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The Boquillas Port of Entry within Big Bend National Park, providing access to the town of Boquillas, Coahuila, Mexico will change to the summer schedule beginning Sunday, April 28. Starting Friday, May 3, the crossing will be open four days a week, Fridays through Mondays.

Back in my grade school days you were told to clean the blackboards if you didn’t do your work or obey the teacher. Every time you did something wrong (breaking the rules) our teacher would write your name in the upper right-hand corner of the blackboard. Mine was usually up there for talking and I had to stay in at recess and clean the blackboards. Cleaning those blackboards is somewhat like sinning. Every time we break God’s rules or fail to obey Him it is recorded in books in Heaven (Revelation 20:12). The only way I could get the blackboards clean was with a special cleanser. Just as the only way we can get forgiveness from our sins (removed from the books in heaven) is by the blood of Jesus, (Matthew 26:28). Before we went to cleaning, she would review the events of the day and point out what we did wrong, and we had to acknowledge what we did. This is somewhat like what the Bible calls confession (acknowledging or admitting) of sin. In, (1John 1:710) it says that we must confess or admit to our specific sins before we can get forgiveness from them. It was so nice to see a clean, fresh blackboard with no names (especially mine) on it. How wonderful it will be when the books of heaven are opened, and they see a clean spotless page where our misdeeds had been recorded (Acts 10:43). See you in Church on Sunday. Brother J

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Water has always been the greatest hindrance to growth in West Texas. Even today limited water resources restrict our longterm planning and growth. This issue was especially true in the 19th Century when the primary mode of rapid transportation was the steam-driven locomotive. Without surface water, the only solution was to drill.

Reporter (Katie) Today we continue our exclusive interview with that famous Spirit, God. He is such a hot topic these days! God has granted the Fort Stockton Pioneer a chance to speak with him exclusively and hear what all the fuss is about.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: This weed/ vine/grass is overtaking the bare spots in my St. Augustine lawn where chinch bugs killed the St.

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Since her doctors found stage four gallbladder cancer in 2007, Edie has endured 79 chemotherapy sessions and four major surgeries. Since then, she’s lost a lung and part of her liver, colon, and stomach. She credits walking with saving her life, and at 72 years of age, Edie Sundby is not in a big hurry. She walks to slow things down, not speed things up, and she credits walking with extending her life. She’s already completed a walk from San Antonio to St. Augustine, FL, and now she’s walking west, taking advantage of seasonal weather to complete the trip from San Diego to St. Augustine at her own pace and under her own terms.

HEAD OVER MEALS Over the years, my friends and I have always had a conversation about what would be our last meal request if we were ever on death row. Now granted, none of us ever did anything that would warrant us a trip to said death row, but when discussing food, the last meal one would request holds a lot of weight.

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