Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Sermonette: July 29, 2019

I saw a bear once. It was the summer I worked at Boy Scout camp and I was ambling half-awake down the trail to breakfast and there, running down and then across my trail was a black bear. I was so startled, I didn’t react; I just stood there stupidly processing what I had just seen.

After being surprised by a bear, that was one morning that I was FULLY awake before breakfast. I think I was...