Paintings commemorating Smokehouse Creek Fire presented at Hemphill County Courthouse Tuesday
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Local officials gathered in Hemphill County’s 31st District Courtroom Tuesday morning for the presentation of two paintings by artist Richard Sukup, commemorating the 2024 Smokehouse Creek Wildfire which caused devastating damage to this and adjoining counties in the northeastern Panhandle.
One painting, titled Perseverance, will hang in the Hemphill County Courthouse. It was purchased by Randall County Judge Christy Dyer, and presented as a gift to this county’s residents.
