July 2021

July 2, 1981 Michelle Pallanez was recently selected mascot for the Alpine Buck cheerleaders. July 30, 1981 The 1981 Little League champions are the Lightning Ranch from Marathon.

Dear Neil: I trimmed my fig, and found this moldy substance on one of the branches. I removed the entire branch.

The Alpine Fightin’ Buck Band will begin this year’s practice on July 31 from 1-5 p.m. at Alpine High school.

James C. Roark, Jr., 74, of Sanderson, Texas, passed away on July 10, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Joe E. Skelton of Alpine, Texas, passed away on July 10, 2021, after a long illness. He was born in Pecos, Texas, on May 15, 1943, to Raymond and Rose Ellen Skelton and raised in Alpine, Fort Davis, and Marfa, Texas.

In February Sul Ross State University then-Provost Dr. Robert Kinucan recommended to President Pete Gallego that he form the Academic Planning Committee based on fiscal challenges created by COVID-19, static enrollment, a budget shortfall, and declining state support.