September 2022

Bicente Lujan

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We are sad to announce the passing of Bicente Lujan of Stanton, Texas, formally of Fort Stockton, Texas. Bicente died at the age of 45 on Sept. 2, 2022. _ _ Bicente was born in Fort Stockton on Jan. 26, 1977, to Maurilio N. Lujan and Teresa M. Lujan.
Bicente Lujan

It’s time to rein in government agencies

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By now, many of you have heard about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s plan to require publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. The proposed rule, issued earlier this year, requires these companies to disclose not only direct and energy-related emissions, but also those of every downstream supplier, known as Scope 3 Emissions. As you might imagine, this presents significant concerns for cattle producers who find themselves in the supply chain of many publicly traded companies, restaurants, and retailers.
It’s time to rein in government agencies

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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Dear Editor, As a taxpayer in Pecos County, I’m opposed to the two school bonds on the Nov. 8 ballot for the following reasons: 1.

If rocks can get along, then why not us?

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When I was in a college geology class in West Texas, our professor decided that we needed to go on a field trip together. We first went down to the Big Bend, where we saw many interesting things in the rocks and the mountains. Then we went to a place none of us had ever been before. It was south of the town of Marathon, and it was called Cantonment Pena Colorada, or Camp Pena Colorado. Our professor called it Fort Pena Colorado.
Rocks

New growth coming up from pecan stump

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Dear Neil: We need some help identifying and controlling this wild growth. It originated where we had a non-producing pecan cut to the ground last winter. It came up in the spring, and has grown more rapidly than anything we have ever seen. Should we dig it up and trash it, or will it turn into something desirable?
New growth coming up from pecan stump