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Lea County events blend marathon and music in renewal weekend
In Lea County a 3rd Annual New Mexico Texas Challenge Marathon ran April 20 through Lovington and Hobbs amid Boston Marathon attacks aftermath. The piece describes diverse runners, community prayers, and local culture from museum work to live music by the Flatlanders, a Prairie Home Companion broadcast, and a desert trip to Terlingua, Texas, concluding with reflections on Lea County history.
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Lea County
Lovington
Hobbs
Lubbock
Lea
Chihuahuan
Boston
Sparky Fairweather
Kansas City
Garrison Keillor
Texas Tech Verte
Radio
Public
PHC
Joe Ely
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Butch Hancock
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Aera
Flatlanders
Love Street
Lea County Courthouse
Lea County Museum
Jimmie Dale
Place Beyond the Pines
Ryan Gosling
Matthew McConaughey
Mary Haarmeyer
Haarmeyer
Lovington High School
Natali Jones
Chris Bodziony
Roger Barr
Mary
Natali
Chris
Roger
Terlingua
Texas
Chihuahuan Desert
Big Bend
Far West
Jesus
Mohammed
Texas Tech
Butch
Rusty Huderson
Mary Harris
Nancy Bailey