April 2021

At American Legion Post 79 in Alpine, Twila Hardaway and Iliana Navarrette dish up brisket and all the trimmings at the Epic Cheer fundraiser on March 23. All proceeds benefit Epic Cheer, a youth cheerleading squad from Alpine.

At their regular meeting on March 24, Brewster County commissioners discussed legislative issues related to the use of public funds for lobbying activities. County Treasurer Julie Morton voiced her concerns about and opposition to Senate Bill 234 and House Bill 749, filed by Texas Senator Bob Hall, Dist.

The weather is getting warmer, the end of the school year is approaching, and exciting plans are in the works for a timehonored youth tradition - summer camp, courtesy of Marfa Young Life. Young Life is a global, faith-based youth ministry for high school-aged teens, and many don’t even have to be regular churchgoers to attend.

It has been just over a year since the first emergency declaration was issued by Governor Abbott in response to the COVID pandemic. This past year has been tough for all of us in the Big Bend. We have all been affected in one way or another.

There are seven weeks of school left in this school year. As with every year, we are amazed at how quickly we begin discussing end of year activities. Our time spent with students is always rewarding, and, as Craig Kielburger says, “Time flies when you’re changing the world.”

This letter is an updated report on the C-virus, COVID, corona, China, or CCP, your choice pick one. Needed medical treatments were denied even as elective abortions were allowed. Influenza, among other things, was defined as the C-virus to bolster the infection count as fabricated infection and death counts were being reported. Americans were forced to wear masks, as lockdowns became responsible for the massive elimination of small businesses and obscene profits by large corporations. Lockdowns, to include school closures, also caused many deaths by suicide, violence, and substance abuse.

Dr. Price is so very nice that I always take his advice.

One of the comforts that carries us through crises such as we are experiencing as a nation on multiple fronts, especially leadership, is the wisdom imparted by those who have gone before, and whose ideas are still with us.

Alpine High School Fightin’ Buck Andrew Rodriguez goes for the high jump at Wink on March 25. Avalanche photo by J.T.

The Alpine Lady Bucks 12U softball team traveled to Mansfield to play at the Big League Dreams Super Regionals 12U tournament on March 27-28 to kick off their 2021 season. The Lady Bucks carried a roster of nine athletes from Alpine and Marfa.