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Robert Polanco, Jr., has been awarded the title of Master of Code, “considered the PhD of building safety codes certification,” according to May issue of “Building Safety Journal.” Master of Code is awarded by the International Code Council headquartered in Washington, D.C., and regulating building safety worldwide.

Late on June 21 Brewster County deputies conducted a traffic stop on an RV near the Big Bend National Park entrance on Texas Highway 118 south of Study Butte. The vehicle was occupied by 49 illegal aliens from Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico, along with two U.S. citizens, including the driver.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the proposed critical habitat for the endangered Texas hornshell, a freshwater mussel found in Texas and New Mexico. The Texas hornshell was listed as endangered on Feb. 9, 2018.

Before discussing the various local stage stations on the overland mail route, it is necessary to understand the operations of this huge transcontinental enterprise. The sheer number of animals, personnel, equipment, and stations necessary to cross the continent made this one of the largest and most complex transportation efforts of the age, comparable to the construction of the Erie Canal.

Dear Neil: What is eating the leaves of my zucchini squash? I looked on the backs and didn’t find any eggs. This is damage caused by striped cucumber beetles.

Over the last few years, I’ve noticed several types of fruit that are plentiful in Far West Texas, seemingly without any type of care or attention. That comes as a surprise to me, living in the high desert where little more than cacti actually thrive.

We pray. We read the scriptures. Praying the scriptures combines our praying and reading in a powerful way of communicating with God. Throughout the Old and New Testaments, we find instances of God’s people “praying the Word” by quoting Scripture in their prayers, particularly praying the Psalms. For example, in Acts 4:24 – 26, the believers pray Psalm 2. Even Jesus himself prayed using the Psalms: His dying prayer on the cross was a quotation of Psalm 22:1: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” The German martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer reminds us that when we pray Scripture, we are praying with Jesus. To pray the scriptures means to allow the words of the sacred text to form our prayer—either directly or indirectly. Prayer entails heart-to-heart communication with God that moves in both directions. God speaks, we listen and respond; we speak, God listens and responds. Whatever we read and reflect on in the scripture is part of our ongoing dialogue with God,