Lisa Schmidt

Best off-the-air TV personality: Lisa Schmidt, the former co-host of ProNews 7's Daybreak.We still get e-mails wondering where she went.The answer: Behind-the-scenes, where she's working as a producer.

Lisa Schmidt - ReporterLisa Schmidt is a reporter and weekend producer at PRONEWS7.You may recognize her from her weekly segment "Neighbors," which profiles people of the panhandle.Lisa is a panhandle native who grew up in Canyon.She earned her degree in communications from West Texas A&M University and received awards from the International Radio and Television Society and the National Broadcasting Society.While in college, she served as the general manager of KWTS-FM and as spokesperson for the university in commercials for the WB.Lisa enjoys spending time with her family and taking trips.E-MAIL: lschmidt@kvii.com

Pronews 7's Lisa Schmidt takes us to Portales....the peanut capital of the world.Peanuts pile in, ready to be salted or shelled at Sunland, incorporated....a plant packaging and processing peanut products..... 14 years ago a group of farmers created the company in Portales.The peanut capitol of the world they ship out millions of pounds of peanuts..... "They go to Canada; they go to Japan, Brazil, everywhere."
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In today's local flavor, we head to Fritch where PRONEWS 7's Lisa Schmidt shows us a booming beef jerky business."What we do now is remove all the fat off of here, cause my meat is real, real thin."

Pronews 7's Lisa Schmidt introduces us to this singing jailer who's found medicine in music.Serving as a Moore county corrections officer is glen lackey's regular gig.But it's the musical styles of this singing jailer leading him to an even bigger stage.In just a few days he'll hit the road to Missouri to showcase his talents on t-v and make a music video and c-d.Performing one of the first songs he wrote, a spiritual number about the trinity.... It's that belief that brought him this talent; something he says is a miracle.Singing since he was younger it wasn't until a life-changing circumstance that he took up guitar.You see Glynn contracted encephalitis and after 2-and-a-half years of being comatose his wife bought him a guitar to occupy his mind.

Our own queen of the road, Pronews 7's Lisa Schmidt takes us to the hometown of "the king of the road."with a full tank of gas; we hit the road and travel east to Erick, Oklahoma..... "Erick, ok... the redneck capital of the world."