Volume 27, Number 9
September 2015
In September Buddy Holly’s 79th Birthday Bash Sept. 4-7 Labor Day — Sept. 7 National Cowboy Symposium Sept. 11-13 Fall Arts & Crafts Festival Sept. 12 Grandparents Day — Sept. 13 Texas Tech Football Sept. 5 Sam Houston State in Lubbock Sept. 12 UT El Paso in Lubbock Sept. 19 Arkansas in Fayetteville Sept. 26 TCU in Lubbock (Family day)
Hub City BBQ Cook-off — Sept. 17 First day of fall — Sept. 23 Panhandle South Plains Fair Sept. 25- Oct. 3
Inside Cowboy Symposium ..................... 2 Arts & Crafts Festival .................. 2 Newstart Health Expo, Sept. 20... 3 ‘New Retirement Workscape’ ...... 5 Buddy Holly 79th Birthday ......... 12 Edgar Sotelo exhibit .................. 14 Ansel Adams photos .................. 15 ‘Feed Seniors Now’ .................... 25 Friends of the Library sale ........ 26 What happens to my IRA ........... 26
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Lubbock, Texas 79401
Walk of Fame induction set for Sept. 17
Jo Harvey Allen and Natalie Maines will be inducted to the West Texas Walk of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 in the Lubbock High School Auditorium, 2004 19th St. In the late 70s, Larry Corbin, Jerry Coleman, and Waylon
Jennings initiated the idea of an award for famous artists and musicians from the West Texas region. In 1983, Civic Lubbock, Inc. began its tenure as custodians of the “Walk of Fame” with the induction of Mac Davis. The West Texas Walk of Fame
Jo Harvey Allen
Jo Harvey Allen, actress, playwright, poet, and pioneer of women in radio, was born and raised in Lubbock, and is a Monterey High School graduate. Her critically acclaimed plays have toured throughout the United States and Europe. She has written and starred in off-Broadway productions of “A Moment’s Hesitation,” “Counter Angel,” and “As it is in Texas.” Her other one-woman plays include “Hally Lou,” “Duckblind,” and “Homerun.” Other plays, in which Allen co-wrote and starred in, include “Chippy: Diaries of a West Texas Hooker,” “Covenant” and “Do You Know What Your Children Are Tonight?” Allen co-wrote the radio play “Every Three Minutes,” as well as the opera “Pioneer,” in which she also co-starred. Jo Harvey Allen is married to artist, singer, songwriter and Walk of Fame inductee Terry Allen and has starred in his radio and musical theater pieces, including “Juarez,” “The Embrace…Advanced to Fury,” “Anti-Rabbit Bleeder: A Biography,” “Reunion,” “Warboy,” (See Jo Harvey Alllen, Page 13)
was established to honor individuals who have devoted a significant part of their lives to the development and/or gained recognition for their body of work in the promotion or production of arts, music and/or entertainment, and who have an affiliation to Lubbock and West Texas.
Natalie Maines
Natalie Maines, singer-songwriter and musician, was born and raised in Lubbock. She is the daughter of musician, country music producer, and past Walk of Fame inductee Lloyd Maines and his wife, Tina. Natalie attended school at Iles Elementary, O.L. Slaton Junior High School, and graduated in 1992 from Lubbock High School where she had participated in the school choir. Following high school, Natalie attended West Texas State, South Plains College, Texas Tech, and went to Berklee School of Music on a vocal scholarship. Natalie’s first professional recording was at 11 years old for Dave Hickey. Dave paid her $20 to sing like a baby Vampire. In late 1995, at age 21, Natalie was recruited to join the all-female band, The Dixie Chicks, as the lead vocalist. The band became a multi-platinum-selling act in North America, Europe and Australia, selling more than $100 million in ticket sales. They are one of a handful of acts with multiple albums achieving “diamond” status (sales over 10 million copies) – both “Wide Open Spaces” and “FLY” hit that landmark. (See Natalie Maines, Page 13)