(The More Than You Bargained For, Long Awaited)
TERLINGUA MOON
Volume 31, No. 49 December 7, 2020 By Cactoosie
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Christmas Opportunities:
It’s the holiday season and Marfa Public Radio invites you to share your well wishes with friends and family. We'll play your messages on the air Friday, December 18th, during a special holiday dedication show.
Wish someone a good new year. Send a holiday message. Say hello to someone you've been missing.
To record your message call (432) 242-1896 or email it to love@marfapublicradio.org.
To ensure your message will be broadcast during the show, please submit your message no later than Weds., December 16th.
Santa Claus goes to Boquillas
Well, it’s that time again and Santa is getting ready for Christmas in Boquillas. My friend Doug Christian will be making deliveries this year, but I am still helping to make sure it happens. If you would like to help you can send donations to me at PayPal.Me/Rioaviation or to Marcos Paredes at P.O. Box 131 Terlingua Tx 79852. Or you can send that direct to @Doug-Christian-5 at Venmo or Doug Christian at Box 4 Terlingua Tx 79852.
Thanks for supporting us in this effort.
JoJoJo Merry Christmas!
Go Fund Me for food for Boquillas:
In addition to the Christmas gift delivery for the children of the town, there will be a large donation of shelf-stable foods to help the village through. We’re asking for small donations—$10 will go a long way toward keeping our neighbors from going hungry. Please, if you can spare any amount, it will be greatly appreciated.
Covid and our Community
New COVID-19 testing sites are arriving to the tri-county area next week. Rather than being administered by the National Guard’s Military Testing Teams, sites will be operated by turnkey vendors, using mobile testing vans.
- December 8: Presidio, City of Presidio EMS & Fire Station, 100 East FM 170
- December 9: Marfa, Presidio County Courthouse, 300 N. Highland St.
- December 10: Fort Davis, Fort Davis Fire Station, 200 Court Ave.
- December 11: Alpine, Alpine Fire Station, 102 South Street
As usual, these sites will run from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. or until testing capacity is reached. These will be oral-swab tests. Appointments and a personal ID aren’t required, but are preferred.
Brewster County Judge and Office of Emergency Management Updates Covid-19 Response Information: There is a pdf attached to this email that has a detailed time line of the Covid-19 cases in our area, and the response by Brewster County. TLDR: Cases went from, on Oct 29, 19 active cases, to 317 active cases on December 7. You know what to do, please do it.
State and National Park News:
Reminder: The interior of Big Bend Ranch State Park will be closed this week (December 7th- 10th) for a drawn public hunt.
Campsites and trails along FM 170/River Road, Rancherias Loop, and the Contrabando Multi-use Trail System north to Rincon will remain open.
See flyer for additional dates and a detailed map of the closed area.
For more information on the drawn hunts in BBRSP, please visit
Big Bend National Park
Chisos Basin road construction to begin November 20.
If you are planning a trip to Big Bend National Park in November, December or January, please take careful note of the following information.
From November 20 - January 29, the road to the Chisos Basin will be:
CLOSED 8:00 am-11:00 am
Open with delays 11:00 am-1:00 pm
CLOSED 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Open with delays 3:00 pm-7:00 pm
The road will be Open without delays from 7:00 pm-8:00 am.
Road construction will NOT occur during the Thanksgiving (November 25-29) or Christmas/New Years (December 23-January 4) holidays.
Community Announcements and News:
Paisano Post from Terlingua School
Junior High & Elementary UIL Academic Coordinator, Ms. Orren, directed contests for grades 6th-8th as they remotely participated in events last week. Students will be judged along with other schools in our district. Results coming soon. Elementary UIL contests are occurring this week.
High School UIL Academic Coordinator, Ms. Reed, is excited to announce the 2020-2021 Literary Criticism Team: Cynthia Gonzalez, Melenie Orozco, Kaycie Krueger, and Jenni Baeza. These members are beginning their Reading List which includes: Death of a Salesman, Heart of Darkness, and Poetry of William Wordsworth. The 2020-2021 Spelling & Vocabulary Team includes Cynthia Gonzalez, Yareli Aviles, Yartiza Galindo, and Laila Salido. These members have begun their study of 1000 words. More Teams will be announced soon. The high school contests happen in mid-March.
On December 12th, the Class of 2023 will participate in the 1st ever Rio Research Roundup Binational Summit. This groundbreaking and interactive virtual summit will connect student teams from the US and Mexico across the Rio Grande-Rio Bravo watershed.
THE TERLINGUA BOTTOMS GROUP of AA meets every Thursday at 7:30 at the Big Bend Church in Study Butte. The meetings are open to anyone who has or thinks they may have a drinking problem. We meet in a group of less than five, wear masks, and practice Social Distancing.
Gallery Open House
Featuring Chasin Hammond. Chasin is a Big Bend High School student who has amazing skill with a spray paint can.
Come see these amazing works of art created with spray paint.3 to 5 p.m.
Saturday, December 12, 2020 Office at Study Butte RV Park
Light refreshments will be served.
Earth and Fire Gallery welcomes guest artist Molly Dumas with her collection of sardine cans, whimsies, and plein air art. Gallery hours are 9-6, seven days a week, wear a mask, limit four inside.
Local Businesses
Rio Bravo Restaurant will be back to its operating hours on Monday December 7th.
Terlingua Trading Company Saturday December 12: 25% off general Merchandise, 10% off books
Taqueria El Milagro
BYOB and enjoy some of Terlingua's best dining. Located in the heart of the ghost town and serving from a single taco to fine dinners.
We pride ourselves on fresh ingredients and great service. Come see us for great cooking and friendly service.
Fun outdoor seating is available or call in your to go orders at 432 371 2060 and pick up at our drive thru window
Open Wednesdays through Sundays ... 5PM until 10PM.
Espresso ... y poco mas
Come enjoy breakfast or lunch at the best in Terlingua. We have amazing views and cooked to order food made with the freshest ingredients around and it's a perfect way to start your chilly mornings.
We serve only beans from Big Bend Roasters. The best in the region! Smoothies, salads, guac, eggs any way you like them, and a great standard menu. Eat in, take out or have us pack a picnic for you.
Open from 7:30 a.m to 2 p.m. seven days a week
The Town Electrician, Charles Turvey, Owner/ Master Electrician TECL# 31504 ME# 326558 Local, Licensed, Insured thetownelectrician@bigbend.net 432-424-3464 (Home) 432-538-2533 (Cell)
Flack Electrical Services
Joshua Flack, Owner/Master Electrician TECL #31064 ME #337791
Licensed, bonded and insured
940.255.2723
Dig Terlingua – We do Septic Systems and Dirt Work
Backhoe, Bulldozer, Motor Grader & Dump Truck with Operator for Hire.
Site Preparation - pads, roads & ditches.
We deliver road base, gravel, sand, etc.
Licensed for Septic System Site Evaluations & Installations - Commercial & Residential - TCEQ #34046.
Whatever you need dug – WE DIG IT.
713.907.5259
SHOT TIME LIQUORS OPEN 10 - 9 Monday thru Saturday
We can help make your HOLIDAY shopping easier this year .... GIFT CERTIFICATES
Of course we have all sorts of yummy adult beverages. BUT WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF GIFTIES! Bones Coffees - Ground, Whole Bean, K Cups, Decaf and Regular. Blue Q Socks, Gums and Lip Stuff with XXX sayings that are especially chosen for guides in a Tourist Destination. We also have some KILLER JERKY (almost literally) from Righteous Felon and other tasty Snax for Stocking Stuffers. We restocked on CBD goodness plus those personal delights that make staying home on cold nights MUCH more fun! So...you know where we are - just come swing on thru our handy DRIVE THRU. And remember.......PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY.
Other Cool Stuff:
Kyote Radio Announce New Single “Fresno”
Austin based indie-garage rockers, Kyote Radio, fronted by Terlingua native Micah Paredes, are releasing the next single from their upcoming, Frenchie Smith produced LP, Real Crime. The new song “Fresno” will be available for streaming and download on all platforms December 11th.
“Fresno” is one of the oldest songs in the band’s catalog, and has been featured in their live set for years, but Kyote Radio’s newest member, electric guitarist Jeff Arata, has brought new life to the composition with an epic guitar solo (3:40), and the band is thrilled to have his work so prominently featured in this song.
A classic Texas ballad about a ballplayer that washes out of the minor leagues and heads back to Texas to face the realities of what is left for him back home, “Fresno” draws on the songwriting traditions of legends like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, but still showcases the double electric guitar, garage rock grit that is the backbone of Kyote Radio’s sound. The song is the latest single from Kyote Radio’s covid delayed LP Real Crime, which is now due in early 2021.
Listen to the song ahead of its release here: https://youtu.be/VHasCJniwuM
-Kyote Radio
A note passed on to us from Dennis Yancy, Veteran Service Officer
There was a time, not so long ago, when Veterans Day was a personal affair for most Americans.
The mass mobilization of World War II, coupled with the draft era of Korea and Vietnam, meant that almost every dinner table was connected to the military, and almost every citizen had a close relationship with someone who had served in uniform. That time has passed, and it has passed with consequences. Forty-seven years into the all-volunteer force, military veterans make up only seven percent of the population. Many Americans do not know and have not spent any meaningful time with a service member.
It’s a fact for the man on the street, and it’s a fact for many of the women and men who walk the halls of American power. We are about to see a change in who walks those halls. The challenges facing the incoming administration are enormous, made even more complicated by a raging pandemic and a toxic and divided political culture.
In the face of these daunting issues, I propose a small idea, one that won’t resolve any of major policy disputes, but that might affect the environment in which they are considered. What if every new Biden-Harris appointee was asked to go to Arlington National Cemetery and to walk the grounds with a member of the military, a veteran, or a military family member? Not just the appointees serving in national security or Veterans Affairs posts, but every appointee, from every department, from cabinet secretaries to policy experts to confidential assistants across the interagency. It is a simple act, but an important one.
The originator of this proposal, Bren Colburn, never served in the military, but he was lucky to spend time in the company of those who did. Growing up an Army brat, and later working as political appointee in the Pentagon, shaped his sense of service, his understanding of sacrifice, and his relationship to the concept of public-policy consequences. It made him better at what he did. One afternoon can’t replicate those connections, but it can start to change perceptions. During his time in government, he often found himself visiting Arlington, and was surprised by how few of his colleagues had never been. It was only a couple Metro stops away from their offices, but it was a world away from many of their life experiences.
These would be quiet visits, opportunities to listen. They shouldn’t be viewed as partisan—it just happens that the President-elect is a Democrat—and the offer to participate could be extended to incoming members of Congress and their staffs. This could be a starting point for a national commitment to directly connect, in small ways, the American people to the military that defends them. For all the talk in policy circles about the growing civ-mil divide, sometimes the simplest steps are overlooked.
Imagine an America where a visit like this was facilitated for every graduating high school senior? A chance to personally be exposed to the military, to look beyond Hollywood takes and sporting event flyovers, to have a conversation with someone who has been there. Think of these opportunities as reverse Honor Flights, meant not to celebrate but to educate.
It is important to stop and say thank you, to pause and remember. But we can truly honor our veterans by bringing their experiences into our lives, and into the policy-making circles of our nation. The effort needs to be intentional, and it needs to be sustained. An afternoon to walk and talk isn’t much, but for many, it’s a start. [Source: Defense One |
Brent Colburn (Opinion) | November 11, 2020 ++]
Dennis Yancy SFC, US Army (ret) Veterans Service Officer Brewster County, Texas
Email: vetaff@co.brewster.tx.us
Office: 432-837-6219
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