“It’s the true believers who want to do this,” says Mindy Hamlett, one of the handful of volunteers who make recycling work for the Big Bend’s residents and visitors. “We want to see recycling work in this area, but sometimes when you show up on a Saturday to make sure everything is sorted properly for delivery to the recycling center in the National Park and you discover that people have just left all their garbage in bags by our trailer, well, you’d like to strangle somebody.” by Andy Byrnes    more »

Two 11th graders, Helena Stark and Lydia Eby, became silver medalists in their respective disciplines and tenth-grader Blake Trester became eligible for state scholarship money by virtue of his performance. by Andy Byrnes    more »

The women’s efforts evolved from those humble beginnings, however, and they were soon a familiar sight, running in groups along Routes 118 and 170 and in the national park itself. Marcy, Pam and Martha were joined by Kassi Williams, Carin Taylor and Jennifer Peña, who would eventually participate in the Austin race, and Dede Granado, Bobbie Jones, Ellen Quigg, Debbie Willoford, Nicole Killingsworth and Noemi Aviles, who would run their race in the park in support of their fellow ‘Turtles.' by Andy Byrnes    more »

“Honestly, I just wanted to get up somewhere and headline a show,” he says now of the inaugural ‘Terlingua-Palooza’ concert held on July 1st, a concert which raised approximately $1,200 for the Boys & Girls Club and helped send the members of its ‘Torch Club’ to a leadership camp in Fort Worth. “I kind of wanted to make it look not like a fundraiser. I just wanted all the Terlingua people to be able to come out and have a good time, eat some food, drink some beer and listen to some music.” And more than 150 of them complied. by Andy Byrnes    more »

Boren has written something, albeit targeting those of a certain age, that seems almost effortless in its complete success. He may have struggled with the dialogue in the privacy of his own home, but no hesitancy, no trepidation has survived to mar the script. by Andy Byrnes    more »