SLIPPERY WHEN WET – Texas Department of Tranportation worker Carlos Mendoza stood at the barricade on State Highway 170 at Lajitas this week. The road has been closed for several days from this point to Presidio because of flooding along the Rio Grande.

THE NEW AND FORMER – Five players suited up for practice for the Marathon Mustangs last week but the season is now no mas. Omar Grano, second from left, was nursing an injury and did not suit up and Zach Gonzalez, second from left, kneeling, was injured this week. With six required to play, it leaves the team just a tad short. Shown back row from left, were Defensive Coordinator Richard Madrid, Omar, Head Coach Gene Peña, Colten Johnson, Edward Gonzalez and Offensive Coordinator Will Cazares. Kneeling, from left, were Team Manager Cody Ward, Zach, Cito Hernandez and Jerek Lara.

SHOWER SHOWER – You could get really wet in the shower room at the Lajitas Resort and Spa’s Ambush Golf Course this week. Flood waters ambushed the golf course and just about everything else along the international boundary between Lajitas and Presidio.

PASO MOJADO – The little town of Paso across the Rio Grande from Lajitas was inundated by flood waters along the Rio this week. Release of water from the Leon Dam up the Rio Conchos from Presidio combined with heavy rains to cause record-setting floods along the border.

BOOKCHECK – Charles Troxel, president of the Alpine Rotary Club, presented a $1,000 check to Anitra Clausen and Cathy Bork of the Alpine Public Library this week. The funds were generated by the Way Out West Texas Book Festival at Sul Ross State University August 8 and 9. It will help with the building of a new library next to the school offices on Holland.

PIGTAILS – Abby Carrasco of Sanderson showed off some pigtails that were no longer a part of her anatomy last week. Abby let Country Clips remove ten inches of her hair to donate to “Locks of Love,” an organization that provides wigs to children who have lost hair because of disease.

PEPPER GUITAR – Classical guitarist George Pepper was this week’s guest at Sanderson Arts and Education Alliance “Toe Tappin’ Tuesday” presentation at the Bicentennial Park Pavilion. Pepper, of Alpine, has a degree from Berklee College in Boston and a Masters from Texas State at San Marcos. He has performed for a party by J.P. Bryant in Marathon, wedding, at Cibolo Creek Ranch and elsewhere.