August 2022

East Texas is hot, and not in the way you compliment your wife when she’s mad at you for performing an epic cannonball while she’s lounging by the pool with her laptop.

In 1 Corinthians 2:9 the Apostle Paul quotes the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 64:4 & 65:17) when he writes, “But as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.’”

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The Museum of the Big Bend is ranked No. 9 among True West’s 2022 Top Western Museums, according to a press release from the True West magazine. It will be featured in the September issue, hitting newsstands on Sept. 10.

The Fort Stockton tennis team was put to the test out of the gates to begin the 2022 season on Aug. 12 at the Basin Brawl in Midland and Odessa.

The Prowler volleyball team headed to the 48th Annual Monahans Volleyball Tournament to conclude their first week of the season on Aug. 12-13. Fort Stockton finished the two-day event with a 3-3 record and a consolation championship in the silver bracket.

Fort Stockton’s tennis team made significant progress a season ago under head coach Victor Garcia. They’ll look to build upon that success this season with a group that features a majority of their top athletes from a season ago.

The Fort Stockton football team lined up against an opponent for the first time under new head coach Jeremy Hickman in their opening scrimmage of the season on Aug. 12 in San Angelo against former district foe Lake View.

Dear Neil: I took this photo last fall at a garden in South Texas. I’d like to grow this plant.

Opening The New Radio Shack – Gary Weddle and his staff held grand opening ceremonies, complete with official ribbon cutting on Friday morning for the new American Energy of Pecos County Radio Shack dealership, at 1301 West Dickinson Blvd. Weddle and his parents have purchased the inventory of the...