Poteet Strawberry Cake
There’s something pretty special about finding a local(ish) to us recipe in a commercially produced cookbook. We don’t often talk much about how incredible the brush country area is, but there really is so much wonderful that is produced here. Poteet Strawberry Cake From Sweet On Texas by Denise Gee, 2012 Ingredients: Cake 2 cups…
Read MoreThe Bible and the Headlines: News You Can Use – Sign Language
By David Bachelor, PhD It was 60 years ago that the song, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” was first released. In the six decades since, this song and its haunting plea continues to resonate with our culture. The attraction is evidenced by a continual stream of new artists using the song in covers and movies.…
Read MoreAcademic Honor Rolls
Dilley Elementary School Fifth Six Weeks Honor Roll First grade ‘A’ Honor Roll: Elliana Aguilar, Aubrielle Arriazola, Karlierae Cantu, Isabela Garcia, Bella Hildebrand, Javier Leija, Natalia Martinez Sosa, Nehemiah Martinez, Raelynn Molina, Cataleya Niaves, Madalyn Obregon, Ulyanna Obregon, Jo’Mari Olivarez, Avery Parral, Genesy Pruneda Reyna, Santiago Ramirez, Michael Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Paighton Wood; ‘AB’ Honor…
Read MoreCAST hosts ‘Purse Bingo’ fundraiser April 20
The Children’s Alliance of South Texas will host its annual Purse Bingo fundraiser on Saturday, April 20 at the Alexander Convention Center in Cotulla. The event, which will include 20 games of bingo with designer purses awarded as prizes, runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be one blackout bingo for a…
Read MoreYou can chop chunks
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE The papers came in serious-looking brown envelopes on which different people had scribbled various important words, numbers, something that must have meant something to someone in another room. There’s that sense of excitement, that little tingle down under, that brief stillness broken only by the sound of paper sliding out…
Read More‘Aggressive’ hurricane forecast for Gulf Coast
Colorado State University researchers are calling this year’s hurricane season forecast “the most aggressive” ever, the Texas Standard reported. They say there is a 54% chance a hurricane will strike the Texas coast, and a 25% chance it will be major. Justin Ballard, the Houston Chronicle’s newsroom meteorologist, told the Texas Standard that the last…
Read MoreHungry like the Wolf (Spider)
SQUIRRELING AROUND Squirrels being outside critters, we get a lot of experience in nature. This week I came face to face with an extremely large spider that (it turns out) lives in a well dug hole about four feet from where I usually park my truck. I don’t usually mind spiders so much, because they…
Read MoreThe Bible and the Headlines: News You Can Use -Wealthiest Women
By David Bachelor, PhD On April 2nd, Forbes released its 38th Annual World’s Billionaires List. Forbes divided billionaires into a plethora of categories, like age, nationality, self-made, etc. For the last two weeks smaller media outlets have been publishing slices of the report based on Forbes’ delineations. This week the category of “women billionaires” featured…
Read MoreHush Puppies
I really do not enjoy seafood. I’m a picky eater, I’ve said it many times before, don’t act surprised. It WILL probably come as a surprise to find out that there are several of my favorite restaurants that are seafood places. Number one enjoyable item? Hush Puppies. Enjoy this recipe straight from the Crossfire Tabernacle…
Read MoreRobert (Bob) Ynocencio
Robert (Bob) Ynocencio, 83, of St. Charles, Illinois, died on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Illinois. He was born on December 23, 1940, in Cotulla to Blas and Adelfa Ynocencio. He is preceded in death by his parents, children Bobby and Rocky Ynocencio and his brothers Able “Pollo” Ynocencio, Thomas Ynocencio…
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