LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – A Lubbock man has a new air conditioning system in his home through the teamwork of two Lubbock companies recognizing his years of work developing the Texas Tech rodeo team.<\/p>\n
Charles Thompson is a lifelong Lubbock resident, a Texas Tech graduate and a central figure in developing the TTU rodeo team.<\/p>\n
Nomination through \u2018Feel the Love\u2019 program<\/p>\n
Roy Jones nominated Thompson for Armstrong Electric and Lennox\u2019s \u201cFeel the Love\u201d program. Jones learned from Thompson decades ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharlie\u2019s kind of a legend around here. He\u2019s actually in the Texas Hall of Fame as well. And works extremely hard to keep his profile up with the C-Bar-T brand and his rodeo history. And when I heard Charlie\u2019s accident, that stopped his progress,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n
Chris Carpenter, President and CEO of Armstrong Plumbing, Air, and Electric says, \u201cWe\u2019re a Lubbock company and we\u2019ve been here for 92 years. And we just want to give back to the community. And we want to help those that have helped others in the past and now it\u2019s our turn to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ranching accident<\/p>\n
Thompson suffered a ranching accident. He was trapped for nearly four hours, pinned between a tractor and a bale of hay with a broken neck. He crawled to his truck and drove himself to get help.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, trying to move forward, take care of a job, take care of 80 plus horses and then deal with injury. I mean, any of us, no matter who we are or what our age, that\u2019s a big setback. We\u2019ve been taking care of Charlie\u2019s AC system for a long time and it was a great fix,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n
A broken AC system was another problem on Thompson\u2019s plate, but he is now walking again.<\/p>\n
Thompson said he is humbled by the honor to receive a new system in his home.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, Lubbock is just a great community. They have supported me in my business since 1970…for almost 40 years, we had a rodeo here in Lubbock every Saturday. Either out at the Livestock Pavilion or out at our place on the Ivory Highway. We were just very fortunate to have Lubbock as our home base,\u201d Thompson said.<\/p>\n
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