Applications for vendor spaces and entries for the Mr. and Miss Firecracker Pageants currently are being accepted for Lamesa’s annual Independence Day Celebration. Those applications and pageant entries, along with a photo of the contestant, may be taken to the Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce office. That celebration, which will be held on Thursday, July 4, is sponsored by the Chamber. As with any large community event, Chamber President Sandra Adams said, a number of volunteers, including Chamber officers and board members as well as the public, are needed to ensure that all the activities proceed as planned. Adams has stressed in past years ...