Hill Country Naturalist

Two of the remaining small mammals I have not yet discussed in these columns are the cottontails and jackrabbits. As a kid in West Texas, I could always find at least one or the other in a five-minute walk into the pasture. They are nowhere near that populous now.

HPU recognized as “Military Friendly School” on 2022-2023 national list

Howard Payne University was named to the annual Military Friendly® Schools list by VIQTORY, a premiere military marketing company for military personnel entering the civilian workforce. HPU received a bronze level award designation on the 2022-2023 list.

Jordan Cattle Auction

Receipts totaled 3,681 head. Demand was good on a very active market again this week. The stocker steers and heifers sold steady with 5 steers 509 lbs at $197.00 ($1002.73). The feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Packer cows and bulls were steady.

TPWD accepting 2022-23 drawn hunt permit applications

New opportunities and scenery are available to hunters this fall through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) drawn hunt permits program, now accepting applications for a shot at almost 10,000 permits in 62 hunt categories.

To date, USDA has issued $557.5 million in Emergency Relief Program payments state agricultural producers

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced, agricultural producers nationwide have already received more than $4 billion through the Emergency Relief Program (ERP), representing nearly 67% of the more than $6 billion projected to be paid through this phase of the program.

Is Jesus Real?

Have you ever heard of someone who lived a long time ago but you never knew? Perhaps it was a great-great-grandfather that some of your relatives talk about. Maybe it was an uncle or an aunt that you never knew. Whoever it might have been, did you ever doubt that that person existed?

America

The beloved patriotic hymn, “America,” was written by a 24-year-old Baptist seminary student by the name of Samuel Francis Smith. He was studying at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts in 1831. It was first performed by a children’s choir in Boston on July 4, 1831.

La Palabra de Dios Dice

Isaías 61:1-11 El Espíritu de Jehová el Señor está sobre mí, porque me ungió Jehová; me ha enviado a predicar buenas nuevas a los abatidos, a vendar a los quebrantados de corazón, a publicar libertad a los cautivos, y a los presos apertura de la cárcel; a proclamar el año de la buena voluntad de...