One half inch of rain fell last week, not near enough, but we will take what we can get. Promises of more rain to come late Monday afternoon.

Raymond and Lewvon Hicks reported that their son, Bobby, graduated from St. Edwards University in Austin at a ceremony held Saturday, August 9. He earned his Master of Science in Organization Leadership and Ethics. Congratulations go out to Bobby on a job well done.

This article appeared in the August issue of Ranch & Rural Living, published in San Angelo about Cliff Brister:

Winner of the Outstanding Trapper of the Year award was Clifford W. Brister of Sutton County, San Angelo District -

"Cliff Brister was born in San Saba and raised in South Texas, graduating from Orange Grove High School. The son of a former government trapper, he began his career as a Wildlife Damage Management technician in Sutton County in 1987.

Sutton County has two trapper positions, but one was vacant for most of the year. Thus, Brister has had to cover both assignments, a job he has done very well and without complaint.

Sutton County is one of the few areas of the state where coyotes are not plentiful, so it takes considerable skill and ground work to locate and remove them. His long experience in Sutton County has allowed him to develop skills necessary for trapping predators in the Texas Hill Country.

Brister is also well-known for his work with 4-H and FFA young people, helping them with their show goats and with wildlife science projects.

In recommending him for this award, Brister’s supervisor commented that he is the kind of employee who knows what he has to do and does the job right the first time. Brister and his wife, Deanine, have one daughter, Mandy, who was a Bryan Hunt Scholarship winner a couple of years ago."

The Henniger reunion took place on the Colorado River bottom this past Saturday with 75 members of the family attending. The daughter of Calvin and Peggy Henniger, Holley, her husband Randy and son Adam of Pecos came the farthest and also supplied the delicious Pecos Cantaloupes which everyone enjoyed.

Debbie January of the Waco area and her daughter Amy and granddaughter Megan of Copperas Cove visited with Leon and Mebbie Eckhoff and other members of the family this weekend. Mebbie reported that Megan had just returned from a visit with relatives in San Antonio.

Happy birthday greetings go out to Garrison Stinnett and Elsa Dean Shirley who will celebrate a birthday August 15, to Winnie Lou McCoury and Foy Gibson who will celebrate a birthday August 16, to Louise Barefoot who will celebrate a birthday August 17 and on August 19 Doug Messer will celebrate his birthday.