By Airman 1st Class Mercedes Porter, 7th Bomb Wing Public AffairsFrom rotary launchers to bomb racks and targeting pods, airmen continuously test, repair and perform daily maintenance on the equipment used to drop munitions from the B-1B Lancer. These airmen are the 7th Munitions Squadron armament back shop. Their day-to-day missions ensure that the 7th Bomb Wing provides … [Read more...]
Made at Home
By Haley Remenar Photography by Beth Dukes When he was a child, Bob Sanderson got stung in the head by hornets 13 times. He spent most of his life with an aversion to all things that sting. But four years ago, the retired Abilene High School teacher and his wife and Austin Elementary School teacher, Carol, went to a bee convention in Texas and tried beekeeping for the … [Read more...]
Top 8 Reasons to Enter a 100-Mile Bike Race
By Jeff Wyatt The Benefit of Training and Preparation At age 60, I set a goal: go to Wichita Falls and break the five-hour mark in their 100-mile bike race, in August, in the heat, aptly named Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred. After many years of jogging casually, my body would no longer tolerate running without injury. I made the switch to cycling (fancy word for … [Read more...]
A Street by Any Other Name
By Sarah Carlson Photography by Beth Dukes I should have been a neighborhood developer. Not because I’d be good at developing neighborhoods or anything. No, I want their job because I want their power. It’s true: Neighborhood developers are some of the most influential people around because they get to name the streets, roads, avenues, parkways, etc., on … [Read more...]
Hope and Healing from Tiny Homes
By Loretta Fulton Photography by Beth Dukes Patty Davis knew something was afoot when she learned that a Bible with her name on it came as a gift, along with the free housing she was getting while undergoing cancer treatments in Abilene. Ray Garcia knew something was up when his wife suffered a stroke while the family was traveling from California to Florida, which led to … [Read more...]