Reporter Parkinson on to new beginnings

I am saying farewell to the Lincoln County Record-Times.

I have received another opportunity for employment and felt it was in my best interest to take it.

I wrote my first story almost exactly a year ago.

Before starting at The Record-Times, I had been working 12-hour days and traveling for work. I was exhausted. Traveling for work seemed implausible, with gas prices jumping to $5 a gallon at that time.

Walking in downtown Odessa in summer 2021, I saw an ad for a job with the local paper and was curious if I would be considered. In late February of 2022, I applied and was given a chance.

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