National recognition for Pody’s BBQ in Pecos

Israel Compos of Pecos has the nickname Pody.“Pody was a sheep dog and when I was in school I used to have long straight hair that covered my eyes most of the time,” he says. “So my classmates started calling me Pody and the name stuck.

WORTHY OF THE WRITING

Despite the pastelcolored controversy stemming from the mixed-gendered massages from the nation’s capital, most of the folks out in the not-so-woke towns along the Double Mountains celebrated this long Easter weekend at home, where we find it possible to eat chocolate bunnies and celebrate the...

2 Cents Worth

Let's set awhile and visit and drink us a cup of coffee, this time change Joe is still snoozing and of course I'm up, wish I could sleep like he does!!!!! He was mowing and he came in the house and said, 'Carol you have a friend in the backyard!

Take me out to the ball game

“Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.”-Hank Aaron You may fall into the camp of “baseball is the most boring sport known to man.” Fair enough.

Faces & Places

“In this hair and with this dress, I look pretty. The kind of pretty that allows monsters to deceive people into forests, into dances where they will find their doom.” Holly Black, The Stolen Heir It was the most beautiful dress I had ever seen in my 14 years, especially for a poor girl.

The First Law of Community

Have you ever heard of the first law of thermodynamics?Thermodynamics is the study of heat, temperature, and energy, and their relationship to one another, as an offshoot of physics. There are four general laws of thermodynamics that explain the basic principles.

CRITICAL THINKING...

Officials at Rotan ISD set a respectfully high bar earlier this week, as they are the first entity or organization that voluntarily opened themselves to largescale public criticism. It takes courage to engage in internal reflection.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,I am glad to see in your letter of resignation that you are showing the citizens your true colors. You are a lying, petty, vindictive, and unremorseful person. Those are very bad things for someone in law enforcement. I am glad to see I am not the only one you have shown this to.

A Trip to the Rio Grand Valley

I’ve been going to the Rio Grand Valley for more than fifty years. When I first went there, towns were separated by brush country. You would go to one city, then travel thru non-populated areas then you would come to another city. It’s not that way now. It’s hard to find much rural country.

TICK TOCK... TICK TOCK

Tributaries bubbling from the eternal well-spring of public meetings, join those reservoirs of long-cultivated as well as confidential sources and mix with filtered data from public records or those anonymously slipped through mail slots and make for a deep and steady stream of information to dip...