Lauren Seth (also known as Lucy Mae) owner of Lucy Mae’s Catering, is hosting its First Annual Family Reunion (community-wide) fundraiser to be held in Littlefield’s Laguna Park from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 15, 2021.

Cotton producers here on the Plains of Texas have most everything ready to go, or at least those things in their control. Plans A, B and possibly C are ready to implement as conditions change.

On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the “PPP Extension Act of 2021” into law extending the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) loan program application until May 31. The original cutoff date was March 31, but overwhelmingly both chambers of Congress passed legislation to extend accepting applications for two more months.

YOUNGEST DRIVER–4-year-old Klayton Barnett-Kirksey, of Lubbock, drove this 1959 730 John Deere tractor with a three-bottom plow, from one end of Gordon Graves’ field to the other, Saturday, March 27. His close friend, Brady Suffield of Amarillo (tractor owner), was there to assist. The youngster is in a long line of Lamb County farming descendants: among who are Clark B. Hill (great-great-grandfather); Vicki Hill Barnett (his grandmother); and Mindi Barnett, (his mother). (Staff Photo by Joella Lovvorn)

FOOD LINE AT PLOW DAY – Doris Muller is shown serving her barbecued beef, sausage, red beans, and rice to Ed Spence of Lubbock, and Elaine Johnson of Abernathy, who attended the Ninth Annual Antique Equipment “Plow Day” Saturday, March 27 on Gordon Graves farm, north of Spade. Assisting with the serving are, left to right, Justus Curry, Ryan Muller and Grant Muller. (Photo by Joella Lovvorn)

SILENT AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS – This John Deere 1941 BR tractor, and this home-made Parade Trailer were raising funds for the South Plains Antique Tractor Association, during a silent auction that closed at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 27. The tractor and trailer were displayed during the Association’s Ninth annual Antique Equipment “Plow Day”, hosted by Gordon Graves on his farm north of Spade. When the bidding was over, Graves was the bid winner. (Staff Photo by Joella Lovvorn)

FOUR-WHEEL TRAILER BACKING – Ray Thomas of Lubbock won the 4-wheel trailer backing contest, by backing it the straightest and fastest. They were using the hand-made parade trailer that was in the Silent Auction.(Staff Photo by Joella Lovvorn)

Seven Clift Land Broker Agents, including Eric Turpen of Littlefield, have been recognized as a part of the 2020 APEX Producers Club by the Realtors® Land Institute as a part of the RLI APEX Production Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report.

Littlefield’s Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture will be serving its 2021 Banquet, starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening, April 27, 2021, in the Lamb County Ag and Community Center, just off Highway 385 (17th and Hall Avenue) in Littlefield.