Except for elimination of the hot air balloon rally, Lamesa’s 2020 Chicken Fried Steak Festival will be much like those in the past. That’s according to Maria Hatchett, who has been hired by the city to organize this year’s event. Held the last weekend of April each year, the festival is scheduled for April 24-26, with the great majority of activities on that Saturday, April 25. “Basically it’s the same lineup as we’ve had in the past,” Hatchett said of the festival schedule. “But there will be no balloon festival.” Hatchett said the major musical entertainment for Friday and Saturday nights has not yet been ...