Panhandle Magazine Fall 2019

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panhandle magazine September 2019 Edition

Introduction

5 Sports

10 People

4 Towns

PM Explained

To Know

Legends

To Know

Hidden Music

Route66 Tour Across Texas

PUBLISHER / EDITOR NewsChannel 10 Staff PROOF EDITOR: Carol Winn CENVEO PRINTER Tony Freeman CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: Craig Vaughn Nick Gerlich Lance Lanhert Tina Brohlin Kevin Welch Wendi Swope PHOTOGRAPHY Nick Gerlich Jim Livingston Dalhart, Canadian, Borger, Memphis Chambers of Commerce

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Welcome to the first issue of PM Magazine. We are proud you joined us.

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Route 66

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Route 66 was born on November 11, 1926, by virtue of federal law creating the US Highway system, and thus all numbered national routes. At that time, there were already thousands of miles of roads The High Plains region across criss-crossing America, many of which were parts of early named the Texas Panhandle and into eastern New Mexico was settled auto trails.

Tulsa businessman Cyrus primarily because of the Avery envisioned a road that railroad. Of more than 135 linked Chicago to Los Angeles, current and former cities and and originally campaigned for communities in the Panhandle US 60 as the name. The formed without the presence or Governor of Kentucky at the time held more political capital, promise of a railroad. Yet in and won out, with 60 being spite of this legacy, it is not the assigned to a transcontinental railroad that is celebrated across this region for its historic road from Los Angeles to Virginia Beach which—wait for it Route 66, the Mother Road, and —completely traversed Kentucky. Politics are funny like that. Interestingly, both 60 and throughout the region.

66 intersected in Amarillo.

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By cobbling together bits and pieces of the old Pontiac Trail in Illinois, the Wire Road in Missouri, the Ozark Trail across Oklahoma, Texas, and eastern New Mexico, and the National Old Trails Road the rest of the way, Route 66 made it possible to drive from Chicago to LA. No new roadway had to be built at the time, although steady improvements began the next year along the roughly 2,400 miles.

BORGER

means business, from the familiar mom and pop to the industrial international, and the buzz isn’t fading.

Investment incentives program Borger Inc. has recently helped 13 small businesses grow while others are starting or expanding on their own.

“Lots of new blood, fresh ideas on Main Street,” said Katie Lingor, Executive Director of Borger Inc. “About seven or eight properties changed hands all in about the same time frame where we’re working with other businesses.”

But it’s hard to miss the giants that dip into the reliable production of oil and natural gas in the area. Since the 1920s, Borger has been fueled by petroleum products brought up by people living in tent cities during the early oil exploration and production to the plastics and fertilizer production today.

BIG

oil and gas mean big business.

Phillips 66 is just finishing a $70 million project.

“What it’s going to do is it’ll make about 10,000 more barrels of diesel a day,” said Darrel Hail, manager of the refinery. “A barrel is 42 gallons so it’s a lot of diesel…

It makes a little bit less gasoline, but say we look into the future, diesel is going to be the product that has more demand.”

There’s also Solvay (based in Belgium) and Tokai Carbon CB (based in Tokyo) turning oil into

products that manufacturers use to create consumer products.

And Nutrien is one of the largest providers of agricultural products in the world, with fertilizer plant expansion just completed and more set for the future.

“We’ve got a lot of expansion projects on the books for the next two, four and six years,” said Brian Triplett, general manager. “Our ability to sustain and grow good jobs for the area is probably the thing I’m most proud of.”

Investment incentives program Borger Inc. has recently helped 13 small businesses grow while others are starting or expanding on their own

Bushland, Texas is where the sunset paints the sky and the horizon reaches for miles and has a new development called “Skyline Ranches”

Skyline Ranches Inspired by an amazing man, a pioneer of sorts, who built homes, developed land and ranches. His ranch legacy began in Wimberly, Texas with the Skyline Ranch. This ranch is famous because it is the home of the Texas Landmark called the Blue Hole that was recently purchased by the City of Wimberly to create a 126-acre park and swimming area.

Well before the fame, there was a family living on the ranch. It was the developer himself, C.W. Burdett. Tom Burdett was raised by C.W., his father, on this land and watched as his dad built a series of lakes and neighborhoods. Tom has now passed on this inspiration to his son Shannon Burdett as they have developed land and housing additions over many years together.

Now that inspiration has been taken to a higher level. Bushland, Texas is where the sunset paints the sky and the horizon reaches for miles and has a new development called “Skyline Ranches.” That’s right in honor of C.W., Shannon’s Grandfather, Shannon and Tom are working together to bring that amazing pioneer spirit alive once again. The idea of naming Skyline Ranches was born when Cindy Smith (real estate consultant and Shannon’s girlfriend) mentioned “it needs to be about the skyline” and they immediately knew, it would be Skyline Ranches Bushland is booming, and Skyline Ranches is going to be the premiere place to call home. The development will have quality homes from Jadon Homes with nice acreage lots. These amazing homes are located at 34th and Bushland Road with inspiring views of open sky and convenience to get to school and work. Skyline Ranches will have 160 home sites and 22 acres of retail & restaurant space.

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We hope you enjoyed browsing through and reading the first ever Panhandle Magazine! Now that you have experienced it, I hope it is obvious that as a news organization we cannot tell all the stories that should be told in a news cast or online only. We have tons of information coming into our media organization every day. It is interesting and relevant, and it needs to be shared. Our innovation team at NewsChannel 10 Media started exploring options, and the idea of Panhandle Magazine was born. It is a way to share Panhandle stories, promote businesses in the area, take a broader look at things happening all around us and celebrate our uniqueness.

Goals of Panhandle Magazine:

• Quarterly publish a print magazine and an online magazine.

• Work with people throughout the Panhandle to tell their stories.

• Build awareness of the history, present and future plans of our area.

• Celebrate the successes of the Panhandle of Texas and our neighboring counties.

• Provide local businesses a chance to tell their story and educate about their benefits.

Thank you for the support of Panhandle Magazine as it launches and grows. This first publication may not be perfect, but we are growing daily to serve you at the highest level. Connect with us, share your thoughts, story ideas, encouragement and pictures of your community, your kids, your animals, the weather around you or yourself reading the magazine.

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