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. For the past few weeks, Texas (and much of the world) has been suffering through a distressing phenomenon known as summer, that time of year when we all remember what it’s like being toddlers walking around with drenched undergarments.

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.’” This is an incredibly famous verse that is quoted often by many Christians, pastors, and evangelists. The problem that is often present when verses like this are quoted is a frequent problem - a lack of context and reading of the verses that occur before and after that verse (i.e. - Philippians 4:13 or Jeremiah 29:11). The unfortunate reality of the Bible saturated world that we live in is that is common for versus like 1 Corinthians 2:9 to be ripped off of their pages and out of their context to mean whatever we want them to mean.

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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 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum of Oklahoma City took top honors. True West nodded to the museum’s major expansion project, including a gallery dedicated to the art of Tom Lea, one of the premiere horse and cattle artists of the Southwest, as one of the factors in their decision. “The Museum of the Big Bend is already a first class art and history museum,” said Bob Boze Bell, True West Executive Editor. “But it is moving forward into an exciting future, preserving old west history and culture, and presenting it to the world. There’s no question. The Museum of the Big Bend is a Top Western Museum.” This is the 17th year True West has presented this annual award. Led by Candy Moulton, editors base their selection on criteria evaluating exhibits, facilities, multi-media and online accessibility, events and promotion of historic/ cultural resources. For more information about the Museum of the Big Bend, visit www.museumofthebigbend. com.

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. On Friday, the Prowlers tallied a 1-2 recorded before rallying in bracket play on Saturday with a 2-1 mark. Fort Stockton earned wins against Midland Legacy JV, Big Spring, and Fabens.

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. In 2021, the Panthers secured an overtime win against the Chiefs and on Friday, the practice between the two teams proved to be similarly competitive.

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