Ronald W. Erdrich

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2020 News

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A customer reaches for multipacks of toilet paper at an Abilene store Thursday March 12, 2020. Shoppers at stores across the city were cleaning out shelves of toilet paper in response to Coronavirus fears.
Josie Rektenwald waves to the residents of Willow Springs Health and Rehabilitation Center during a Cinco de Mayo parade for nursing homes Tuesday May 5, 2020. About 20 vehicles decorated with festive colors and uplifting signs drove past seven nursing homes.
Don King gets into the spirit of the holiday as he watches the Cinco de Mayo parade drive past Willow Springs Health and Rehabilitation Center Tuesday May 5, 2020.
KTXS photojournalist Joe Fry interviews Daryl Zeller in a socially-distanced manner after Zeller was sworn in for another term as the Place 3 board member for the Abilene Independent School District Wednesday May 6, 2020.
Connor Mullins smiles behind his mask as Abilene High Coach Jeff Rhoads holds the yard sign to his door and another staff member takes a picture Wednesday May 6, 2020. Graduating seniors were invited to pick up the signs in the student parking lot across the street from the school. Most haven't seen their teachers since Spring Break when the pandemic closed district schools. With only rumors so far of commencement in July, the sign pickup could be the only public event for the graduates.
Wayne Greenhaw trims a little off the top for longtime customer Doyle "Shorty" Tennison Friday at Paul's Barber & Styling in Abilene, Texas May 8, 2020. Friday was the first day statewide for barber shops and hair salons to reopen after the pandemic lockdown began in late March. Customers and stylists both are required to wear masks and the waiting area at Paul's was limited to three people.
Turning out the lights at the Merkel Mail office, John Starbuck is framed in the doorway as lightning flashes overhead Thursday May 21, 2020. After 130 years in print, Starbuck is folding the newspaper May 27 due to losses in advertising.
Classmates reach out to each other as they file onto the field at Shotwell Stadium Saturday for the Cooper High School commencement July 18, 2020. The graduation was held nearly a month later than usual and in the outdoor venue because of the pandemic.
Juan Lopez, wearing a mask bearing the flag of Mexico, waits in line for his name to be announced during Cooper High School commencement Saturday July 18, 2020. The ceremony was delayed by over a month and held at Shotwell Stadium due to the pandemic.
Corinna Horton makes a phone all as she waits with Sonya Marquez and her 14 year-old granddaughter Naviya for the arrival of President Donald Trump Wednesday in Midland July 29, 2020. "I was on my way to run some errands and I saw all the traffic and I wondered what was going on," Horton said. "They said Trump was coming, so I just put the errands off. I don't think anything is more important."Marquez said of her granddaughter, "She's a big Trump supporter." The cardboard cutout of the president and First Lady was a gift from a friend. "I had a big Trump tree for Christmas and that stood beside it," she said.
President Donald Trump speaks during an appearance at Double Eagle Energy in Midland, Texas Wednesday July 29, 2920. The president was in the Permian Basin to discuss energy deregulation and American energy independence.
Partitions made from clear shower curtains and PVC pipe separate desks in Rene Black's fourth grade classroom at Abilene's Texas Leadership Charter Academy Tuesday August 11, 2020. The barriers are to prevent children from potentially spreading coronavirus to classmates when school resumes later this month.
Students are dropped off at the Wylie West Junior High School 5th and 6th grade entrance Wednesday as Assistant Principal Ricky Bacon welcomes them on the the first day of school August 19, 2020.
Andre Gwinn stands in the rain, listening to another speaker after saying his own piece during Tuesday's Peaceful Protest for Jacob Blake rally at Rose Park Sept. 1, 2020.
Alex Eugene, holding a Trump-Pence reelection sign, listens to speakers in Rose Park during the Peaceful Protest for Jacob Blake rally held there Tuesday Sept. 1, 2020.
Andre Gwinn turns and smiles to someone behind him as Lee Barfield speaks during Tuesday's Peaceful Protest for Jacob Blake rally at Rose Park Sept. 1, 2020. Barfield had been calling "All lives matter" from afar as speakers addressed the small crowd. Rather than argue back, the group invited him to speak as well.
Water is sprayed onto smoldering joists inside the garage at 3909 Chris Dr. Wednesday Jan. 8, 2020. Abilene firefighters battled high winds as the two-alarm fire consumed the home and part of a house next door at 3917 Chris Dr.
A hose team member examines the inside of the home at 3909 Chris Dr. as Abilene firefighters put out hot spots Wednesday Jan. 8, 2020. The two-alarm blazed consumed one home and severely damaged another.
A woman is comforted as two homes burn on Chris Dr. Wednesday Jan. 8, 2020. The two-alarm fire consumed one house and severely damaged a second.
Cody Carson carries a basketball he found amid the toppled trees on his property on FM 126 south of Merkel Thursday March 19, 2020. A tornado swept through in the early morning hours and also destroyed a pool house.

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