September 2021

Monday Night Football is back. The Raiders and the Ravens. What a game! In the first installment of this three part series, I will provide some insight into the male psyche. Next month I will do my best to look into the female psyche. In the third contribution, I will merge the two together, and have some semblance of how men and women can coexist and, better yet, how we as a community, can gel into one delicious, flavorful caldo, just in time for fall.

Many avid hunters are already planning for deer season, which begins Oct. 2 for bowhunters and Nov. 7 for general firearms season. Landowners who participate in special management programs within Texas Parks and Wildlife Department can begin harvesting deer Oct. 2 with a firearm, as well.

It’s Friday Night Lights season in Texas, and that means the tradition of high school homecoming games, along with the celebrations of school spirit, which culminate in a rite of passage for many students. And that is no exception in Alpine.

For Alpine boutique owner Maritza Acosta, combining a high quality, trendy women’s boutique that caters to all sizes, and educating future generations of women entrepreneurs combines the best of both worlds.

Carolyn Barrientes, Alpine: I love to bake, so when the weather starts to change, I Iove to bake things that remind me of the fall weather changing. Sometimes we don’t get the seasons here, but we start to feel the weather changing-have the smells of the pumpkins, spices, all those thing that people normally bake before Thanksgiving.

Send your rockslides to editor@ alpineavalanche.com. UPCOMING EVENTS Sept.

Alpine High School Project Graduation held a fundraiser softball tournament at the Valentin Lujan baseball field in Alpine on Sept. 11. Here, teammates Jaelyn Monclova, Alexis Rodriguez, Jenica Portillo, Andrew Rodriguez, and Ryka Morales from Alpine High School pause for a photo between innings. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

The City of Alpine held a special council meeting on Sept. 14 to approve the first reading of an ordinance amending the fiscal year 2020-2021 budget, along with approving the June and July invoices issued by city attorney Rod Ponton. Council, Ward 2, Chris Rodriguez was absent.

September 10, 1981 Marfa’s Danny Short (22) gets there too late as Alpine’s Ernest Ramos scores against the Shorthorns on Friday night. Photo by Linda Marlowe September 24, 1981 The Alpine Centennial Days exhibition trailer won first prize for best exhibition when it traveled to Odessa last week to participate in the Permian Basin Fair and Exposition.

Dear Neil: We have a large poinsettia from last Christmas. We want to place it in a darkened area soon to start the bloom process. How can we prepare the plant for moving without breaking the branches?