July 2023

Heading for home

Summer in Big Bend means good food and live music. Locals and tourists alike are revving up for one of the liveliest events hosted in the area, as Viva Big Bend gets ready for its 12th year of celebration.

As many in West Texas are aware, finding good healthcare in our rural setting is a challenge. Physicians come and go with regularity, but thanks to Dr. Adrian Billings and his connections, there may be some light at the end of the tunnel.

The crown jewel event the Alpine Cowboys have chased for years is finally coming to Kokernot Field. On Sunday, July 16, representatives from all eight Pecos League Mountain Division teams will make the trek to West Texas for the league’s annual All-Star Game.

With three weeks left in the regular season before the opening of the playoffs in August, the hitters league is being helped along the way by strong pitching. Trinidad’s Alex Aleywine has helped the Tornados’ cause with multiple- hit games at the plate recently.

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With somewhat agitational words like “climate change” being thrown around these days, one may wonder what all that entails. People from all walks of life and political leanings will have an opinion on what they believe it means. Politicos would have us all believe that the increase in human population and greenhouses gases are the only culprits and that fossil fueled vehicles are evil and the biggest cause.

“If an expired license plate means another decoration for your living room wall … you might be a redneck.” — Jeff Foxworthy “I’m going to the courthouse to get new tags for the car,” I remember my grandfather saying as he tapped his pipe on the ashtray to empty the remains of Prince Albert tobacco. “You want to go with me.” That was a no-brainer.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for their Emergency Relief Program, ERP, Phase Two and Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program, PARP.