Terlingua MOON
June 28, 2022
Vol.33 No. 27 by Million sMiles
People will always have differences.
It is the wise person who can see the advantages of those differences and use them to solve problems.
It is the fool who uses those differences to instill hatred and bitterness and division.
~ anonymous
Espresso ... y poco mas
Located in the heart of the Ghost Town. Homecooked breakfast and lunch plus GREAT smoothies and other cold goods during the hot weather. Coffee lovers will find Big Bend Roasters any way you like it. A friendly place with comfortable outdoor seating, amazing views and open from 7:30 AM until 2 PM daily. Get newspapers, wifi and enjoy the view of the Chisos.
Taqueria El Milagro
Summer hours: Friday through Sunday from 4pm until 9 pm. Come in and enjoy the best tacos in town. We specialize in authentic Mexican recipes and also have steaks, great sides and much more. All served in an outdoor setting or pick up via a drive thru window. We're BYOB so come prepared! 432 372-2060 .
Brewster County Commissioners Court
Due to lack of a quorum, Brewster County Commissioners Court has been postponed to June 28, 2022, at 9:30 a.m.
4th of July Parade – presented by the Big Bend Chamber of Commerce and Terlingua Fire and EMS. The parade starts at the old Study Butte Store, across from the Cottonwood Store at 5:30 p.m., finishing at the Fire/EMS station.
TERLINGUA RANCH PROPERTY OWNERS’ POTLUCK: Join your friends and neighbors at the potluck the first Thursday of each month. The next potluck will be July 7, 6:00 pm, at the Bunkhouse. The ranch will provide water, iced tea, plates, and cutlery. Please bring a dish to share.
BIG BEND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING: The Big Bend Chamber of Commerce will hold it’s next meeting on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at the Oasis room at Far Flung beginning at 6:00 pm. All Chamber members and interested parties are welcome to attend.
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. For more information, call 432-371-2073. Leave a message and we'll get back to you.
Free Health Clinic Thursday, July 7
10 AM to 6 PM
Big Bend Church Terlingua Texas
Services provided at free clinic
Sports and work physicals
Muscle and joint therapy
Utrasound imaging
Diabetes A1c testing
Blood pressure checks
Medication reviews
Adult and pediatric care
Wellness exams
NO insurance and NO documentation needed
Amerigroup HSC TCOM Rural Education
Terlingua Recycles wants to remind everyone that due to the rather warmish temperatures our hours have changed to 9:30 to 11 am. It's just getting too hot out there after that.
Shot Time Liquors N E W H O U R S 11-7 MON-SAT
.C I G A R E T T E S are on clearance while supplies last. Overstock sales will continue thru June. Adult novelties are clearanced at 40% 0FF. ALL wines are 30% to 40% OFF while supplies last. . Overstocked items at 40% off: Drambuie 750ml with 2 free rock glasses, D.O.M. Benedictine 750ml, and Dulce Vida Jalapeño Pineapple Tequila. New sales: Crown Royal Vanilla 1LTR @ $40.65, Well-Made gin 1 LTR @ $8.31, Illegal Mezcal Joven @ $46.19.
“T H E B E E R I S B A C K” Get your favorite brew again & priced just the way ya like it: Bud/Bud Lt. 6pks $7.39, 12pks $15, 18pks $20.09; Mich Ultra 6pks $8.78, Dos Equis 6pks $9.70; A N D the official beer of Terlingua: Lonestar 6pks $7.16, 18pks $16.63! ! ! Also featuring the usual suspects in various sizes: Coors Lt, Miller Lt, Corona, Pacifico, Modelo, Sierra Nevada, Omission, Guinness Draught, Mike’s Lemonade, Bud Hard Seltzer’s, Twisted Tea, Fosters, Tecate, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Austin Eastciders, & Cayman Jack in three flavors.
Study Butte Water Supply Corporation (SBWSC)
Serious Drought
Well Status
We are currently in a severe drought situation. It has been reported to me that some local wells have dried up and others are at critically low levels. I know that people using water catchment have been having a tough time.
Question: Is SBWSC running out of water?
Answer: Absolutely not. We have at least 130 feet of pumpable water in our wells.
Question: How long will this last if we get no more rain?
Answer: At the present rate of usage, if we get not one more drop of rain, we have known supplies to last for approximately 6 years and possibly much longer.
Question: This area is growing rapidly. Can we keep on increasing the number of consumers in our system, especially as they are adding things like pools and laundromats, without running out of water?
Answer: Good question and one that the Board of Directors has been looking at for some years. Our last President, Sam Bottenfield, had the good sense to ask this very question and studied the problem as well as discussed possible solutions with many people. When I took over as President, it became a priority that I continued with his work. The answer is in many parts, but I will try to be concise.
The founders of SBWSC had the wisdom to go with the best solution not the cheapest or easiest. Our existing wells go over 1,000 feet into the ground, into the Santa Elena aquifer. The aquifer is huge, being over a thousand feet deep and covering thousands of acres. There are only a few people using water from this aquifer.
When SBWSC first tapped into this aquifer, the water level in Well 1 was at 840 feet below ground level. Last January it was at 856 ft 3 inches. A drop of 16 feet 3 inches during three years of extreme drought.
The well is currently at 851 feet dynamic (that means it was at 851 feet while pumping and the original was at 840 feet without pumping). That means that it has recovered 5 feet since the spring rains. Well 2 has recovered 10 feet.
The flow rates of our combined Wells 1 and 2 are many times more than our current demand and we can afford to quadruple the size of our community without issues.
The calculated recharge area for our wells was originally calculated by me, based on known geology. From that I calculated the number of acre feet of water we could expect with average rainfall. I then calculated the likely usage from all the known wells into the Santa Elena aquifer and concluded that all the wells together pumping at maximum rate only use about 2% of the annual recharge. Since then, I have proved the recharge area of our aquifer is at least 118,000 acres larger than I had assumed, meaning that we have water reserves 114,000 acre feet larger than we had previously known. This assumes that we can take no credit for any reserves in Mexico as it is possible that the geology separates our part of the Santa Elena aquifer from that of Mexico so I was being conservative.
All this means that our recharge area is larger than we thought, so we can recover from drought more quickly than we thought. It also means that we have larger reserves than we knew about. We are in good shape all round.
If the community is still concerned I would be happy to meet with you all and go into more detail about our studies, the geology and the actions we, as a board, have taken to ensure water security for all our customers. Please let the SBWSC office know if you want a public meeting.
John Holroyd
President/Chairman
Study Butte Water Supply Corporation
REMEMBERING one of US
Clifford Henry Haislip, 85, of Easley, South Carolina entered eternal rest on Friday, June 24, 2022 at his home with beloved wife (Marilyn) and son (Jeff) at his side. He was born to Olin Henry Haislip and Helen Rebecca Beverly Haislip in Grosse Ile, Michigan on July 26, 1936. He spent his childhood in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Cliff’s life was changed as a youth when he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. As a young adult, he traveled to Greenville, South Carolina to attend Bob Jones University. He worked to put himself through school and had fond memories about his time as an employee at the Poinsett Hotel in downtown Greenville. While attending Bob Jones University, he met Frances Isabelle Watson and they were married in 1958. He graduated with a business administration degree in 1961. After this, he was drafted into the Army and was stationed in Ft. Benning, Georgia where the first of five children were born.
After his time in the Army, he moved the family to Kansas City, Missouri and spent his career working as a credit manager for various companies. After the death of his first wife, he moved to Terlingua, Texas where he became the Justice of the Peace for Brewster County. Upon retirement, he returned to Greenville, South Carolina. There he met his precious wife, Marilyn, who gave him enormous happiness during the last ten years of his life.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a wife, Frances Watson, and a wife Maxine Perry.
Cliff Haislip is survived by his wife, Marilyn Jones Clardy-Haislip of Easley, South Carolina, a sister, Betty Lu Goodson of Newberry, Florida, a brother, Stanley Raymond Haislip ofTemecula, California, his five children, Gregory Alan Haislip (Tammy), Jeffrey Scott Haislip, Rebecca Lynne Larrabee (Mike), Roxann Leigh Hadley (Bart) and Jon Sheldon Haislip (MJ). Also, twelve grandchildren: Trisha Ann Haislip (Chris), Brandy Jo Nance (Geoffrey), Matthew Clifford Haislip (Jessica), Collin Zane Hadley (Mindy), Amy Leigh Warde (Peter), Ryan James Hadley (Morgan), Jonique Whitney Francine Haislip, Trey Alexander Haislip (Brianna), Austin McCrae Steele(Alyssa), Emily Frances Steele, Samuel Quinn Hadley, and Ryan Isabelle Haislip along with eleven great-grandchildren.
26-years ago Cliff received a heart transplant. The family would like to thank the young woman’s family whose donation allowed for the gift of additional time with our dear husband, father, grandfather, and brother. Interment will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Our Daily Bread Ministries at https://odb.org.
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