Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
Todd Duplantis, foreground, and volunteer Evan Eschete assemble treat bags of cookies and brownies for Operation Thank You on Wednesday afternoon Duplantis' Kix on 66 restaurant. Duplantis and his wife, Jackie, distributed more than 1,200 bags of treats to first responders in the region on Christmas Eve after the COVID-19 pandemic prevented them to delivering them to air force bases.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced Tucumcari restaurateur Todd Duplantis to make adjustments to the fourth annual Operation Thank You for the Christmas holiday.
Instead of taking cookies, brownies and thank-you cards to soldiers at a New Mexico air forc...