Opinion

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FFA is not just about livestock

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Many people assume that students in FFA only raise and show livestock. While showing livestock is one-way students can get involved, FFA offers leadership, career, and scholarship opportunities, as well as life skills. My job as an agricultural science teacher is to help students find the facet of FFA that will introduce them to a skill or trade they can use after high school and in the real world of jobs and careers.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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I’ve noticed Texas state flag posters displayed with “Proud Democrat” printed on them. I couldn’t help but wonder what made these Democrats so proud. Might it be an elimination of U.S. Energy Independence? What about the selling of U.S. Strategic Oil Supply to the CCP? Could it be the uninhibited printing of money that caused record inflation? I’ve searched elsewhere in case these harmful policies weren’t reasons for their “deadly sin of pride.” More than 1,000 babies are killed daily by the Democrat- ran Planned Parenthood while child castrations and mastectomies are performed under the pretense of “sex changes.” Joseph Mengele would have been proud. Democrat men pretend to be women while acting out in degrading female stereotypes as Democrats show them more respect than real women, and Democrat guys pretend to be gals in sports often defeating and sometimes injuring females. Are they proud of those actions? There’s Democrat “diversity, equity, and inclusion” that’s “divisive, exclusive, and inequitable,” and don’t forget the Democrat-created “Open U.S. Borders.” Are they proud of those harmful agendas? There’s plenty more but I’ve only so much space here. These posters displaying Democrats strike me as folks who would use the phrase “Proud as A Rooster,” not caring that roosters run their fathers off, have relations with their mothers and daughters, and scratch around in their own crap all day long. James R. Le Blanc Fort Davis
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Looking to the future

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For the past two years, Ryan Stieg has served as the president of the Big Bend Livestock Association’s (BBLSA) board of directors. While summer months are a bit slow for the board, Stieg says that come about September, things begin to speed up and get busy.
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Finding freedom and resilience in the high desert

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Since the dawn of the information age, the way we communicate and live has undergone a transformative journey. Many sought hope and prosperity in big cities like Houston, El Paso, San Antonio, Dallas, and Austin, attracted by the economic opportunities and comforts the big city provides. However, a different kind of allure beckons from the high desert region - the desert’s call.
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The promise of a new year

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New Year’s is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s an opportunity to reflect on all that we accomplished in the past 12 months while looking ahead with hope, optimism, and expectation for what we will create together in the year ahead. The new year is always full of so much promise.