PEF Director Gretchen Massingill gives remarks at the foundation’s Oct. 13, 2024 fundraiser.

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Caprock Community Literacy Council aims to make literacy, education accessible to the Panhandle

BY GABRIEL CASSLES FOR THE HERALD

The newly named Caprock Community Literacy Council has grown exponentially over the last eight months, due in large part to its new executive director.

Nicole Adams took over the role in September of 2024 and hasn’t looked back since.

“We’ve quadrupled our numbers of students at his point and it’s only gaining,” said Adams.

The council was previously known as the Hale County Literacy until they rebranded and filed a DBA (doing business as) Caprock Community Literacy Council.

The purpose of the literacy council is to make literacy and education accessible to everyone in the Texas Panhandle.

Adams said the organization is currently active in Hale County and has recently expanded into Floyd County,

with plans to grow further. They offer classes such as English as a Second Language (ESL), job readiness training, resume assistance, and basic tutoring in math and reading. In Floyd County, they are also developing a small business training program.

The organization’s approach covers many types of literacy, including health and financial literacy, depending on the community’s needs. They also focus on fostering a love of reading through events like First Thursday readings at the Unger Memorial Library, where families can read together, participate in crafts, and take home a new book to add to their home library. The organization engages in various outreach activities and supports a junior literacy council made up of junior high and high school students who volunteer and assist with events.

One of the most significant developments has been the high volume of interest and phone calls, which has been encouraging, Adams said. They’re working to stay ahead of the momentum and are energized by the community’s excitement and involvement.

At the same time, they’re taking a step back to evaluate which programs will truly benefit the community, aiming to focus on quality over quantity. A key goal is to recruit teacher volunteers to support ESL and adult education classes, ensuring they provide the best possible experience for their students, Adams noted.

Adams graduated from Wayland Baptist University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and religion, always aiming to be involved in the nonprofit sector. She began volunteering and serving on boards during high school and college, later gaining handson experience while working for Mission Arlington, a nonprofit organization.

After returning to Plainview, she spent eight years working at Wayland, where she became deeply connected to the community.

In recent years, she served as the coordinator for a Department of Justice grant focused on violence against women, which gave her experience with federal grants, and worked on a private grant program that provided leadership training for high school students. Previously, she was involved with the Hale County Literacy Council but had to step away due to other commitments. When a board member reached out about an opening for the executive director position, she was eager to return, combining her passion for literacy and nonprofits with her previous experience. She also earned a master’s degree in counseling while at Wayland.

Adams said one of her favorite things about her role on the council is the people.

“We live in such a unique town, and such a unique area,” said Adams. “There’s definitely a need for adult learning and learning about their families, just kind of bridging that communication gap has been just beautiful to be able to see a different side of Plainview that I didn’t always know.”

Adams is calling for the community to support the council and their mission.

Right now, their most pressing need is for teachers. The organization is at a point where hiring a second teacher is essential, but they’re working to secure the funding to make that possible.

Financial support, fundraising, and community involvement are all critical. They’re also encouraging volunteers to spend time with students to help them practice English—no special training is required, just a willingness to engage. Book donations are always welcome, especially gently used books that can be shared with the community. There are also plenty of volunteer opportunities for anyone looking to get involved— they’re confident there’s always something meaningful to do, Adams noted.

Along with expanding programs and reaching more students, they’ve also given their office a fresh new chapter. The space was recently updated to better reflect the welcoming, encouraging environment they strive to create for every learner who walks through our doors. The office was remodeled with a fresh coat of paint and a much more open floor plan. DP

Caprock Community Literacy Council has made several changes, including a name change, under its new executive director, Nicole Adams.

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PCHS inaugural class achieves greatness from classroom to community

BY REECE NATIONS SPORTS/EDUCATION EDITOR, PLAINVIEW HERALD

Since its founding in 2020, students enrolled in Plainview Collegiate High School (PCHS) have collectively achieved many of the school district’s most outstanding accomplishments.

When not reaching new heights in the classroom, these exceptional young people can be seen around town volunteering for charitable causes, organizing community events, or pursuing personal interests. This

year, PCHS seniors earned another notable distinction: the school’s inaugural graduating class.

The Plainview Independent School District Board of Trustees launched the program about five years ago with the goal of providing high school students with added opportunities to earn college credits before enrolling in postsecondary education. Housed in the former Highland Elementary School building at 1707 W. 11th St., the program began with 80 students and was expected to gradually grow to include more than 300 students based on class sizes.

On Dec. 17, 2020, the board unanimously approved memorandums of understanding with both Wayland Baptist University and Angelo State University to establish a program for incoming ninth graders to complete some of their college curriculum before graduating high school at no cost to families.

Though similar dual-credit course opportunities

PCHS students attend graduation as part of the Class of 2025 (May 30).

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were offered previously, the PCHS program differs in cost and the number of credit hours students can accumulate. By the time they walked the stage on May 30, 2025, some students had potentially earned 60 or more college course credits and/or an associate degree from Wayland.

Today, PCHS represents some of the district’s brightest and most involved individuals. For instance, PCHS was home to Class of 2025 graduate Montana Moore, a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship and competitor in the 2025 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship, who aced the ACT.

Moore revealed in an interview with the Herald that he is also an avid chess player and helped co-found his school’s chess club.

Another graduating senior, Aden Alarcon, ran for a state office during the 2023-24 school year, organized and hosted the second Rev Up for Responsible Driving event at the Ollie Liner Center on May 10, and served as a member of the Health Occupation Students of America, National Honor Society, Plainview Student Council, Caprock Community Literacy Council’s Junior Literacy Council, and the National Technical Honor Society.

PISD Superintendent H.T. Sanchez gives the Class of 2025 some parting words before they walk the stage at graduation (May 30).

Additionally, Alarcon served as the youth ambassador for the local conservation group Keep Plainview Beautiful and was part of a small group of students who received $500 scholarships in May from the Caprock Community Literacy Council.

Another recent PCHS graduate, Joshua Starkey, received national recognition from College Board in the form of its First Generation Award and Hispanic Award for maintaining a grade point average of at least a B+ and performing well on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the PSAT 10, and advanced placement exams.

PCHS senior Hannah Garcia, who served as president of Plainview Future Farmers of America for the 2022-2023, received a $60,000 scholarship from the nonprofit organization Amigas Para Niños. Amigas Para Niños operates a scholarship program for students involved in both agricultural and art education.

Another student, PCHS senior Jacob Henry, performed with the color guard of the 2024 Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Herald reported in November 2024 that Henry earned his spot with the color guard in the Macy’s Great American Marching Band after submitting a recording of himself performing color guard and marching band techniques to his own choreography.

Plainview High School’s homecoming king this school year was Clayton Cooper, a PCHS senior who graduated in May. Cooper won the district’s Lavern Roach Award in March, participated in the PISD

Class of 2025 Salutatorian Brooklyn Collins delivers remarks at PHS’s graduation (May 30).

Chess Club, and was a member of the National Honor Society.

At graduation this year, PCHS was also represented by salutatorian Brooklyn Collins, who began her speech by acknowledging the district faculty, staff, parents, friends, and families who helped guide her and her peers on their educational journey since elementary school.

She said she was blessed to receive strength from the Lord during the tough times she faced and was uplifted by the community during her time as a student in Plainview. In her remarks, Collins encouraged her peers to live their lives to the fullest.

“Growth does not happen all at once,” she said. “It happens in time, through mistakes, through the challenges, and through the lessons we learn when things do not go as planned... we do not have to rush our futures. We don’t need to rush the process. Instead, we need to use those moments life throws at us to grow along our path.” DP

‘Plainview’s home’ Resident, business owner, Gerald Dean Holt

named Plainview Chamber’s

ambassador of the year

BY MIKE ALBANESE FOR THE HERALD

Several years ago, Gerald Dean Holt thought she was on her way out of Plainview. However, a plan to sell her business, American Overhead Door, fell through.

She noted she felt tied to Plainview because of her business, but once the sale fell through, she decided she wanted to be engaged with her community. And becoming reengaged has paid off, as Holt was named 2024 ambassador of the year for the Plainview Chamber of Commerce.

“It’s just been a renewed appreciation from where we’ve come from,” she said.

Holt said she was “shocked” and didn’t think she would be considered after she had surgery in early 2024

that kept her out of commission for six weeks.

Holt has been an ambassador for four years but has been a member of the chamber for more than three decades. However, after the sale of her business fell through, she stepped away from the office and began working from home, which she said allowed her time to be more present in the community and with the chamber.

“I really love it,” she said.

Holt went through Leadership Plainview several years ago. Although being born and raised in Plainview, being a part of the chamber “opened my eyes” to businesses in Plainview that she knew little about.

“It opened a new love for my hometown,” she said.

As an ambassador, Holt appears at ribbon cuttings, chamber events and welcomes new businesses coming to Plainview. She said the role with the chamber has been great as she’s never been one to serve on board or “lead from the front.”

However, with the ambassador role,

Gerald Dean Holt accepts the award for 2024 Doris McDonald Ambassador of the Year which is presented by Sherrie King (facing away), 2023 recipient of the award, during the Chamber’s annual banquet on March 28, 2025. ELLYSA HARRIS/PLAINVIEW HERALD

“I really want to serve where I’m called.”

she said, “I really want to serve where I’m called.”

Holt said the Plainview Chamber of Commerce does a great job of making everyone feel welcome and find their perfect place.

Moving forward, she said she wants to continue to serve the chamber and her business is having some of the best years they’ve ever had.

“It really was life changing for me,” she said. DP

Dog trainer Regina Edwards turned lifelong passion into community service

BY REECE NATIONS PLAINVIEW HERALD

Since 2001, Plainview

resident Regina Edwards has dedicated her time to helping locals train their dogs.

Though her experience with dog training spans about 24 years, she spent her career as a grocery checker at United Supermarkets. Born in Los Angeles, Edwards said her father’s service in the Air Force meant she moved frequently during her childhood.

Her family settled in Lubbock in 1970. That year, her mother gave her a gift that would have a lasting impact on her life.

“My mom got me a book for Christmas, ‘Training You to Train Your Dog,’ and I had a collie at the time,” Edwards said. “So, I just read it and thought, ‘Man, that sounds like fun!’”

Before long, Edwards said she was spending more time training her dog and eventually entered a dog show. This sparked her fascination with participating in dog shows, such as those administered by the American Kennel Club.

In dog shows, “conformation events” allow expert judges to evaluate how closely the entrants resemble their breed standards, according to the AKC. However, Edwards said obedience training was her “first love” and what initially drew her to dog training.

“Obedience training is your basic commands like ‘heel,’ ‘sit,’ ‘stay,’ ‘down,’ ‘come,’ and just household matters,” Edwards said. “That’s what I like to teach my people.”

In 1986, her family moved from Lubbock to Plainview. During this time, she became more involved in dog training and began showing dogs more seriously.

Edwards spent 42 years as a grocery checker at United Supermarkets in both Lubbock and Plainview before retiring. She began offering paid

dog training sessions to pet owners around town after Lee Soucy, another dog trainer in the community, neared the end of his career.

She took the initiative to help residents train their dogs at the urging of her friend Beverly Wall, among others who encouraged her to give it a try.

“I hadn’t thought about it, but she had asked me if I would,” Edwards said. “I said, ‘Okay, well, we’ll see how it

goes.’ I’ve been doing this since 2001. It started out as a way just to help, and then I ended up being the person people come to see for help training their dogs.”

Today, Edwards offers a six-week class in the fall for $75. Her customers meet her at public parks for group training sessions, usually starting around September.

She also offers $20 pay-as-you-go private training sessions with owners, sometimes at her own home. These private lessons are beneficial for customers trying to work on a specific issue or behavior with their dog that may not be addressed in a group session.

“Patience is the main thing you have to have with dogs,” Edwards said. “You can’t expect them to learn overnight.”

Owners who do their “homework” by keeping up with their pets’ training on their own time are certain to see improvement in their dog’s obedience. Edwards said she often prepares written supplements for her customers to take home as a reminder of what they covered in class and how to keep it up.

Importantly, if a dog shows signs of backsliding into old behaviors after previously doing well with its training, Edwards said its owner should not be discouraged.

“They do have regression periods,” Edwards said. “Sometimes they will be doing good for two or three weeks, and all of a sudden you think, ‘Well, gosh, what’s wrong? They act like they’ve never been here before,’ and that’s normal. It seems like once they get past that, then they’ve got it.” DP

Regina Edwards, accompanied by Taker, shared her passion for dog training with the Herald.

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Jimmy Saenz brings years of experience to golf professional role at Plainview Country Club

BY ELLYSA HARRIS PLAINVIEW HERALD

Though he’s always been generally athletic, Jimmy Saenz never envisioned himself landing a career as a golf professional. Before the opportunity presented itself, he didn’t even know what that meant.

Almost 30 years later, he’s become one of the more regionally recognized names in the business. In June, he took over as the Golf Professional at the Plainview Country Club.

“I love challenges and I love going to places that need help to help either rebrand or rebuild or refocus their strategies on what they want to do,” Saenz said during a visit in his corner office located inside the pro shop just off the golf course.

Plainview needed a new golf professional and the opportunity was a good fit for Saenz.

“That’s kind of what brought us here.”

The opportunity to play dropped into his lap while Saenz was in college, he said. Unsure what he wanted to do with his life, he chose to pursue a career in advertising. As a junior, he accepted an internship with the Amarillo Globe-News and it was during an outing at the Canyon Country Club with his boss that Saenz was caught off guard by a comment from the golf professional at that course.

“He took me aside and said, ‘what’s your major in college?’ And I told him. He said, ‘Have you ever thought about giving golf a try?’ I laughed,” Saenz recalled.

Besides Tiger Woods, Saenz didn’t know of any golfers of color and he said so. Curious, Saenz went home that day and looked up everything he could about the sport and the next week, he called the golf professional again.

“He said, ‘There are different avenues that you could get into and I think you’d be good at it,’” Saenz recalled. “I was like, ‘sure.’ So that’s kind of where it all started.”

There were two career options he was particularly interested in – becoming a golf professional or playing golf professionally. There’s a difference, he learned.

At the time, he was in his 20s. The competitive circuit seemed more appealing but the teaching aspect seemed more stable.

“I was dumb in my 20s,” he said with a laugh.

He gave competitive golf a shot and played in a few circuits. What hindered his progress on that path was injuries that led to the discovery of a birth defect that had gone unnoticed for two decades.

Saenz was no stranger to sports injuries by that point. In high school, he broke his ankle and had multiple knee surgeries from playing football. When he got to college, baseball appeared to be more his sport. He never felt quite right, though and eventually had to give that up too.

When he started his golf career, he threw everything into it. Forcing himself to call his family and let them know he was going to take a break from school to see how far he could take his professional golf career was tough. Failure wasn’t an option on this path.

“I was going to qualifying events and trying to get into the lower level tours,” he said.

Then seemingly out of nowhere, injury struck.

“I was 26 when I had the first episode,” he said. “I remember I was at a pro shop in Canyon, Texas, and I went one way and my body went to the other. The only thing that caught me was the counter.”

In a scary moment, he realized he couldn’t move his body. He went to therapy and felt better and stronger six weeks later. Six months after that, it happened again.

“Then it just kept going,” he explained.

It was discovered that he had spinal stenosis, which is a narrowing of the spinal column, Saenz said. He was 30 years old when he and his medical team gave in to the idea of surgery.

“The first surgery was to go in there and cut

out, basically, a new canal for my spine to sit in,” Saenz said.

Every time he would move his body to swing a club, it was causing compression and slipped disks. The first surgery helped but it wasn’t enough relief. Three months later after going through rehabilitation, he had a second surgery to add inserts to relieve more of the pressure he was feeling.

“I’ve had great days, I’ve had bad days,” Saenz said. “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned how to take care of myself better body-wise. So I’ve taken a lot of pressure off my spine.”

By this time, he was a new father. Instead of mourning his professional golf playing career, he switched gears and focused on teaching. That path is no cake walk. To earn his certification, Saenz had to complete course work and complete a Player Ability Test. He spent his days waiting tables and scraping up whatever money he could to pay for the test.

“It took me a couple of times to pass, but I did,” he said. “I missed it by a stroke my very first time.”

He gave himself a mental beating on the 12-hour trip back home. With nothing left to do but rebuild and restart, he went back to school to complete his degree and the promise he’d made to his parents. He took his test again and passed in August 1998.

His official teaching career began at Stone Gate Golf Course in Lubbock where he spent the first 15 years after earning his certification.

“I fell in love with teaching and got good at it and studied the art of the golf swing,” Saenz said.

Through teaching, he also explored the mechanics of the body as it goes through the motions of swinging a golf club which helped him

better understand his own body’s limitations.

Now at 50 years old, Saenz looks back with some pride as one of the few Hispanics in the profession. He’s had opportunities to travel the country as a member of his profession and he’s received a few accolades as well, including Instructor of the Year.

Jimmy Saenz joined the Plainview Country Club in June 2025.

ELLYSA HARRIS/ PLAINVIEW HERALD

It’s been quite a ride for Saenz, who says he’s ready to wind down. He hopes this is his last stop, he told the Herald.

Before coming to Plainview, he worked in Abilene.

At the time, he admits, he didn’t feel ready to leave Abilene. The golf course was leased by the city and the owners didn’t get a renewal, he said. With his future unclear, he chose to pack up for Plainview where he could provide stability for his youngest daughter, 10-year-old Kaitlynn Saenz.

“I didn’t want her to have to start school in August and then me tell her, ‘hey we’re leaving’ in September or October,” Saenz explained. “And by that time, the golf jobs are typically hard to find when you get into the fall because people are starting to wind down.”

Sure, he might have more options and a longer golfing season in places like Florida or Arizona, he mused, but Texas is where he wants to be. While he enjoys his job, he enjoys fatherhood more and besides Alexis, his older daughter, 20-year-old Alexis Saenz, is relatively close by.

“Those two girls are my trophies,” he said. DP

Plainview native Karson Hembree returns home to lead Bulldogs basketball into new era

BY REECE NATIONS

SPORTS/EDUCATION EDITOR, PLAINVIEW HERALD

Though Plainview Bulldogs

basketball fans will be rooting for the team under a new leader this season, they will see a familiar face on the sideline.

In May, the Plainview Independent School District announced it had hired Karson Hembree to replace Rob Ogle as the high school’s head boys basketball coach. Hembree quickly got to work implementing his vision for the program’s future.

Hembree is already sharpening the skills of basketball players from kindergarten through incoming ninth graders. He said the program had a strong turnout for its summer youth basketball camp.

“We had a little over 75 kids,” Hembree said. “They competed hard. The little kids had a ton of fun, and

Karson Hembree helps train some of Plainview ISD’s up-and-coming basketball players.

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we were able to work with a few older groups as well. You got to kind of see them develop some fundamentals and really start building from the ground up.”

While Hembree enjoyed a successful stint as the head coach of Floydada’s boys basketball team, the Plainview native said the opportunity to take the head coaching job at his alma mater was too good to pass up. A 2014 graduate of Plainview High School, Hembree pursued coaching while attending West Texas A&M University, serving as a varsity assistant at San Jacinto Christian Academy.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in sports and exercise science in 2018, Hembree took his first public school coaching role at Pampa High School. He later returned to Plainview as an assistant coach before accepting his first head coaching job at Floydada.

“I can’t thank the administration of Floydada enough,” Hembree said. “I am grateful to Dr. Gilbert Trevino and Coach (J.R.) Compton for taking a chance on somebody that had no head coaching experience to come in and take over a really successful program. All of that success is really a credit to those kids. They’ve done a really good job over the last few years of developing, but they were also able to buy into what we do.”

Already, Hembree is priming his players for continued success in Plainview. This summer, varsity Bulldog players competed in the Frenship Summer League, while junior varsity players competed in the Hale Center Summer League.

The varsity team also faced opponents in the Wayland Baptist University team camp in June. There, the Bulldogs beat Bushland, Wall and Hereford in scrimmages.

While Hembree’s transition from Floydada to Plainview has been relatively smooth so far, the pressure of maintaining the school’s reputation for excellence is not lost on him. He said he is excited to establish a brand of basketball that energizes the community, is fun to watch and, most importantly, is highly competitive.

“Plainview basketball has always been something that I think this town clings to,” he said. “We talk about having fun, but one of the biggest things for us is that we want to go out and try to win every game possible. I think when we do that, you will see this town and these people around here really dive back

into the program and start filling the Dog House back up.”

With players Dominic Fulton, Jordan Porter and Ethan Lopez all set to return to the varsity squad, Hembree will have some dangerous weapons at his disposal to unleash on opponents.

Despite significant losses in the form of graduating seniors Maddox Ellis, Brelynn Ridley, Esteban Armendariz, Isaiah Ssejjemba and L.J. Rueda, Hembree said the team is ready to compete as much as possible in the fall.

“I’m just excited to be here, to be able to pour back into this community and really just start digging into who we have coming up and what we can start doing,” Hembree said. “Just know that it’s going to be a process, and we’re going to do our best to put the best competitors on the floor night in, night out. We’re going to try to make it as fun as possible for people to come watch and display all the talent and hard work these kids put in every single day.” DP

Karson Hembree will return to his alma mater this fall as head coach of the Plainview High School Bulldogs basketball team.

Beverly Dunlap shares about life of quiet impact

EL MERCADITO STREET TACOS

1201 W 24TH

PHOTOS BY ELLYSA HARRIS/PLAINVIEW HERALD

BY ELLYSA HARRIS PLAINVIEW HERALD

In the Book of Ephesians in the Christian Bible, there’s a verse that encourages Christians to help others.

It’s one of Beverly Dunlap’s favorites and it’s something she tries to live by.

“That’s what I enjoy doing,” she said.

She stays actively involved in a handful of local service organizations dedicating time to their various causes as she’s able.

It’s that service to others that led to her nomination and then selection as Plainview’s 2024 Woman of the Year.

“The heart of a servant is a heart that is humble, selfless and devoted to serving others,” noted

Sheron Collins, the 2023 Woman of the Year, during her speech to introduce Dunlap during the Plainview Chamber of Commerce’s annual Banquet earlier this year.

member, and more recently, a Plainview’s chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization. She’s also an active member of College Heights Baptist Church. If those organizations have a project going on, Dunlap’s probably a volunteer for it.

“And in my spare time, I enjoy giving friends rides to the doctor if they’re not able to go on their own,” Dunlap said.

Lending a helping hand is always something that’s come naturally to Dunlap. That’s part of what led her to lengthy career as an educator.

Dunlap taught within the Plainview Independent School District from about 1982 to 2012. Driven by the desire to help the next generation, she took a position at Thunderbird Elementary (which has since been replaced by North Elementary) after earning her teaching certifications.

“The heart of a servant is a heart that is humble, selfless and devoted to serving others...”

“It is a heart that seeks to put the needs of others before its own and to bring joy and comfort to those around them. A servant’s heart is not motivated by personal gain or recognition, but by a genuine desire to make a positive impact in the lives of others.”

That’s what Dunlap embodies. She is a Plainview Lions Club member, a Soroptimist

In a 38-year career, she taught second and third grades, worked in the computer lab, was a gifted and talented coordinator and retired as assistant principal.

She enjoyed shaping young minds and interacting with the kids. It was a fulfilling career for her but by the time she chose to retire, Dunlap did so with her family in mind.

Her second husband had fallen ill and her mom was in an assisted living facility near the end of Dunlap’s career. While she hoped to complete 40 years in education, she decided it was best to stop at 38.

In the years immediately following her

Bill Cross and Beverly Dunlap pose for photos after being named Man and Woman of the Year during the Plainview Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Banquet on March 28, 2025.

retirement, Dunlap’s husband and then her mother died.

Dunlap began feeling rather lonely. One day while sitting at home, she remembers feeling like she was ready to put herself out there again. She leaned on her faith for guidance.

“I sat there a while and prayed about it and I thought, ‘if this is what You want, show me,’” Dunlap recalls.

The next day, Dunlap called her three kids to get a feel for what they would think if she started dating again. To her surprise, her inquiry was met with general support.

Two weeks later, a man knocked at her door with a sign. Former Plainview Mayor Wendell Dunlap wanted permission to post a campaign sign in her yard. She said yes before carrying on with a rather lengthy conversation not necessarily related to his campaign.

Bill Cross and Beverly Dunlap catch up following the conclusion of the Plainview Chamber’s Annual Banquet on March 28, 2025 after being named Man and Woman of the Year.

The next week, he called her and had to put a pause on the conversation to get to a City Council meeting, but not before making it clear that their conversation wasn’t over.

“He said, ‘I think we should continue this conversation over dinner some night,’” she recalled.

One dinner date led to another and then another. The two eventually married in September 2016.

“He’s been such a blessing,” Dunlap said of her husband. “His whole family has blessed me.”

He introduced her to College Heights Baptist Church, one of the places she gives of her time to others.

Thinking back to the night her

name was called as Woman of the Year, Dunlap said she’s grateful for the recognition.

“I felt very honored because I know some of the people that have been chosen,” she said. “And to be counted as one of them, that made me feel very honored.”

While you can usually find her wherever and whenever there’s a need she can help fill, whether it’s at church or one of the service organizations, Dunlap still maintains that Wendell is her first priority.

“He told me yesterday, he said, ‘you know, there’s nobody that could or would take care of me like you do,’” Dunlap said. DP

Former Woman of the Year Sheron Collins introduces Beverly Dunlap (right) as the 2024 Woman of the Year during the Chamber’s annual banquet on March 28, 2025.

AgriTexGas “Serving West Texas”

Know what’s below. Call before you dig.

Entérese de lo que hay enterrado. Llame al 811 antes de excavar.

827 Broadway Plainview, TX 288-0493

“The 811 logo is a registered trademark of the Common Ground Alliance” “El logotipo del 811 es una marca registrada de Alianza de tierra común“

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Covenant Health Plainview’s construction set

to wrap up by year’s end

BY ELLYSA HARRIS PLAINVIEW HERALD

Walking into Covenant Health Plainview, it’s hard to miss the updates.

Construction crews have been working diligently to make improvements across the facility. All projects are expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

The year 2025 marks a significant milestone, though. All projects are expected to be completed

by the end of the year, noted Cassie Mogg, Covenant Health Plainview CEO.

The hospital was built in 1971. Renovations began in 2015. The onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic stalled progress as it affected supplies and personnel allowed in health facilities, but work kicked back up in full force.

Now, there’s hardly an inch of the facility that’s gone untouched by construction.

In 2024, upgrades were made to the first floor common areas such as the café, chapel, gift shop, restrooms, lobby and ancillary spaces, Mogg noted. Construction was also completed on the second floor medical surgical department. That project impacted

Those

who

step foot inside Covenant Health

Plainview will notice “a fresh, clean look across the entire hospital”

17 patient rooms, the waiting room and nurses’ station.

More construction has been happening in 2025 with several projects expected to be completed by August or later, according to Mogg.

Upgrades were completed to the 12 bassinet Level 1 nursery in May, she noted in an emailed response to the Herald. Upgrades to the 10-bed ICU/Step Down unit and the 12-post-partum/medical surgical bed unit on the third floor are set to be complete in August.

“In July 2025, we will begin renovations on the Emergency Department,” she noted.

Construction is expected to be finished by the end of the year, Mogg added.

Asked why the construction was necessary, she cited plumbing issues. The other piece of this project, though, is to cosmetically update the facility to reflect the quality of care provided within its walls, she noted.

The second floor was expanded by 10,000 square feet and now has robotic

equipment to assist with surgeries. The MRI and radiology areas also saw expansions and renovations. The facility is now able to offer in-house MRI and radiology now has new ultrasound machines. The pharmacy was also remodeled.

Those who step foot inside Covenant Health Plainview will notice “a fresh, clean look across the entire hospital,” Mogg noted.

“The upgrades have and will continue to impact all patients and visitors that enter our hospital,” she noted. DP

McHur Care expands access to mental health care across Texas

BY REECE NATIONS PLAINVIEW HERALD

McHur Care’s arrival in Plainview this year marked a significant milestone for a county facing a shortage of mental health care professionals.

All of Hale County is designated as a mental health care professional shortage

area, according to data from the Health Resources and Services Administration. This designation is not uncommon, as most counties in the state face similar challenges. To celebrate the opening of its Plainview office, McHur Care hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and free community event on June 24 at its location on West 7th Street and Columbia.

Families gathered at the event to enjoy food, sunshine, and activities, including a raffle, bounce houses, a live DJ, face painting, and more. Members of the Plainview Chamber of Commerce attended to present McHur Care with a commemorative plaque and cut the ribbon, officially marking the launch of the new office.

Plainview Chamber of Commerce members welcome McHur Care with a ribboncutting ceremony (June 23).

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McHur Care Chief Operating Officer Sydni Hayward emphasized the importance of providing mental health services in rural communities like Plainview and its surrounding areas, making it an ideal location for one of the agency’s offices.

“We just have found that a lot of these small communities do not have support,” Hayward said. “A lot of them are having to refer people to Lubbock or Amarillo, and it’s just not feasible for a lot of the families to do that. So, a lot of these smaller communities are just very underserved.”

Currently, McHur Care operates offices in Lubbock, Plainview, Amarillo, Dumas, and several other locations throughout Texas. The agency works with Medicaid-funded insurance programs to provide care for adults and children with limited income and resources.

While other organizations, such as the Central Plains Center, also serve individuals with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and chemical dependency, Hayward noted that McHur Care’s treatment plans stand out because they allow qualified mental health professionals to meet clients in their homes, depending on their mental and behavioral health assessments.

“I think the biggest separation between us and a lot of other organizations across Texas is that we’re able to actually go to them,” Hayward said. “We can go to their home, their daycare, school, after-school care—wherever it is most convenient for that family. Where that child or adult feels the most comfortable is where we’re able to go.”

Following an assessment and diagnosis by a licensed professional counselor, McHur

Care offers a range of social and mental wellness services, including mental health rehabilitation, psychosocial rehabilitation, individual therapy, family therapy, adolescent therapy, crisis intervention, and more.

Though McHur Care’s Plainview location operates during regular business hours—9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday— Hayward said the agency’s qualified mental health professionals go out of their way to accommodate clients’ schedules.

If a client prefers to be seen outside of normal work hours, McHur Care provides the flexibility to meet at a time that works best for the client. This approach ensures that residents of Plainview and its surrounding areas have greater access to the social and mental wellness services they need.

“We’re very excited about addressing a need that needs to be served,” Hayward said. “There are a lot of families that need help, so we’re excited to kind of meet that need all across Texas.” DP

Families gather for McHur’s grand opening event at its West 7th Street office (June 23).

Plainview welcomes Chick-fil-A, Whataburger after years of anticipation

BY REECE NATIONS PLAINVIEW HERALD

Fast-food fanatics in Plainview rejoiced as two major franchises opened locations in town this year.

Chick-fil-A opened April 10 at 4201 Olton Road, while Whataburger opened May 19 at 3606 Olton Road. Both restaurants are the first of their respective kinds to open in the city. Although these restaurants are more common in other areas along the Interstate 27 corridor, their debut in Plainview marked

the culmination of a yearslong effort to attract the iconic businesses to town. Whataburger operator Derek Starr said the city’s efforts date back to at least a 2013 community research initiative, where residents shared their hopes for the city’s future.

“What I can speak to is that the City of Plainview has been asking for a Whataburger since 2013, according to the mayor and city commissioner,” Starr said. “There was a think tank back where people were putting Post-it notes up on a board. Many had Whataburger on the list of entities that they’d love to see in the area.”

At the same time, calls for Chick-fil-A’s arrival in Plainview also grew louder in local online circles. Rumors swirled for years before either business announced plans to open in town, leading to speculation about whether they would ever come.

Bringing Chick-fil-A to Plainview was the result of a twoand-a-half-year endeavor between developers and the Plainview-Hale County Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Chick-fil-A owner-operator Lee Rutter said the community’s response since the restaurant’s opening has been overwhelmingly positive.

“We’re so excited to be a part of the community. They’ve welcomed us with open arms,” Rutter said. “We have seen so many people have this little spark; they want to make Plainview a great place to live. We’re so excited about the opportunity to bring that spark to Plainview to make it a great place to live, a great place to share a smile.”

Chick-fil-A started serving in town on April 10 this year.

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Both businesses’ grand openings, roughly one month apart, were spectacles to behold. Hopeful and hungry patrons started lining up at Chick-fil-A as early as 2 a.m., hours ahead of its 6 a.m. opening.

Before Whataburger’s opening, customers camped out in its parking lot in hopes of winning free food for a year as part of an opening-day promotion. People arrived that Sunday afternoon for a grand opening that wasn’t scheduled until 11 a.m. the following morning.

Just as community members were invested right away, so too are the businesses invested in the community.

Before Whataburger’s grand opening, staff members welcomed and served local first responders May 17 as part of a flag-raising ceremony at the Plainview location.

“We want to honor not only just the people who thought that this was the right place for us, but everybody who lives in Plainview,” Starr said. “So, they’re going to see the color orange out and about and in full force. Just interacting with people I think is one of my strong suits, and Whataburger allows me to do that.”

While this level of fervor over fast food might seem strange to some, city officials contend it makes perfect sense given

the asset that I-27 is for local commerce. EDC Executive Director Kristi Aday told the Herald previously that traffic studies indicate an average of between 20,000 and 22,000 cars pass through Plainview’s portion of I-27 each day.

Other businesses, like Toot’n Totum, Braum’s and Papa John’s, have also opened in recent years along the same stretch of Olton Road that Whataburger and Chickfil-A now call home. The next batch of new businesses in this area will reportedly include Wingstop, 7 Brew Coffee Shop and HTeaO.

As these businesses and others bring more economic opportunity to the area, Plainview stands to gain not only through employment but through enjoyment. Rutter said the town’s hospitality toward restaurants like his was a testament to what makes it a special place to do business.

“The city was amazing working with us on this specific site, because they knew Chick-fil-A would be busy, and we want to keep people safe and off the road,” he said. “We can get over 40 cars in our drive-thru, which is important for keeping them off the road... They just had this vision and passion for bringing another great dining experience to town.” DP

Whataburger opened its doors in Plainview on May 19.

Nearly 40 Years Strong: F.I.S.H. Serving Hale County One Box at a Time

BY MORGAN MICHALSKI FOR THE HERALD

For nearly four decades, F.I.S.H. (Faith in Sharing House) has been serving Hale County residents facing food insecurity.

Walking into F.I.S.H., its mission radiates from every corner—a mission grounded in compassion, sustained by faith, and carried out by dedicated volunteers who serve their community with quiet determination.

F.I.S.H. is a Hale County food bank that serves Plainview and the entire county. They got their start in 1985.

After a few years, F.I.S.H. was moved to its current location at 504 Joliet St. where they remain today. They are open Monday through Friday 1-2 p.m.

F.I.S.H. began as a collaboration among several local churches, with St. Alice’s Catholic Church and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church eventually taking the lead in its development. The organization first operated out of a barn on Ash Road. In the spring of 1993, F.I.S.H. moved to its current location, a transition made possible by a generous donation from the Mayer Foundation, according to Beverly Wall, the board secretary and a dedicated volunteer of 19 years.

Wall, a lifelong Plainview resident and graduate of Plainview High School, first got involved with F.I.S.H. after being encouraged by Kim Horne, who served as the board secretary at the time.

F.I.S.H. serves both low-income households and individuals experiencing homelessness. It also serves a lot of elderly people who have lost a spouse, Wall stated.

Becoming a F.I.S.H. recipient requires a referral, usually from First Baptist Church. The referral is to make sure the people reside in the county, Wall said. F.I.S.H. can only provide donations to individuals or households once per month.

Beyond food, F.I.S.H. provides brochures and also shares information about workforce solutions from various agencies to help with long-term support, Wall added. Every individual is assigned

a case number, which is recorded on a card to track when they last received food, helping ensure that assistance is provided only once per month.

F.I.S.H. is in constant need of canned fruits, vegetables, canned tuna, canned soup, boxed macaroni and cheese, rice, bottled water and individual packs of oatmeal.

More than 30 volunteers donate their time and energy to support the organization’s mission. These volunteers do things such as organizing and distributing food donations to assisting with administrative tasks. Their commitment plays an important role in ensuring that F.I.S.H. can continue serving the community effectively and efficiently, Wall said.

Among the organization’s regular volunteers are Hale County 4-H members, she noted. Most Tuesdays through Fridays, 4-H members volunteer regularly, assisting with daily operations. During the summer, both 4-H members and youth groups consistently donate their time to help out.

Wall and her nephews do 4-H through Hale County together. Wall and her family have been doing 4-H for a very long time.

Karen Miller is another frequent volunteer. She has been a dedicated volunteer at F.I.S.H. for nine years, working in the office and playing a vital role in its day-to-day operations. Her commitment reflects her genuine passion for helping others and making a positive impact in the community. Miller finds fulfillment in every aspect of her work at F.I.S.H. and values the meaningful connections she builds with the people she serves. To her, every part of the organization is both interesting and rewarding.

Several local businesses contribute to the cause as well. For example, Tasty Donuts

Beverly Wall and some of the other volunteers for F.I.S.H. gathered on April 8th (L-R): Beverly Wall, Mican Martinez, Janel Nunez, David Haines, Danyel Carrillo, Sharlee Scott, Braeden Zapata, Shane LeClear

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F.I.S.H. volunteers standing Infront of the food shelves sorting the canned food (L: R) Shane LeClear, Janel Nunez, Braeden Zapata, David Haines, Danyel Carrillo

“I feel like God has kept us going. Many of the other food banks in the county have closed and we have been fortunate enough to keep going.”

donates any leftovers and United Supermarkets provides donations on Tuesdays and Thursdays. F.I.S.H. also accepts perishable food items.

The busiest time of year for the nonprofit is in August when school starts back up, according to Wall. The demand is so high that not only is their entire parking lot full, but the Girl Scouts’ lot across the street fills up as well.

In contrast, the slowest time is around February, when many people receive their tax refunds, Wall said.

Miller shared that while the majority of people who come each month truly need help, there may be a few who don’t. However, she emphasized that all the work done at F.I.S.H. is guided by faith.

In 2024, F.I.S.H. provided assistance to 7,815 individuals, distributing 3,969 boxes of food to families in need. Wall noted that this number has been steadily rising since the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I feel like God has kept us going. Many of the other food banks in the county have closed and we have been fortunate enough to keep going,” Wall said.

Wall explained that peanut butter is always in high demand at F.I.S.H. because it’s the most expensive item they purchase. It’s a common item in donation boxes, especially when children are involved. F.I.S.H. prioritizes including easy-to-use foods like peanut butter in households with kids, so children can help themselves when needed.

“If the household has children, they are given

extra things. We also keep kids’ bags in there with snacks and little stuff like that,” Wall said. “If there are three or more kids, then we will add even more items.”

Money is the most helpful thing that F.I.S.H. could receive because it allows more freedom in choosing what food is purchased to place into the distributed boxes.

Wall’s first experience volunteering at a food bank was with Meals On Wheels, where she assisted in delivering meals to individuals in need.

“You get a different perspective when you volunteer like that. This (F.I.S.H.) is just an extension of that,” Wall said.

Beyond F.I.S.H., Wall is deeply rooted in her community. She and her husband, Bert, were high school sweethearts and now manage farmlands and cattle. Despite her busy home life, she remains active in multiple organizations, including the Plainview Rotary Club, the Crisis Center of the Plains board, the Silver Star board and Beautify Plainview. She also teaches Sunday school and helps lead the youth group at her church. DP

Sharlee Scott,

and

volunteers help sort food for F.I.S.H. on April 8th

(L-R)

Janel Nunez

Danyel Carrillo

Snack Pak 4 Kids is essential to providing nutritious food options for Plainview children

BY MORGAN MICHALSKI FOR THE HERALD

One small bag of snacks can mean the world to a hungry child—and Snack Pak 4 Kids is making sure hundreds of students in Plainview and surrounding areas don’t go without.

Snack Pak 4 Kids was started in Amarillo in 2010, according to sp4k.org/our-story/.

Amber Bass, a longtime volunteer and current program coordinator, said she’s not sure how long but one thing is clear – the program is a necessity.

There are SP4K programs all throughout the Panhandle. Amarillo handles all the finances, and most people donate directly to Amarillo. Snack Pak 4 Kids Plainview (SP4K) has been in Plainview for years. Bass has been involved for the past four years.

“They asked me, and I was interested in helping out. I’ve been packing and stuff over the years,” said Bass, who also serves on the

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Plainview ISD School Board. “It’s really been a blessing.”

The local program impacts students all over the district she serves. It’s a way to ensure kids have something to fill their bellies outside of school hours. It takes a team of volunteers for success and with this cause, there is rarely a shortage of people willing to share their time to pack food.

The only other way to give is financially. SP4K only accepts money as donations. They do this because they have standard items that they order to ensure that every bag is the same, according to Bass. People can send in donations directly to the Amarillo Foundation or they can send it through the website (SP4K).

Students from Ash High School and members of Snack Pak 4 Kids come together every other Tuesday during the school year to pack food, pausing during the summer.

Bass explained that the kids in need have to get a waiver signed by their parents or guardians. The school counselors also play a role in helping to find kids in need.

Some things the school counselors and teachers look out for to find a student

in need is kids rushing food lines, kids having extreme hunger Monday’s mornings, kids eating all the food served, and kids unwilling to waste food and lingering around for a second helping, according to Bass.

SP4K needs the parents or guardians to agree to accept the help. This is after the student meets all the requirements on the checklist.

“Once you’re on the list, you’re on the list. The delivery team will show up with totes and give them to the kids discreetly,” Bass said. “It’s usually a group of leadership kids that will deliver the snack packs.”

SP4K does kindergarten, elementary and junior high. The program for high school students is called Snack Shack, Bass said.

Bass stated that they like to get everything organized in advance and get it ready to go. They get other businesses to deliver to the schools in Plainview. SP4K delivers every Friday.

“It really is a community effort. Lots of people volunteer their time and money,” Bass said.

The student council runs Snack Shack separately; it is out of the same funds as

SP4K, according to Bass. They do this so the kids don’t feel embarrassed or ashamed.

The snack packs contain Slim Jims, Pop-Tarts, sunflower seeds, cheese crackers, Gatorade and milk. SP4K gets a discount from Slim Jim.

There is a golf tournament during July that helps SP4K raise funds for the entire school year. All the proceeds go directly to SP4K foundation.

The Plainview program’s biggest

fundraiser is the annual Snack Pak 4 Kids Golf Tournament, which is sponsored by the dairy farms in the surrounding area. It’s always the Friday before the Fourth of July.

SP4K in Plainview has Ron Miller to help with the financial side. He has been working with SP4K for 12 years.

They are currently serving 800 kids in need, Bass stated. Miller helps order the stuff they need to ensure they stay within budget.

“We have no trouble finding volunteers.”

On average, they pack 575 snack packs biweekly for children in need. In the previous year, they doubled that number, packing 1,000 snack packs every other week. This year, they’ve had a decrease slightly, distributing a total of 20,700 snack packs, according to Miller.

“Growth has gone down this year because school population has decreased,” Miller said.

It costs them about $4,500 biweekly to feed all the kids in need, $9,000 a month to order the food,

Miller feels the program is important because it provides food for kids who may be missing out on nutritious options when not in school.

Bass stated that they do accept volunteers—they just need to get in touch with her. SP4K currently volunteers from groups like FFA, student council, NHS, local churches and businesses.

Miller stated on average they have around 50 volunteers each packing Friday and over 2,000 per year.

“We have no trouble finding volunteers,” Miller said.

Miller explained that anyone can make donations through the SP4K Amarillo website, and all contributions are anonymous. Each month, they receive a report detailing the funds raised. Various organizations across the city also partner with SP4K to support their efforts. For additional information, visit SP4K.org. DP

Plainview Country Club golf course is public and open to all

BY ELLYSA HARRIS PLAINVIEW HERALD

The Plainview Country Club is a public golf course. That fact seems to be lost with the name.

The words “country club” bring to mind an idea of exclusivity and to some degree, that’s right.

The Plainview Country Club encompasses dining areas, a pool and the golf course with varying levels of membership that include access to each. However, the golf course is open to nonmembers as well, noted Jimmy Saenz, the new

head golf professional for the club.

He stepped into the role in June and told the Herald one of his goals is to work on improving public perception about the golf facility.

“Anybody can play,” he said. “I do think for us to continue to grow, we have to push that sentiment further because there is a misnomer because obviously it’s public.”

The country club runs the golf course and while the club is exclusive, the course is not.

The golf course is owned by the City of Plainview, he explained.

“It can’t be a private entity because it’s a cityowned property,” he added.

This is why maintenance equipment needs for the course pop up periodically on the City Council’s agenda.

The golf course at the Plainview Country Club is open to the public.

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A few weeks after he stepped into the role, Saenz said he was still getting a feel but believed public and membership play was about even. Without public play, he added, “it wouldn’t be great.”

Saenz came to Plainview from a similar post at an Abilene golf course. He’s been in the game for more than two decades and has built a name for himself across the region in the world of golf. That helped as he worked to establish himself in Abilene, he noted. He built a following and at the peak of his time there, he said, his days were filled with golf lessons.

He wants to do something similar in Plainview.

This city has potential, he noted.

“I would love to see that membership number grow because we do offer a lot of amenities for this small of a town,” Saenz said noting the Country Club’s restaurant, bar and swimming pool (open only during the summer).

Peak golf season typically stretches from April to October, he said. With the climate here, the golf course operates pretty much year-round with the exception of extreme temperatures or bad weather days. The course has a 40-degree rule. If temperatures drop below that, the course is closed.

Otherwise the course is open to people who want to play a long or shot golf game, practice putting or practice long strokes.

The Plainview City Council adjusted rates for use of the golf course during a regular meeting in June.

Here’s a breakdown of rates:

General public rates:

9 holes (weekdays): $17

18 holes (weekdays): $23

9 holes (weekend): $25

18 holes (weekend): $31

Cart, 9 holes: $10

Cart, 18 holes: $20

Public private cart trail fee: $15

Small bucket of balls: $8

Large bucket of balls: $11

Veteran and first responder rates:

9 holes: $15

18 holes: $20

Cart, 9 holes: $10

Cart, 18 holes: $20

Private cart trail fee: $12 DP

Planned demolition of Kidsville marks end of an era as Plainview continues park improvements

BY ELLYSA HARRIS PLAINVIEW HERALD

Plainview is nearing the end of an era.

After 34 years, the Plainview City Council decided this year to tear down and replace the beloved Kidsville play structure.

The design was created by kids and brought to fruition by the hands of volunteers.

It’s been well preserved and outlasted (by a long shot) other similar structures throughout the region, according to Assistant City Manager Jeff Johnston.

During a regular meeting in late June, Johnston referenced a structure built in Lubbock around the same as Plainview’s, adding that it was knocked down about a decade ago.

“We’ve gotten way over that,” he said. “Kudos to the Parks Department.”

While still in the early planning stages as of June 2025, city leaders plan to knock down the current structure to make way for a new build as soon as 2026 or 2027.

The planned upgrade marks the latest in a series of updates to the parks around Plainview. Tim Crosswhite, capital improvement program manager for Plainview, said Running Water Draw Regional Park is the fifth to receive equipment upgrades. These align with the city’s Comprehensive Plan passed in 2013.

“It’s also in our Parks Master Plan as a priority for replacement as well,” he added.

The Sona Arch at Broadway Park, also recognized as City Park, is among the highlights of equipment that’s gone up in recent years, Crosswhite noted. Take a walk under the arch and it’ll engage by calling out asking you to play. The pad underneath has colorful shapes with numbers to play its games, which are changed out every few weeks.

While replacement of playground equipment is a priority, the city is also working toward replacing restrooms at each of the parks.

New restrooms went up at Lloyd C. Park in June.

In 2025, alone, the city completed upgrades to the structure at Frisco Park, the sports fields at City Park and the second phase of upgrades at the softball complex

in Running Water Draw Park, as well as the upgrades restrooms at Lloyd C. Woods Park.

Upgrades in 2024 included the addition of two pickle ball courts with lights at Utica Park and the Sona Arch at City Park.

The announcement about the replacement of one of Plainview’s more iconic structures was met with some disappointment from community members. Crosswhite says he’s aware of how special this particular structure is.

“We’ve been working towards this a long time but we understand the value of what was done before,” he said. “It’s just time to replace it.”

As of this writing, it was too soon to know what’s next but Crosswhite said city officials are already working on plans to preserve the beloved structure’s history as they carry out the greater goals of improving Plainview’s parks. DP

The City of Plainview plans to demolish the beloved Kidsville play structure and create something new in its quest to update each city park.

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High PheasantsPlains Forever fosters youth conservation, habitat projects

Pheasant hunting season occurs annually in the South Plains and Panhandle region for about a month each year toward the end of the calendar year.

COURTESY OF DANNY GLENN

BY REECE NATIONS PLAINVIEW HERALD

Those passionate about conserving the natural habitats of game birds in the region have the High Plains Chapter of Pheasants Forever to aid the cause locally.

Hunters in and around Plainview know all too well the harmful effects drought and a lowered water table have on wildlife common throughout the area. Pheasants Forever chapter president Danny Glenn said he has seen firsthand that prolonged hot and dry conditions make the birds’ living conditions more difficult.

“Folks that are part of our chapter are passionate about hunting and maintaining the pheasant and other wildlife populations,” Glenn said. “It’s just harder with the changes in the way we irrigate. The depletion of our underground water supply has been changing farming tremendously over the last 30 or 40 years, and it’s impacted those bird populations. In the last 15 years, we’ve seen a tremendous decline in the pheasant population numbers.”

That’s why organizations like Pheasants Forever and its sister entity, Quail Forever, focus on wildlife habitat conservation and youth education in the area. Glenn said the pheasants’ nesting season runs from midMarch to early April until early to mid-July.

He said pheasant chicks are particularly vulnerable in the first eight days of their lives and require insects and insect larvae to feed. If drought conditions dry up flora enough, the conditions conducive to insect reproduction are likewise harmed, leading to less food for the young birds.

“Our playa lakes are really important to the pheasant, and they probably don’t hold as much water throughout the summer as they used to, and then you had the drought on top

Folks that are part of our chapter are passionate about hunting and maintaining the pheasant and other wildlife populations.”

of that,” Glenn said. “A pheasant is a bird that is going to hatch once a year.”

It is illegal under state law to hunt pheasant hens, and proof of the bird’s sex must be shown to game wardens when hunting. Daily bag limits are set strictly at three cocks, while possession limits are set at nine.

Pheasant hunting season occurs annually in the South Plains and Panhandle region for about a month each year toward the end of the calendar year. Quail hunting season runs longer, usually from late October through late February.

Folks that are part of our chapter are passionate about hunting and maintaining the pheasant and other wildlife populations.”

This year’s pheasant season will be from Dec. 6, 2025, to Jan. 4, 2026, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s website. Meanwhile, quail season will run from Nov. 1, 2025, to Feb. 28, 2026.

Every year, Glenn said, Pheasants Forever tries to “create more habitat” for the wildlife by planting seeds and promoting the careful conservation of water resources. Groups of volunteers band together to construct what are referred to as “guzzlers,” or special watering systems for livestock and wild animals.

“We put them out in good, thick cover, and when it rains it fills up a trough for the animals to use,” Glenn said. “It would take just a half-inch of rain to keep that trough full all year with water for the birds to help them. We put out eight to 10 of those in Swisher and Hale counties.”

In addition, every year Pheasants Forever sows hundreds of acres in the region’s natural, undeveloped habitat. Glenn said the volunteers use a no-till drill, a rolling planting device that embeds seeds into soil, to sow around 200 acres in Hale and Swisher counties each year.

As the regional extension of a nationwide organization, High Plains Pheasants Forever will at times facilitate programs that benefit local students involved with agriculture and conservation. Glenn said Pheasants Forever extends support toward 4-H shooting clubs like the Hale and Swisher County shooting sports clubs through its annual fundraiser banquet and other donations.

Glenn said students involved in sport shooting are usually the ones who hunt game birds and become avid hunters in their adult lives. Supporting these students today sets the stage for them to become the pheasant and quail conservationists of tomorrow.

“That has probably been our favorite thing, to try to help these kids and support the youth programs that kind of go along with our mission statement,” Glenn said. “So, since our inception in 2017, we have helped both the Swisher and the Hale County shooting sports every year.”

One of the organization’s nationwide programs that gets facilitated locally is its “Milkweed in the Classroom” project, a habitat education program that lets students grow native plants right in their own classrooms. Glenn

said the program helps students learn about pollinators’ impacts on ecological sustainability while also providing a quality foraging and nesting habitat.

He said those interested in becoming involved with Pheasants or Quail Forever themselves are welcome to contact Glenn or any other member of the groups. One can help coordinate its annual banquet, become involved in habitat projects, and attend monthly chapter meetings in addition to making monetary donations through pheasantsforever.org.

Contact information for High Plains Pheasants Forever can be found on

the organization’s official Plainview Chamber of Commerce webpage, plainviewtexaschamber.com/cm-business/ high-plains-pheasant-forever.

“I would say that we’re very passionate about our cause and our mission, and we want to do things locally that support it,” Glenn said. “We would love any ideas, or if anybody has any questions, we would be happy to answer those and look forward to that opportunity.” DP

Where to hoop this summer: Plainview’s top basketball courts, ranked

BY REECE NATIONS PLAINVIEW HERALD

Bored hoopers are always seeking new local basketball courts open during the summer for public use.

Some find joy in the growth that playing year-round has on their game. Whether they are searching for a casual pickup game or a place for intense one-on-ones, basketball players come in all shapes and sizes—just like the courts they play on.

Luckily, the City of Plainview Parks Department and other organizations maintain and manage various recreational amenities around town, including several basketball courts that are open and free to the public.

But which courts are the absolute best in town? Here, we have assessed and ranked the top five courts in Plainview for our readers’ consideration and enjoyment.

5. UTICA STREET PARK

This court is a hidden gem in the neighborhood just north of Wayland Baptist University’s campus.

Utica: This hidden gem of a court provides adequate shade for resting between reps.

Located on West 12th Street and Utica, this multi-purpose court sometimes shares space with a volleyball net. However, the park’s blue square of asphalt is better suited as an outdoor basketball playing surface.

Though only a half-court, a couple of nearby trees provide adequate shade for resting between reps. Players should bring their own water, as this court lacks seating except for a nearby park bench and picnic table.

This park also has a backstop for baseball or softball, a playground, and about an acre of open field for other activities. The parking lot is located near the intersection of West 12th and Travis streets.

4. HOOD PARK

This is arguably the best half-court to play on in all of Plainview.

Situated at 3300 West 16th Street, it’s easy to miss the small blue square of asphalt beside this park’s vibrant municipal water park. Though there are few places to sit and only the shade of nearby trees, this court provides a serene backdrop for neighborhood hooping.

A well-drawn free throw lane and threepoint line are a big bonus for this court. It’s perfect for shooting around solo or competitive matchups of one-on-one, twoon-two, or three-on-three. However, any games larger than that should probably be played elsewhere.

Players may park either in the lot by the pool entrance off 16th Street or off Ennis Street.

Hood: This court near a large community pool is easy to miss.

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3. EDGAR AND ESSIE GIVENS PARK

This court is part of a multi-purpose sports area at this park.

Located by the train depot between Walter Griffin and Sam Hearn streets, this full-size court is secluded and doesn’t get as much love as it should. Still, its green asphalt is a great place for impromptu pickup games or solo shoot-around sessions.

A covered pavilion nearby provides shade for recuperating, and the rest of the park features a 2,420foot walking track and 50 acres of open area, among other amenities. This park also has bathrooms and water fountains, though we suggest bringing your own water from home.

While it loses points for not having square backboards and the poles for volleyball nets do obstruct the sidelines a bit, we still highly recommend coming here to play for its beautiful backdrop. Be sure to park in the lot near the intersection of Campbell and North Ash streets.

2. PLAINVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

This entry on our list is the only one not managed by the City of Plainview Parks Department.

Players must first contact the Plainview Independent School District’s Operations Department and sign a liability waiver, but we still recommend doing so to play here. This white asphalt full-size court features two goals with double rims, nicely drawn lines, square backboards, and white nylon nets for perfect swishes.

It is located at 2200 West 20th Street, tucked away beside Greg Sherwood Memorial Stadium’s fieldhouse and next to a parking lot. Shadows fall over the court for a few hours each day because it’s nestled in an exterior corner of the school building but otherwise shade here is sparse.

PJHS: Make sure to get permission from PISD’s operations and facilities department before making the trip to the outdoor court at PHJS this summer.

Visitors should bring their own water and chairs if they plan on visiting this court with permission.

HONORABLE MENTION: FRISCO PARK

This half-court at the corner of Father James J. Daly and Pedro Martinez streets is a little-known wonder.

Though shade is limited, it features a couple of park benches for seating and fresh, white asphalt. It’s also across from a small playground and picnic area.

While its relatively small size, lack of square backboards and other amenities just barely kept it off our full list, players should consider coming here anyway to play in small groups or solo.

1. RUNNINGWATER DRAW PARK

This is the best public basketball court in town, bar none.

Frisco: This secluded slice of asphalt is one of the city’s prime spots for hoops.

In fact, this is (probably) where the most people can be seen playing basketball in Plainview on a given day. Located at 3400 West 4th Street, it’s no secret that this full-sized court with green asphalt and blue free throw lanes is well taken care of and frequently hosts full-court games of pickup.

There is plenty of seating and shade nearby to help players cool off under the harsh summer sun. Parking is a breeze as well. Players can either leave their vehicles curbside along the road leading into the park or use the parking lot next to the softball fields.

Though there are public water fountains on-site, we recommend bringing water from home—ideally in a cooler or insulated container—for the best experience.

This park is truly the crown jewel of the parks department, with its bathrooms, picnic area, Kidsville playground, and other amenities such as a disc golf course, sand volleyball courts, and baseball and softball fields.

For all these reasons combined, Runningwater Draw Park is our top pick for the best basketball court in Plainview. DP

Runningwater: The court at Runningwater Draw Park earned our top spot for its size, quality and park accommodations.

Givens: The basketball court at Givens Park is an underappreciated spot for hooping.

VISITOR INFORMATION

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Budget Inn (28 rooms)

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Comfort Suites (50 rooms)

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Holiday Inn Express (62 rooms)

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Quality Inn (75 rooms)

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Reddy Hotel (42 rooms)

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Sands Motel (19 rooms)

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Starlight Motel (17 rooms)

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Villa Motel (19 rooms) 906 W 5th Plainview, TX 79072

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ATTRACTIONS

Abraham Art Gallery

1900 W 7th Plainview, TX 79072

806.291.3710

Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

American Quarter Horse

Heritage Center & Museum 2601 I-40 East Amarillo, TX 79104

806.376.5181 or 888.209.8322

Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

June - Sept, Sundays noon to 5 p.m.

Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years

Caprock Canyon State Park P.O. Box 204 Quitaque, TX 79255

806-455-1492

Rates & Reservations512.389.8900 www.tpwd.state.tx.us

Don Harrington Discovery Center & Planetarium

1200 Street Dr. Amarillo, TX 79106

806-355-9548

Tuesday - Saturday,9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, noon to 4:30 p.m.

Closed New Years, Thanksgiving, Christmas Special Planetarium shows available for young children

Hale County Farm & Ranch

Historical Museum P.O. Box 834

Hale Center, TX 79041

806.839.2556

South of Hale Center on I-27 West Service Road

Open Daily 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (weather permitting) Call for Special Tours

Museum of Llano Estacado/Jimmy Dean Museum 1900 W 7th Plainview, TX 79072

806-291-3660 http://www.wbu.edu/c/ c05b/

Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Weekends (MarchNovember), 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Palo Duro Canyon

State Park Canyon, TX 79015

806-488-2227

Pioneer a.m.phitheatre Home of “TEXAS,” Hiking Trails, Camping

Panhandle Plains Historical Museum 2503 - 4th Ave Canyon, TX 79015

806-651-2244

June - August, MondaySaturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Sept - May, MondaySaturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Ranching & Heritage Center

4th & Indiana

Lubbock, TX 79414

806-742-0498

Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Ranching & Heritage Museum & Planetarium

4th & Indiana Lubbock, TX 79414

Museum – 806-742-2490 Planetarium – 806-7422432

Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday open till 8:30 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Science Spectrum & Omnimax

S. Loop 289 between Indiana & University Lubbock, TX 79425

806-745-2525

Science Spectrum Hours:

Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Omnimax Showtimes:

Monday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

“Texas” Musical Drama Pioneer amphitheater Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Production of the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation 1514 5th Ave. Canyon, TX 79015

Plays June through August, Tuesday - Sunday at 8:30 p.m. Reservations: 806-6552181 or texas-show.com BBQ Dinner served before performance 6 - 8 p.m.

ALSO AVAILABLE ARE AREA LAKES FOR BOATING AND FISHING:

Lake Alan HenryJusticeburg 806-775-2673

Mackenzie LakeSilverton 806-633-4326

Buffalo Springs LakeLubbock 806-747-3353

Lake MeredithFritch 806-857-3151

DINING/ RESTAURANTS

Arby’s 3614 Olton Rd. 806-808-1800

Benjamins 1806 W. 5th 806-213-1100

Bill’s Jumbo Burger 610 W. 5th St. 806-296-0100

Braum’s 3605 Olton Rd. 806-288-1000

Broadway Brew (meeting room available) 108 E. 7th 806-288-2739

Burger King 1003 N I-27 806-296-2245

Carlito’s Mexican 705 Broadway 806-296-9222

Chicken Express 909 N I-27 806-291-0260

Chick-Fil-A Address: 4201 Olton Rd, Plainview, TX 79072 Phone: (806) 705-8777

Chili’s 1515 N I-27 806-293-0071

China Dragon 3400 Olton Road 806.291.8888

Church’s Chicken 3101 Olton Rd. 806-600-5020

Cotton Patch Cafe (meeting room available) 3314 Olton Rd 806-293-5522

Creamery

600 Quincy St. 806-213-1300

Dairy Queen 1307 W 5th St 806-291-0068

Domino’s Pizza 1700 W. 5th St. 806-291-9999

El Mercadito 1201 W. 24th St. 806-429-8029

Elks Restaurant (meeting room available) 908 N. I-27 806-293-8770

Empire Buffet 850 850 1001 N I-27 806-293-3838

Field House Sandwich Shop 3402 B Olton Road 806-293-5092

Frisco Bakery/Lunch 601 E. 6th 806-296-2611

IHOP International House of Pancakes 701 NIH27 806-288-0945

Jumbo Joe’s 1911 W. 5th 806-291-9595

Just 4 Fun 506 W. 5th St. 806-429-7347

Kentucky Fried Chicken 1900 W 5th 806-293-1245

Leals 3311 Olton Rd. 806-293-5355

Little Ceasars 1707 W. 5th 806-213-4685

McDonald’s 817 N I 27/and Walmart Super Store 806-293-7430

Mi Mexico 1000 W. 5th 806-291-0677

Mia’s Italian (meeting room available) 1001 N IH 27 806-296-5757

NuGriddle Cafe 401 W. 8th 806.296.6733

Nena’s Taquitos/ Breakfast-Lunch 2010 W. 5th 806.296-0448

Ocho80

Address: 4009 Olton Rd, Plainview, TX 79072 Phone: (806) 429-7250

Old Mexico

(meeting room available) 2003 W. 5th 806-293-2868

Papa John’s Address: 3612 Olton Rd, Plainview, TX 79072

Phone: (806) 600-4272

Pizza Hut/Wing Street 1108 N I-27

806-293-5000

Plainview Country Club 2902 W 4th

806-293-2445

Season’s Way Tea Room 2900 Olton Road

806-291-0777

Sonic Drive In 501 W 5th and 4404 Olton Road

806-293-3199 and 2934848

Subway 1001 N. I-27

806-293-0652

Taco Bell Box 1449

806-296-6228

Taqueria Perlitas 701 Columbia St. 806-296-5007

Weekends BBQ 1007 Mesa Dr. 806-292-1423

Wendy’s 1509 N I27

806-288-0033

Whataburger Address: 3606 Olton Rd, Plainview, TX 79072 Phone: (806) 429-0008

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

Azteca Milling CompanySince 1989

1388 County Road U, Box 620, 806.293.0110

Plant Superintendent: Angel Garcia Employees: 246 Maza Flour

City of Plainview - Since 1907 901 Broadway, 806.296.1100

City Manager: Jeffrey

Snyder

Employees: 210 Governmental

Gebo Distribution Co., Inc. - Since 1959

Corp Office: Box 850, 806.293.4212

Store: 2803 Olton Road, 806.293.4326

Warehouse: 3800 S IH

Business 27, 806.293.8549

Employees: 60

Retail/Warehouse Farm & Ranch

Central Plains CenterSince 1969

2700 Yonkers (Adm. Building) 806.293.2636

CEO: Sherri Bohr Employees: 190 Behavioral Health Services (9 counties)

Covenant Hospital - Since 1992

2601 Dimmitt Rd, 806.296.5531

Plainview CEO: Bob Copeland

Employees: 320 Hospital Services

Plainview Independent School District - Since 1902

912 Portland, Box 1540, 806.293.6000

Superintendent: Dr. Rocky Kirk

Employees: 729 Education

Prairie House Living Center - Since 1993

1301 Mesa, 806.293.4855

Administrator: Georgiana Forman Roller Employees: 120 Elderly Nursing Care Texas Department Of

Criminal Justice - Since 1995

JB Wheeler & Marshall Formby Units 4300 E 5th, 806.293.1081

Warden: Charles McDuffy Employees: 410

Regence Health Network, Inc. - Since 1973

2801 W 8th, 806.293.8561

CEO: Rick Love

Employees: 90 Health Care

United Supermarkets/ Amigos - Since 1964

3501 Olton Rd, 806.293.4402, Rodney White 2403 N Columbia, 806.293.2700, Rebekah Bernal Employees: 280 Grocery Stores

Wal-Mart SupercenterSince 2004 1501 N I-27, 806.293.4278

Manager: Sandra Garcia Employees: 310 Retail Sales

Wal-Mart DistributionSince 1986

3100 N Quincy, 806.293.9601

Manager: Jared Lorton Employees: 820

Transportation: Ted Baker Employees: 250 Distribution

Wayland Baptist University - Since 1908 1900 W 7th, 806.291.1000

President: Dr. Bobby Hall Employees: 344 Education

West Texas Family Medicine and Medical Plaza 1806 Quincy and 1605 W. 5th

806-288.7891

Employees: 100 Medical Care/Urgent Care

RV PARKS

Bar B - RV Park 526 S IH 27 Plainview, Texas 79072 806-729-2246

Country Village Mobile Home and RV Park 4000 S Business I 27 Plainview, Texas 79072 806-291-7342

Oakwood Acres 3301 Quincy Plainview, TX 79072

806.293.4466

Ollie Liner Center South Columbia Plainview, TX 79072 806.293.2183

Plains Mobile Home 3017 Dimmit Rd Plainview, TX 79072

806.296.4346

Shady Lane Mobile Home & RV 2010 E 5th Plainview, TX 79072

806.296.0349

The Hitchin” Post RV Park and Cozy Cabins 4018 N I-27 Plainview, Texas 79072 806-789-3066

MEDICAL SERVICES

HOSPITALS

Covenant Health Plainview 2601 Dimmitt Road 296-5531

Medical Center of Dimmitt

300 West Halsell, Dimmitt 647-2194

Swisher Memorial Hospital 539 SE Second, Tulia 995-3581

W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital

320 N. Main, Lockney 652-3373

MEDICAL CLINICS

Covenant Health Family Medical Clinic 1208 North I-27 291-5112

Covenant HealthCare Center Plainview 2222 W. 24th St. 293-5113

Edgemere Medical Clinic 2606 Yonkers 291-5120

Covenant Health West Texas Family Medicine Plainview 1806 Quincy 288-7891

RHN Medical & Dental Group Plainview 410 Canyon St. 291-0297

Covenant Health West Texas Family Medicine Floydada 901 W. Crockett, Floydada 402-4033

Covenant Health West Texas Family Medicine Hale Center 315 Cleveland St., Hale Center 839-2100

Cogdell Clinic

320 N. Main, Lockney 652-3373

Medical Center of Dimmitt 300 W. Halsell, Dimmitt 647-2194

Olton Clinic 524 E. Eighth St. Olton 285-2633

Tulia Rural Health Clinic 105 Hospital Ave. Tulia 995-4122

CARDIOLOGY

Kevin Jones, DO. 2502 Xenia St., Suite 106 291-5145

CHIROPRACTIC

Daniel Baggett, D.C. 1004 W. Seventh St. 296-0447

Thomas Cunningham, D.C. 2204 Edgemere, Plainview 293-3130

Nate Pochucha, D.C. 109 W. Ninth St. 293-4600

FAMILY PRACTICE

Kelsey Richardson, M.D. 1208 North I-27 291-5112

Evan Colmenero, M.D. 1208 North I-27 291-5112

Victoria Colmenero M.D. 1208 North I-27 291-5112

Craig Horton, M.D. 1806 Quincy St. 288-7891

Dominique Foster, M.D. 2222 W. 24th St. 293-5100

Jon Watkins, M.D. 1806 Quincy St. 288-7891

Gary Mangold, M.D. 320 N. Main, Lockney 652-3373

Cynthia Schlueter, D.O. 320 N. Main, Lockney 652-3373

Kevin Stennett, M.D. 320 N. Main, Lockney 652-3373

Lauren Swartz, M.D. 2222 W. 24th Street 291-5100

Tori Marnell, M.D. 105 Hospital Ave., Tulia 995-4122

Scott Blakeman, D.O. 105 Hospital Ave., Tulia 995-4122

Steven Rossi, M.D. 105 Hospital, Tulia 995-4122

Gary Hardy, M.D. 300 W. Halsell St., Dimmitt 647-2194

Chris Beene, M.D. 300 W. Halsell St., Dimmitt 647-2194

Brad Hough, M.D. 410 Canyon St. 291-0297

Colby Rozean, M.D. 222 W. 24th St. 291-5100

Monte Swanson, M.D. 1806 Quincy St. 288-7891

GENERAL SURGERY

Douglas G. Cummings, M.D. 2504 Xenia St., Ste. 102 296-7881

Dayton Wong, M.D. 2504 Xenia St., Ste. 102 296-7881

Linda Luong, D.O. 2504 Xenia St., Ste. 102 296-7881

GYNECOLOGY

Charles R. Smith, D.O. 2222 W. 24th St. 291-5100

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Sergio Lara, M.D. Covenant Plainview Medical Clinic, 2606 Yonkers St. 291-5120

OBSTETRICS

Charles R. Smith, D.O. 2222 W. 24th St. 291-5100

Kelsey Richardson, M.D. 1208 North I-27 291-5112

Victoria Colmenero M.D. 1208 North I-27 291-5112

Lauren Swartz, M.D. 2222 W. 24th Street 291-5100

OPTOMETRY

Luke Sherman, O.D. 1501 N I-27 685-4994

Webb Vision Center 315 Ennis St. 293-1376

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Joshua Rollins, D.O. 1605 W. 5th Street 291-5171

PSYCHIATRY

Victor Gutierrez, M.D. 2601 Dimmitt Road, Ste. 107 296-5327

PHYSICIAN’S ASSISTANTS

Cynthia Archer 105 Hospital Ave., Tulia 995-4122

Amber Kemper 320 N. Main, Lockney 652-3372

Krysta Euginis 320 N. Main, Lockney 652-3372

KrisAnn Schulz 1806 Quincy St., Plainview 288-7891

NURSE PRACTITIONERS/ FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONERS

Greg Curry, FNP Covenant Plainview Medical Clinic 2606 Yonkers St. 291-5120

Saul Gamboa, FNP Covenant Healthcare Center Plainview 2222 W. 24th St. 291-5100

Robin S. Stanfield, FNP Covenant Healthcare Center Plainview 1208 N I-27 291-5112

Matt Flores FNP 2502 Xenia St., Suite 106 291-5145

Peggy Birkenfeld 300 W. Halsell, Dimmitt 647-2194

Jill McLean 300 W. Halsell, Dimmitt 647-2194

Christa Moyer 524 E. Eighth, St., Olton 285-2633

Kimberly George 105 Hospital Ave., Tulia 995-4122

Misti Holt 320 N. Main, Lockney 352-3373

Gary Sackett, RN MSN, NP-C 901 W. Crockett, Hale Center 402-4033

Julia Ontiveros, FNP 1806 Quincy 288-7891

Jessica Elkins, FNP-C 315 W. Cleveland, Hale Center 806-839-2100

Lori Johnson, FNP-C 901 West Crockett, Floydada 806-402-4033

Michelle Nolen, FNP 410 Canyon St. 291-0297

Jennifer Sepeda, FNP 410 Canyon St. 291-0297

Carl Scales, FNP 1806 Quincy St. 288-7891

Pamela Morgan, FNP 1806 Quincy St. 288-7891

HOME HEALTH

Accolade Home Care 6625 19th St., Plainview 1-800-725-2111

Calvert Home Health Care 2101 W. 24th St. Plainview 296-2767

Cuidado Casero Home Health

705 W. Sixth St. Plainview 291-6903

Interim Healthcare

113 W. Eighth St. Plainview 288-0220

Mangold Memorial Hospital Home Health 216 N. Main, Lockney 652-2895

Prairie House Living Center 1301 Mesa, Plainview 293-4855

Swisher Home Health

200 N. Austin Ave. Tulia 995-3756

Hospice Hands of West Texas

305 N. Main St., Lockney 652-3000

REHABILITATION SERVICES

Covenant Health Plainview Rehab 2601 Dimmitt, Plainview 296-4258

Mangold Memorial Hospital Fitness & Rehab

214 N. Main, Lockney 652-2096

Plainview Healthcare Center Plainview 2222 West 24th St. 293-5113

Prairie House Living Center 1301 Mesa, Plainview 293-4855

Castro Co. Nursing and Rehab 1621 Butler Blvd., Dimmitt 647-3117

URGENT CARE

Covenant Health Plainview 2601 Dimmitt Road, Plainview 296-5531

NURSING HOMES

Prairie House Living Center 1301 Mesa 293-4855

Plainview Healthcare Center 2510 W. 24th Plainview 296-5584

Tulia Health and Rehab Center 714 S. Austin, Ave. Tulia 995-4310

Hale Center Health and Rehab Center

205 W. Third St. Hale Center 839-2102

Lockney Health and Rehabilitation 401 N. Main, Lockney 652-3375

Runningwater Draw Care Center 800 W. 13th, Olton 285-2677

Unique Alternative Care 1620 Quincy 293-1253

HOMES-RETIREMENT

Christian Manor Apartments 813 W. Eighth 293-2350

Prairie House Living Center 1301 Mesa 293-4855

Sandhills Village Assisted Living 1200 Ave. I, Olton 285-3356

Westridge Manor 4304 W. Second St. 293-1341

Shepherd’s Meadow 1230 S. Ralls Hwy., Floydada 983-8177

RADIOLOGY

Covenant Hospital Plainview 2601 Dimmitt Rd. 291-3331

Garvish Radiology 108 Kirchwood 293-4231

UROLOGY

Michael Graves, M.D. 2404 Yonkers 293-5111

WORSHIPPING IN PLAINVIEW

ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCHES

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD

1300 N. I-27; 806-293-1637

UNITED ASSEMBLY 301 S.E. 9th Street

BAPTIST CHURCHES

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 1613 24th St.; 806-296-9380

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 1301 Vernon; 806-293-4211

JERUSALEM COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

524 Ave A, Hale Center, TX

NEW FELLOWSHIP MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 1905 N. Columbia

UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH 2106 Walter Griffin St. 806-293-5138

ABUNDANT GRACE 1011 N. I-27; 806-729-0041

BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH 1700 N. I-27; 806-296-5962

COLLEGE HEIGHTS BAPTIST

802 Quincy; 806-544-9880

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 205W. 8th St. 806-296-6318

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 2m. N of Aiken; 806-296-5654

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Hwy. 194 Edmonson; 806-8643595

GETHSEMANE BAPTIST CHURCH 10th & Utica, 806-296-5859

GREATER NEWHOPE HOLY BAPTIST 1602 N. Broadway

HAPPY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH 219 E. Givens

IGLESIA BAUTISTA ALPHA Y OMEGA 2515 Denver

IGLESIA BAUTISTA 900 Date St. 806-296-2261

NEW JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH 2153 FM 788

NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH 1100W. 32nd, 806-293-2937

PARKVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH 405 S. Broadway; 806-2931773

PRIMERA IGLESIA BAUTISTA 1205 Avenida Godsey; 806-293-1224

SETHWARD BAPTIST CHURCH 24th and Fisher; 806-293-1145

STONEBRIDGE FELLOWSHIP

1203 Quincy St.; 806-4292046

CATHOLIC CHURCHES

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE 211W. 7th St.; 806-293-0085

SACRED HEART

2805 N. Columbia; 806-2962753

ST. ALICE 12th & Galveston; 806-2931903

CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1800 N. I-27; 806-293-2521

CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCHES

AUSTIN HEIGHTS CHURCH 1700 N. Ash

NORTHWEST CHURCH OF CHRIST 2000 N. I-27; 806-293-0151

GARLAND ST. CHURCH OF CHRIST 700 Garland; 806-296-2708

2ND & BEECH CHURCH OF CHRIST 114 N. Beech

9TH & COLUMBIA CHURCH OF CHRIST 808 N. Columbia; 806-2932616

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS 4211W. 2nd St.; 806-293-5897

EPISCOPOL CHURCHES

ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 710 Joliet; 806-296-7185

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES 410 S. Garland; 806-293-7596

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY OF FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS 34th & Columbia, 806-4942987

FAMILY HARVEST CHURCH

1601 S. I-27; 806-291-8025

HARVEST CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

4411 Olton Road; 806-2967158

TRINITY LIFE CHURCH S.W. 3rd & I-27; 806-293-4154

LUTHERAN CHURCHES

MISSOURI SYNOD MS 901 Oakland; 806-293-1697

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA Providence Community 806-293-3009

METHODIST CHURCHES

PLAINVIEW METHODIST CHURCH

1001 7th St.; 806-293-3658

SAN JUAN UNITED METHODIST

412 E. 4th St.

GRACE UNITED METHODIST

3333W. 11th St.; 806-296-5897

NAZARENE CHURCHES

PLAINVIEW FAMILY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

2610 W. 20th St.; 806-2965769

IGLESIA DEL NAZARENO 501 17th St.; 806-296-9583

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCHES

COVENANT HOSPITAL CHAPEL SERVICES 2601 Dimmitt Road

DARE TO BELIEVE OUTREACH

724 Ash St.; 806-292-6540

FAITH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

104 E. 5th St.; 806-288-0282

OIMZION INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL MINISTRIES

106 W. 2nd St.

MT. YESHUA MESSIANIC CONGREGATION 801 S. Columbia, 806-5773938

NEW CREATION IN CHRIST 1600 Independence, 806-292-6901

PLAINVIEW NEW COVENANT CHURCH 3300 Kokomo; 806292-6540

REHOBOTH CHRISTIAN WORSHIP CENTER 1030 N. Broadway; 806-2960031

TRANSFORMING WORD CHURCH

3400 Garland; 806-293-4356

WESTERN HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP

309 E. Cleveland, Hale Center

PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES

APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 1504 Houston

CENTRO DE GRACIA INGLESIA PENTECOSTES 1214 Galveston Street 806-685-7245

EMMANUAL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 1801 Walter Griffin 806-296-5780

GOOD SAMARITAN OUTREACH PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD 1801 Houston; 806-296-7946

IGLESIA NUEVA VISION 913 Canyon, 806-292-9336

LIVING HOPE FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER 1002 El Paso; 806-317-8338

TEMPLO GALILEA 315 Fir; 806-293-8898

TEMPLO SINAI 220 E. 6th St.

TRUE VINE PENTECOSTAL 1113 El Camino

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2101 Utica; 806-296-2604

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 1114 Nassau; 806-296-7764

Breakfast burritos - Mon-Fri (First come first serve)

Monday - Turkey Bacon Cranberry Panini

Tuesday - Bacon Cheeseburger Panini

Wednesday - Chicken Bacon Ranch Panini

Thursday - Pizza Panini

Friday - Grilled Chicken Panini

Lemonade,Iced Tea-raspberry, coconut or strawberry and Soup included with above specials

Salads-Grilled Chicken, House Salad, Mandarin Chicken Salad, and Taco Salad

Soft drinks, Tea, Coffee, Specialty Coffees,Italian Ice, Blue Bell Ice Cream, Muffins and more!

Monday - Friday • 7am - 9pm Saturday • 8am - 3pm

806-213-1300 • 600 Quincy St., Plainview TX 79072 Breakfast bagels

HONOR ROLL

C ITY OF PLAINVIEW