See our interview with Muleshoe native Jill Turner-Mitchael and her husband Steve who along with the Walmart Foundation has made a generous donation to the Bailey County Senior Citizens.  Jill serves as Senior Vice President of Health and Wellness at Sam’s Club in Bentonville, Arkansas.  Jill is a 1982 graduate of Muleshoe High School and the daughter of Royce and Sandy Turner.  Interview was conducted on July 11, 2014.

Hear our interview with Bailey County Pioneer Jack Schuster conducted on February 4, 2014.   Funeral service for Jack Schuster, 87 of Muleshoe, was held on July 9, 2014, at the First Baptist Church.   Jack was a lifetime resident of the Muleshoe community.  He farmed south of Muleshoe for over 70 years.  He served on the Needmore Gin board for over 30 years; the Bailey County Farm Bureau board for 2 terms; the High Plains Research Foundation Board as a Lifetime Member; and was one of the oldest members of the First Baptist Church of Muleshoe.  Jack received the Celebration of the Land Award for participation in the Great Plains Conservation Program in 1995 and the Outstanding Conservation Farmer Award in 1975.   Jack talks about rural electrification in Bailey County, the paving of Highway 214 and the advances he has seen in farming over his lifetime.

See the 2014 4th of July Fireworks Display in Muleshoe, Texas, sponsored by the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and the Muleshoe Volunteer Fire Department.  Wishing you and your family a Happy 4th of July weekend from Fry & Cox, Bailey County Electric, Barrett Potato Farms, Dale Oil Company, Farmer’s Insurance , Irrigation Pumps & Power, McCormick Seed, Muleshoe Animal Clinic/Vet Supply, Muleshoe Housing Authority, Muleshoe State Bank, Muleshoe Valley Inc., Five Area Telephone/West Plains Telecom, K&K Pharmacy, Randall Field, CPA, Hereford Feed Ingredients, McDonald’s Restaurant, Precure Electric and J.W. Anderson and Associates.

See the Muleshoe Chamber 4th of July Parade and some of the activities around town on July 4, 2014.  Bailey County Senior Brisket Lunch, activities at K&K Pharmacy and Williams General Store and some of the Jennyslipper’s World Championship Mule Shoe Pitching.  The Muleshoe Chamber 4th of July Parade winners were 1st Place $300 – Jennyslippers, 2nd Place $200 – MHS FFA and 3rd Place $100 – Horse Riders.  Wishing you and your family a Happy 4th of July from Fry & Cox, Bailey County Electric, Barrett Potato Farms, Dale Oil Company, Farmer’s Insurance , Irrigation Pumps & Power, McCormick Seed, Muleshoe Animal Clinic, Muleshoe Housing Authority, Muleshoe State Bank, Muleshoe Valley Inc., Five Area Telephone/West Plains Telecom, K&K Pharmacy, Randall Field, CPA, Hereford Feed Ingredients, McDonald’s Restaurant, Precure Electric and J.W. Anderson and Associates.

See the Running Water Draw running on the South Plains of Texas after heavy downpours in the Clovis, New Mexico and Bovina, Texas area on July 2, 2014.  The Runningwater Draw is a headstream of the Blanco River that begins in Curry County, New Mexico and enters Texas in Parmer County.   The video was shot just south of Bovina, Texas, north of Clay’s Corner, Texas and north of Lazbuddie, Texas in Parmer County.

See video of some of the rainy Wednesday morning on July 2, 2014, in Muleshoe, Texas.   As of noon the NWS Station at Channel 6 received .74″ of rain and the Muleshoe Mesonet site .86″.

Crop duster crash site near Farm-to-Market Road 2910 in Lamb County, Texas, close to Tolk Plant on June 26, 2014.  The pilot working for King Ag Aviation of Sudan, Texas, reportedly walked away from the crash unharmed.  The pilot has been identified as 23 year old Lachlan Jones by KCBD.

See some of the rain and pea and marble sized hail that fell in Muleshoe, Texas, on June 18, 2014.  Muleshoe received 1.35″ as of 7p.m. causing flooding in many low lying areas.  The West Texas Mesonet station, 2 miles south of Muleshoe, got 1.43″ of rain as of 7p.m.   The 2014 rain totals for Muleshoe including this precipitation are 8.98″ at the National Weather Service Station at Channel 6 and 8.33″ at the Mesonet Station 2 miles south of Muleshoe.

See some of the 2014 Tour de Muleshoe held on June 14, 2014, starting at the Bailey County Coliseum.  The Tour de Muleshoe is sponsored by the Muleshoe Heritage Foundation.

Impressive West Texas spring thunderstorm with magnificent squall line drops .77″ of rain in Muleshoe, Texas, on June 13, 2014 and .71″ fell at the Muleshoe Mesonet station.  The 2014 total rainfall has been 6.89″ including this rain at the West Texas Mesonet Station, 2 miles south of Muleshoe and the NWS Station at Channel 6 in Muleshoe has received 7.63″.