Changes in school activities due to the coronavirus pandemic has not only affected the classroom, but has trickled down to businesses who make and sell homecoming mums.
The flowers are a big part of homecoming festivities. Lamesa High School is hosting its homecoming this coming Friday when the Golden Tornadoes football team faces the Snyder Tigers at 7 p.m.
Sarah Benitez, owner of Triple Divas Boutique, usually gets orders for homecoming mum corsages weeks before the event. Only recently have orders started slowly coming in.
“Usually by this time we’ve usually sold hundreds,” Benitez said. “We’re barely getting orders in, but it’s nothing ...