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Blake Buchanan guided the lawn mower down from the truck bed andmopped the sweat from his brow. At 8 a.m. it was already anoppressive 95 degrees in Lubbock, Texas. As he pushed the mower inneat, parallel lines across the lawn, his T-shirt grew heavy withwetness, and the grass clippings stuck to his ankles in itchypatches.
Compared to the physical rigors of owning his landscapingcompany, Blake saw opening the first Bahama Buck's OriginalShaved Ice store in the summer of 1990 as a cushy way to earn somecash while studying finance at Texas Tech University. "Iwanted anything to get out of the heat," says the 31-year-old."Working inside an air-conditioned building and making snowsure sounded better than hard labor."
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