Tristen Hutchings nabbed the Southwest Region Reserve Championship for Bull Riding.
A Blackfoot, Idaho native, he attended Snake River High School and started his rodeo career back in his middle school days. It’s not much of a shocker that his favorite has always been bull riding. He spent a year in Odessa before arriving at Sul Ross back in 2019. It’s good news for Coach Aragon and the team that he’s still got time on campus where he’ll graduate in 2022 with a degree in Ag Business.
Virginia Ruth Price passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on June 19, 2021, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) on Wednesday issued the following statement after Vice President Kamala Harris announced she would be going to the El Paso sector of the southern border. Congressman Gonzales’ district encompasses over 820 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, over 40 percent of the total southern border.
Listed below is the agenda for the Fort Stockton City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 22, starting at 5:30 p.m. at city hall.
Items of note include awarding a request for qualifications for the city’s new rec center. F.T. James Construction Inc./Alvidrez Architecture Inc., PSRBB Architects/Banes Construction, MW Builders, Inc. and Spartan Construction turned in bids.
Jose “Joe” P. Martinez, Jr., left us to rest in peace on June 17, 2021. He was born on March 18, 1945, in Fort Stockton, Texas, to Jose and Maria Martinez.
Joe graduated from Fort Stockton High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, and served in Vietnam, where he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Good Conduct Medal. He then worked for the Texas proving grounds Bridgestone/Firestone test track, and was nicknamed “The Flying Jalapeno.”
Ralph M. Zamarippa, Jr., of San Angelo, Texas, passed away on June 12, 2021.
He was born on Jan. 23, 1937, in San Angelo to Rafael M. Zamarippa and Jesusita “Jessie” Losoya Zamarippa.
Ralph attended Lake View High School, and graduated with the class of 1955. He later went on to obtain a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Education from Sul Ross State University.
Fort Stockton tennis coach Victor Garcia hosted a tennis camp at the FSHS tennis courts on June 21 for fourth through eighth grade students. The camp started on Monday and will finish on Thursday, June 24.
