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The Nature Conservancy, TPWD, purchase Heath Canyon Ranch
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The Nature Conservancy in Texas (TNC) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) are pleased to announce the purchase of Heath Canyon Ranch, a 671-acre property located just outside Big Bend National Park.
Paisano Girls’ Camp to be held in June
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The Paisano Girls’ Mission Camp will be held this year, June 2-6, at the Davis Mountain Resort Baptist Church just west of Fort Davis. Due to the rising cost of food, this year’s camp will cost $125 per person, including counselors. The camp will have the same Bible study format, missions time, music, style show, tea party, and other favorite activities. Girls who finished second through sixth grade are invited to be campers, and girls who finished seventh through 12th grade are invited to be junior counselors. On the list of additional activities are movies, board games, talent spotlight, and more. For further information, please call Karen McGuire at 432-386-3071 and leave a message or contact her at kgmcguire17@yahoo. com. Some scholarships are available.
Texas Capital Highlights
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House bill proposes new standardized test A Texas House bill would eliminate the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test and replace it with a test comparing students’ performance to one another rather than state-set standards, the Austin American- Statesman reported.
Marathon ISD recognizes Teacher of the Year
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For the second year in a row, Marathon ISD’s Ms. Pamela Hernandez has been chosen by her peers as the 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year.
Earth Day excitement
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SR Rodeo Coach to be inducted into Hall of Fame
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Quite a few rodeo greats have come out of Sul Ross. Although his humbleness would likely not allow him to call himself a rodeo great, Sul Ross Rodeo Coach C.J. Aragon rightly should, as his accomplishments in rodeo have earned him an induction into the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame (IRHF). With six criteria to be met for this honor, Aragon’s career in rodeo checks all the boxes.
Hunting: Father-son time turns into lifetime love
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From Alaska to New Zealand and parts in between, Rene Ybarra has turned what began as time spent hunting with his late father into a business of love. Many people know Ybarra as the local Alpine boy who went to the Marines and has now settled into his elected position with the Brewster County Sheriff’s Office.
