Coach Johnny Melendrez waits to train with teenage boxers at Cross Roads Boxing Club in Lubbock Wednesday, October 10, 2012. Melendrez said working with the teens is a way to keep them off the streets and in school.
(Stephen Spillman / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Neiman Marcus Chief Executive Officer Karen Katz sits for an interview at the Overton Hotel in Lubbock Thursday, August 30, 2012.
(Stephen Spillman / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Karon Silva, 7, sits in her grandfather Rick Barclay's lap as 3-year-old Boston, a golden retriever-Labrador mix, keeps watch at their home Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Boston not only is the family pet but is also certified as an epileptic-detecting dog for Karon. (Stephen Spillman / Amarillo Globe-News)
Survivors Shawna Nunez, left, and Melanie Torrence watch as survivor balloons are released during the opening ceremony of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in downtown Lubbock Saturday, October 1, 2011. The balloons represent each individual survivor in attendance.
(Stephen Spillman / Avalanche Journal)
Lubbock-Cooper's Ben Fisher, left, Nolan Savage and Jon Chandler Keane sit outside the dugout after falling to West during their Class 3A Regional Semifinal at McMurray University in Abilene Saturday, May 26, 2012. (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal/Stephen Spillman)
Michael Lovato, of Boulder Colorado, competes in the Buffalo Springs Lake Ironman 70.3 Sunday. Locato was last years winner and finished 6th overall on Sunday. (Stephen Spillman / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Texas Tech's D.J. Johnson breaks up a pass to TCU's Skye Dawson during an NCAA college football game in Fort Worth. (Stephen Spillman / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
UFC fighter Shannon Ritch delivers a knock-out blow to John Wood in the first 15 seconds of a welterweight bout at the Shark Fights 2 event at the Azteca Music Hall in Amarillo Saturday, December 13, 2008. (Stephen Spillman / Amarillo Globe-News)
Randall Copland talks with Adult Protective Services specialist Julie Conner in his living room in Amarillo Thursday, February 5, 2009. Conner works with adults that have been victims of abuse. Copland neglected to care for himself, no longer making trips to the veterans hospital to monitor his paralyzed legs. During her visit, Conner arranged to gather Copland's medical records and make appointments to get him to the hospital. (Stephen Spillman / Amarillo Globe-News)
Pilot Brent Colvin drops pesticides over a cornfield in the far northwest Texas Panhandle Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The aerial applicator industry still struggles to shed the image of scarf-wearing barnstormers. Today's crop dusters are on the cutting edge of technology, flying multimillion-dollar planes. (Stephen Spillman / Amarillo Globe-News)
Araceli Herrera waits for her daughter Nora Belin Herrera, 4, to wake after open heart surgery at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. (Stephen Spillman / Avalanche-Journal)
Yolanda Myers, left, hugs Sean English-Silva after he graduated from Boys Ranch High School Saturday, May 29, 2010. As an employee at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch Yolanda has watched Sean grow up from a young boy. (Stephen Spillman / Amarillo Globe-News)
portfolio