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Unified softball tournament kicks off in Antelope
WHAT HAPPENS. ANTELOPE HIGH SCHOOL, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS, HOSTING ITS ANNUAL UNIFIED SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT RIGHT NOW AND JOINING US IS UNIFIED SPORTS P.E. TEACHER AMY REYNOLDS. AMY, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. EXPLAIN WHY THIS EVENT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS. OH, IT’S JUST THE MOST INCREDIBLE DAY. ALL STUDENTS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY SPORT. THEY GET TO WORK TOGETHER. TEAMWORK IS WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT.
Former San Joaquin County clerk arrested, accused of leaking documents
A former San Joaquin County clerk was arrested and is accused of leaking documents to the media about a potential public corruption investigation.Pamela Edwards was arrested Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of disobeying a court order, the sheriff’s office said. The sheriff's office said that in late November the employee shared unsealed documents with a neighbor who worked for the Stockton Record.
Recognizing the History of the Tonkawa Tribe, the Original Texans
Tonkawa Creek spills over time-worn rocky bluffs and splashes into a clear blue-green pool at Tonkawa Falls City Park in Crawford, a half-hour west of Waco. Workers employed by the Depression-era Texas Civil Works Administration, the precursor of the Work Projects Administration, gathered stone along the creek to build steps leading down to the water. Today, a concrete bridge stretches over the falls, offering a bird’s-eye view of the tranquil setting below.
‘Moonshine Capital’ Glen Rose Recalls the Tumultuous Era of Prohibition
Red flames flicker under a century-old still at the Somervell County Historical Society Museum in Glen Rose. Though the cookfire is a wood-and-paper replica and the vintage copper tank hasn’t been used to make liquor for at least 60 years, the exhibit recalls the Prohibition era, when outlaw distilleries bubbled with moon-shine among Glen Rose’s cedar breaks and limestone creeks. The still belonged to the late Charlie Moss, a moonshiner who donated his old equipment to the museum in 1965.
Find Dinosaur Tracks and Ax-Throwing on a Weekend Getaway to Glen Rose
The Paluxy River feeds the artistic spirit of this northern Hill Country town Written by , Photographs by Tom McCarthy Jr. | From the July 2022 issue | Updated: June 28, 2022 | Filed Under: GetawaysTRAVEL Rivers course through the history of Glen Rose. Settled in 1849 by brothers Charles and George Barnard, this settlement in the northern Hill Country got its start as a trading post. A decade later, George built a gristmill on the Paluxy River.
Find Dinosaur Tracks and Ax-Throwing on a Weekend Getaway to Glen Rose
Rivers course through the history of Glen Rose. Settled in 1849 by brothers Charles and George Barnard, this settlement in the northern Hill Country got its start as a trading post. A decade later, George built a gristmill on the Paluxy River. In the bed of that same river in 1909, a local boy discovered fossilized dinosaur tracks. Visitors today can walk among the giant three-toed theropod tracks, found within Dinosaur Valley State Park.
With Distinctly Designed Ceramic Fixtures, Martha and Beaumont Mood Lit Up Midcentury Texas
Mood Lighting fixtures at the post office in Johnson City designed by O’Neil Ford (his brother, Lynn, made the carved wood doors). Photo by Kathryn Jones. As a student at Trinity University, I appreciated how the red-brick buildings, landmark bell tower, and unique lighting tied the campus together. By day, ceramic pendant lamps with geometric designs and colorful glazes lent an artisan touch to the simple lines of O’Neil Ford’s architecture.
I Live in the Middle of Nowhere. I Still Got COVID.
In our series “Notes on a Pandemic,” we invite Texans to share their coronavirus experiences with us—both the lighthearted moments and the deeply painful ones. The pandemic felt so far away out here. My husband and I live eight miles south of Glen Rose—the nearest town of any size—barely over the Somervell-Bosque county line. Our house sits a mile and a half off Texas Highway 144, past two ranch gates and cattle guards, and at the end of a winding, up-and-down gravel road that leads to a ridgetop.
I Live in the Middle of Nowhere. I Still Got COVID.
In our series “Notes on a Pandemic,” we invite Texans to share their coronavirus experiences with us—both the lighthearted moments and the deeply painful ones. The pandemic felt so far away out here. My husband and I live eight miles south of Glen Rose—the nearest town of any size—barely over the Somervell-Bosque county line. Our house sits a mile and a half off Texas Highway 144, past two ranch gates and cattle guards, and at the end of a winding, up-and-down gravel road that leads to a ridgetop.
Guest column: I live in a rural area. I wear masks. I thought I was being careful. I still got COVID.
It began week before last with a sneeze. Post-nasal drip irritating the back of my throat. Allergies, I told myself. The mountain cedar is blooming. A cold front blew in. A lot of pollen is swirling in the air. The next day my sinuses hurt. I had a dull headache. I felt a bit warm and took my temperature – 99.2. Mild sinus infection, I told myself. Then I lost my senses of smell and taste. It wasn’t gradual. They were just gone.
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Antelope Lodge
Tired from a long day of driving, we pulled up to the Antelope Lodge in Alpine and were transported into a 1940s-period postcard. White stucco cottages with covered porches and vintage metal lawn chairs framed a grassy courtyard studded with picnic tables. The foothills of the Davis Mountains loomed against a big blue sky behind the retro red-tile rooftops. My husband, Dan, and I had driven eight hours from our home near Glen Rose to Big Bend for a getaway from the 24/7 wired world.
Music, food and craft cocktails (no worms) at Blackie's Bait Shop
The first time I walked into Blackie’s Bait Shop and spotted the blue marlin replicas hanging on the walls and a surfboard standing up in the corner, I turned to my husband and said quizzically, “Dan, we’re not in Walnut Springs anymore.” We weren’t in a bait shop, either. Blackie’s Bait Shop is at 4147 Third St. (State Highway 144) in Walnut Springs. Call 254-797-0181.
To Dine For
Since my husband and I moved from Fort Worth to a ranch south of Glen Rose a decade ago, we’ve be-come impromptu tour guides to friends visiting the area for its hilly scenery along the Paluxy River, numerous bed-and-breakfasts, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, and other nearby attractions. They inevitably ask us where they should eat, and we always recommend our go-to place, the Riverhouse Grill.
Ancient Pioneers
In a grassy cattle pasture near Florence, a rounded metal-frame structure covered with sturdy white canvas stands along Buttermilk Creek, pecan trees towering overhead. The Quonset hut-like structure protects a 48-square-meter hole that descends in terraced levels, each layer of soil going farther back in time. The Bell County Museum in Belton and The Williamson Museum in Georgetown offer alternating monthly guided tours of the Gault Site, year-round.
Donald Glover Releases Official Trailer to ‘Atlanta’
Donald Glover has given the world a few more reasons to catch his new FX series, as the celebrated executive producer recently dropped the official trailer for Atlanta. The trailer previews more humor and antics than the short promos released earlier this week and in July. It also provides a better insight on the main concept of the show: Glover’s character getting involved in the rap career of his cousin, who is played by Brian Tyree Henry.
Lonesome Dove Revisited
The six-hour miniseries Lonesome Dove first aired in February 1989 while I was taking an evening painting class in Fort Worth. My fellow students and I usually didn’t pay much attention to the television in the studio, but that evening we couldn’t focus on our still-life lesson. As retired Texas Rangers Capt. Augustus “Gus” McCrae and Capt. Woodrow Call rode off on an epic cattle drive from Texas to Montana, they took us along, too. For more information, see www.lonesome dovereunion.com.
War and Remembrance
In a darkened room, veterans wearing World War II caps embroidered with command insignia peer down at a tabletop video screen. A map of the Philippine Islands flashes on. Read more about the National Museum of the Pacific War. Writer Kathryn Jones interviews Sam Jones a Pacific War veteran who also happens to be her father. Blue ships, representing American vessels, head into the archipelago.
Retro Retreats
Tired from a long day of driving, we pulled up to the Antelope Lodge in Alpine and were transported into a 1940s-period postcard. White stucco cottages with covered porches and vintage metal lawn chairs framed a grassy courtyard studded with picnic tables. The foothills of the Davis Mountains loomed against a big blue sky behind the retro red-tile rooftops. Contact information for sites in the story follows.
A Matter of Taste
On a typical Saturday night in Meridian, a town of some 1,500 people about 50 miles northwest of Waco, the Cactus Grill’s shoebox-shaped dining room hums with conversation. Cactus Grill is at 120 N. Main St. in Meridian. Hours: Wed-Mon 11-2 for lunch, Thur-Sat 5-9 for dinner. Call 254/435-6062. Looking for a sauce to enhance your next meal?
Big Luxury in the Big Bend
When I first began traveling to Big Bend in the late 1980s, my introduction to lodging—other than a tent in the Chihuahuan Desert—was a room at the Gage Hotel in Marathon. Quiet, rustic, and largely undiscovered back then, the yellow-brick hotel stood as an outpost of civilization on the edge of Big Bend National Park’s vast wildness.
When dinosaurs (and mammoths) roamed
Curved tusks jut out of red sandy soil. Massive bones scatter around them in the prehistoric burial ground. These are the remains of Columbian mammoths, a rare “nursery herd” of mother mammoths and their offspring that lived about 65,000 years ago near what is now Waco. The Waco Mammoth Site is at 6220 Steinbeck Bend Rd., Waco. Call 254/750-7946. The Bosque Museum is at 301 S. Ave. Q, Clifton. Call 254/675-3845. Dinosaur Valley State Park is at 1629 Park Rd. 59, Glen Rose. Call 254/897-4588.
Almost.
Bison graze just beyond the main road as we enter Caprock Canyons State Park northeast of Lubbock. They loom large, dark, and shaggy against the tawny open range on a late-September afternoon. It looks like a scene out of the Old West. “There they are!” I exclaim with childlike excitement. It’s the first time I’ve seen the state’s official bison herd since the animals were released to the public area of the park two years ago.
The Great, Grape Plains
A six-foot steel sculpture of a corkscrew marks the entrance to McPherson Cellars in downtown Lubbock. Inside, the modern theme continues in a sleek tasting room with dark walls, polished floors, and local artwork. Outside in the courtyard, bright red and blue brick walls, geometric metal cutouts, and low benches topped with vibrant cushions make it clear this is a different kind of winery. No faux-French chateâu here.
Corpus Christi and Me
Three beguiling bottlenose dolphins —D.J., Shadow and Kai—reign as the undisputed stars of the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi. Their daily performances in the large outdoor tank captivate the diverse international crowd seated in the stadium surrounding the water. Even though members of the crowd speak several languages, the collective “oohs” and “ahhs” need no translation.
Skeleton Crew?
Judith Whipple begins her ghost story with a disclaimer. “I don’t believe in ghosts,” says the historian of the U.S.S. Lexington. But Whipple, a petite, bespectacled woman, finds herself in the odd position of documenting not only history but also inexplicable “weird things” aboard the World War II aircraft carrier turned museum that now rests in Corpus Christi Bay.
Marathon Man
TUMBLEWEEDS AS BIG AS COWS sometimes blow across the main street in Marathon, a town that feels like a way station between civilization and the rugged Big Bend wilderness. It is nothing less than an oasis in the high desert, and it owes this status in large part to the Gage Hotel, which has been owned for twenty years by Houston businessman J. P. Bryan.
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