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* [[Billy Carthel]], All American baseball player from Sul Ross University. Drafted by the New York Mets and played most of his career in the AAA baseball. Retired from the Montreal Expos as a player/coach. |
* [[Billy Carthel]], All American baseball player from Sul Ross University. Drafted by the New York Mets and played most of his career in the AAA baseball. Retired from the Montreal Expos as a player/coach. |
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* [[O.T. Ryan]], (1927-2012), director of the Plainview High School Band from 1964 to 1993. Past president of the Texas Bandmasters Association and UIL Region XVI Executive Secretary of Music. He was named Plainview’s Man of the Year in 1993 and received the Plainview Cultural Council’s Silver Star Award in 2006. In the fall of 1950, Ryan became director of the Plainview Junior High band and assistant to the legendary "Chief" Davidson with the high school band; succeeded Davidson in 1964, and under his directorship the band racked up 29 straight years of Division I honors in University Interscholastic League marching (a string that began under Davidson, had grown to 70 by 2007, and is believed to be a national record). O.T. and his wife, Pat, were honorees in the 2008 Centennial Circle of Honor.[15][16] |
* [[O.T. Ryan]], (1927-2012), director of the Plainview High School Band from 1964 to 1993. Past president of the Texas Bandmasters Association and UIL Region XVI Executive Secretary of Music. He was named Plainview’s Man of the Year in 1993 and received the Plainview Cultural Council’s Silver Star Award in 2006. In the fall of 1950, Ryan became director of the Plainview Junior High band and assistant to the legendary "Chief" Davidson with the high school band; succeeded Davidson in 1964, and under his directorship the band racked up 29 straight years of Division I honors in University Interscholastic League marching (a string that began under Davidson, had grown to 70 by 2007, and is believed to be a national record). O.T. and his wife, Pat, were honorees in the 2008 Centennial Circle of Honor.[15][16] |
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* [[Terry Cook]]. Bass-Baritone, Terry Lee Cook has appeared with most of the major opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world. |
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* [[Terry Cook]]. Internationally renowned opera singer Terry Cook was born in Plainview, Texas and graduated from the Texas Tech University School of Music. After leaving Texas Tech, Terry sang with the Santa Fe Opera and then joined the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists in Chicago. In 1982, the Metropolitan Opera Music Director invited him to join the Met’s Young Artist Development Program and he made his Met debut in 1983. Terry is especially known for his frequent portrayal of the title role in the famous Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess having performed the role with the Houston Grand Opera at Opera Bastille in Paris, La Scala in Milan and the Tokyo Opera, as well as New York Harlem Productions' tour of Germany, Norway, Italy, Sweden, and Denmark. As a bass-baritone, Terry has appeared with most major opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world, namely those in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris, Berlin, London, Milan, Rome, Tokyo, Madrid and Cairo and has performed in Austria, Spain, and Norway. Terry has appeared in more than twenty productions at the Metropolitan Opera including La Traviata, La Fanciulla del West, La Gioconda, and Un Ballo in Maschera, Aida, Carmen, Salome, Parsifal, and Porgy and Bess. He has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, and Atlanta, Seattle, Detroit, Baltimore and Houston symphonies. Terry performed at the White House for President Reagan and for “Live at the Met” on PBS. Terry and his family divide their time between their homes in Germany and New York. |
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* [[Emily Jones McCoy]]. Dugout reporter - Texas Rangers. Business woman (www.poshplaymat.com) Previously reporter for NBC affiliate, KCBD, Lubbock, Texas and FSN (Fox Sports Network). |
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==In film== |
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Plainview Texas
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County | Hale |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• City Council | Mayor Wendell Dunlap Charles Starnes Thressa King Norma Juarez Eric Hastey Lionel Garcia Larry Williams Susan Blackerby |
• City Manager | Jeffrey Snyder |
Area | |
• Total | 13.8 sq mi (35.7 km2) |
• Land | 13.8 sq mi (35.7 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 3,366 ft (1,026 m) |
Population
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• Total | 22,194 |
• Density | 1,621.0/sq mi (621.7/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes |
79072-79073
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Area code | 806 |
FIPS code | 48-57980[1] |
GNIS feature ID | 1365375[2] |
Website | www |
Plainview is a city in and the county seatofHale County, Texas, United States.[3] The population was 22,194 at the 2010 census.
Plainview is located at 34°11′28″N 101°43′8″W / 34.19111°N 101.71889°W / 34.19111; -101.71889 (34.191204, -101.718806)[4] and is located on the Llano Estacado.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.8 square miles (36 km2), all land.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Plainview has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[5]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1910 | 2,829 | — | |
1920 | 3,989 | 41.0% | |
1930 | 8,834 | 121.5% | |
1940 | 8,263 | −6.5% | |
1950 | 14,044 | 70.0% | |
1960 | 18,735 | 33.4% | |
1970 | 19,096 | 1.9% | |
1980 | 22,187 | 16.2% | |
1990 | 21,700 | −2.2% | |
2000 | 22,336 | 2.9% | |
2010 | 22,194 | −0.6% | |
2015 (est.) | 20,919 | [6] | −5.7% |
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 22,336 people, 7,626 households, and 5,666 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,621.0 inhabitants per square mile (625.9/km2). There were 8,471 housing units at an average density of 614.8/sq mi (237.4/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 63.21% White, 5.87% African American, 1.13% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 26.53% from other races, and 2.77% from two or more races. HispanicorLatino of any race were 49.83% of the population.
There were 7,626 households out of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size is 4.
In the city the population was spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,551, and the median income for a family was $35,215. Males had a median income of $26,434 versus $19,888 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,791. About 15.0% of families and 19.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.1% of those under age 18 and 14.8% of those age 65 or over.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region V office is located in Plainview.[8] The current Region V headquarters opened in 1996 in a former Bank of America building.[9]
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The 1992 Steve Martin film Leap of Faith filmed part of the movie on location. The downtown water tower still bears the name and mascot of the fictional town in which the movie is set: The Rustwater Bengals.
The Quick Lunch Diner, where several scenes were filmed is now closed, and the site is now home to the Broadway Brew.
In the eighteenth episode of the second season of Vice (TV series) Plainview was featured as a ghost town in a feature called "Deliver Us from Drought".
The City of Plainview is served by the Plainview Independent School District.
Wayland Baptist University is a four-year university with approximately 1100 students at its main campus in Plainview. South Plains College-Plainview Branch
The Llano Estacado Museum is located in Plainview.
The Bulldog is the mascot for the Plainview High School.
On February 11, 2009, the Texas Department of State Health Services ordered the cessation of operations and full recall of all products produced by a Plainview-based peanut processing facility owned by Peanut Corporation of America, following the discovery of "dead rodents, rodent excrement and bird feathers in the plant," and revelations that the plant had operated without state licensure or inspection. The plant had voluntarily suspended operations one day earlier, and was not linked to the salmonella outbreak that had forced the shutdown of other PCA plants.[15][16]
The largest employer was a Cargill beef processing plant, mothballed on February 1, 2013 due to lack of incoming animals from the local area due to the 2010–2012 Southern United States drought. Closure of the plant created a crisis in Plainview as an annual payroll of $15.5 million was lost and many of the 2,300 employees and their families relocated after being laid off.[17]
We would have preferred to have not had to idle any beef plant, but we cannot process cattle that do not exist
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