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LEFT: Lanky Moore finishes his set with a tribute to the late Bryan “BT” Thornton, with whom he played in the band Diamondback TX for many years. Moore ended with the song, “I’m Gonna Live Forever.”

Bass player Scott Thornton, left, and guitar player Willie Herring of the banks Diamondback TX perform at the BT Blowout at the Cowboy Western Club in Mexia on Saturday night. The event is scheduled every two years to raise money for the “Bryan “BT” Thornton Scholarship Fund and the Limestone and Freestone County Cancer Support groups. Scott Thornton, BT’s brother, said Saturday night that about $18,000 was raised during a live auction earlier in the event. BT Thornton passed away from pancreatic cancer in March 2016. He was a founding member, playing guitar and then drums for many years, of Diamondback TX.

The latest cumulative figures for people who tested positive for COVID-19 virus and a cumulative count of those who have died, was shown Tuesday, April 10, at 8:20 a.m., from Johns Hopkins University and Medicine website (coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html) to be: