July 2024

Season tickets will go on sale Friday, August 1st, in the athletic office at the high school. 2024 Season ticket holders will get first choice of tickets for the first two weeks of sales. On the third week, ticket sales are open for everyone. Advanced ticket booklets are $35.00 each for five home games.

Highschool Athletic Summer Camps Fort Stockton High School announced upcoming summer camps for 2024. Swimming sessions are $90 a session, while all other camps are $40 per camp.

The Alpine Cowboys Professional Independent Baseball Team faced a challenging week with Mother Nature interrupting their schedule. Four consecutive games were rained out, leaving the Cowboys and their fans frustrated. However, a glimmer of hope emerged as the team finally hit the field on Monday, July 22.

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As the summer heat reaches its peak, excitement is building for the upcoming Fort Stockton High School volleyball season. Head Coach Jessica Tully-Mitchell and her team are gearing up to start the season strong with a series of camps and tryouts designed to identify and develop the next generation of Prowler volleyball talent.

GUEST COLUMNIST This past Sunday we began a new study that is centered around the work of the Spirit of God in a Christian’s life. Our text is Galatians 5:16: But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

I went to the back pasture and there, standing all alone in a remote place was a small tree with lots of fruit on it. I did not recognize it at first but as I approached I was amazed. There stood a small persimmon tree full of fruit. There are other persimmon trees on the place, larger and in better locations, but none with that amount of fruit. I found one persimmon almost ripe and tasted it and it was sweet. That little tree reminded me of something in the Bible. First, if we have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord we are not even in God’s garden, (Matthew 7:21-23 & 21:42-44). Second, if we have accepted Christ He expects us to live in a way that brings honor to His name, (Matthew 3:8). A tree can usually be identified by the type of fruit that it bears and we are known by our fruit or the way we live, our lifestyle, (Matthew 7:18-20). Yes, there are hindrances like not being content but just wanting more of anything. And there is the problem of just having the wrong kind of fun or good times in the wrong places and it could be anything that occupies our time and energy but we end with no time for God, (Luke 8:14, Titus 3:3, James 4:3). Is there any fruit in our lives and what kind?

As the dog days of August approach and electric bills soar, the Public Utility Commission is reminding consumers of rules in place to protect them from having their power disconnected due to financial difficulties, especially during extreme heat.

Dear great citizens of Fort Stockton, A few weeks ago, my daughter and son-in-law, Ray and Wendy Bennett and the employees of Beall’s arranged a fundraiser for me. I have kidney cancer and I’m receiving immunotherapy and Chemotherapy in Dallas.

Now that two of my daughters are away at college and the one still at home basically views me as an ATM in an unfashionable neighborhood, I’ve tried to find myself a hobby. Since I’m not interested in activities that involve getting out of bed before noon on a Saturday, that pretty much rules out most manlytype- outdoorsy stuff that would require me to sweat profusely in a tent, clean an animal carcass or have one of my friends pluck a tick from a region of my anatomy that I can’t reach.