Scott Haffner, a volunteer, pulls open the balloon skirt while dodging the burner fires for the S.S. America balloon at the South Plains Balloon Round-Up, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. Nine of the 10 balloons at the Round-Up were able to take off.
Joseph Palumbo, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Keller, holds a thin blue line flag during the candlelight vigil for fallen Texas Tech Police Officer Floyd East Jr. at Memorial Circle, Tuesday, Oct 10, 2017.
