March 2023

GUEST COLUMNIST Don Zimmer had quite a baseball career. During his 66-year career in professional baseball, the scrappy infielder shook Babe Ruth’s hand, posed for pictures with Clark Gable and Lana Turner, played with Brooklyn Dodgers’ Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, managed the Boston Red Sox when Carlton Fisk hit his game-winning 12th inning World Series home run, and coached the 1978 New York Yankees when Bucky Dent broke bean towners’ hearts with his game winning, American League East clinching four-bagger.

GUEST COLUMNIST E arlier this month, Americans reflected on the 20 year anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster that took the lives of all seven astronauts on board. On Feb.

The weather wasn’t so friendly at Saturday’s 80th Comanche Relays, with the temperature in the 40s most of the day. But that didn’t seem to matter to the Fort Stockton Panthers, as the Fort Stockton boys garnered a dominating 194 points to win the opening meet.

Fort Stockton Junior Ali Jackson began the season golden and captured four top-two finishes at the season-opening Comanche Relays on Feb. 25, leading the Prowlers to a fifth-place finish.

Fort Stockton’s hot bets were tamed a little but at the Concho Classic in San Angelo over the weekend, the Prowlers came out of the tournament with a winning record, improving to 8-3 on the season heading into this past Tuesday’s game at Presidio. The Prowlers started off slow on Thursday, falling to Hamlin and Lamesa before taking down San Angelo Lake View, 11-1. Saturday saw Fort Stockton roll Brady 11-1 and Reagan County 14-4.

Until it was pumped dry in the 1960s, Comanche Springs was among Texas’ six largest springs, flowing at least 30 million gallons a day onto the dry earth of Pecos County. The springs created a desert oasis that earned Fort Stockton the title of Spring City across West Texas.

As we look out our windows or venture outside, we see everywhere around us the signs of spring and new life beginning to burst forth. The sky is blue, there may be calves being born, green shoots are all over, and we hear the bird song with increasing frequency throughout the day.

March 1986: RUNNER-UP CONGRATS – Derek Roberts, who was second in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, with personal bests in both events, gets a hand-shake from coach Robin Rankin. The Blue Wave boys finished second in the district meet..

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: I can’t get rid of clover in my lawn. I’ve tried a 7% 2,4-D product, but it didn’t work.

In celebration of National Nutrition Month, I am sharing the 17 Health tips that I am presenting at the educational programs for the month of March. Dedicate yourself to a healthy lifestyle in 2023 with these food, nutrition, and physical activity tips.