October 2021

Validation for Big Bend Livestock Show Association equestrian events needs to be turned in by Monday, Nov. 1.

Dear Neil: Why do you never talk about crossvine? It’s evergreen, non-invasive with multi-seasonal orange blooms that hummingbirds love. Because no one has asked about it.

October 8, 1998 The 1998 Homecoming Queen’s Court. One of these AHS seniors will be crowned as Homecoming Queen at the Homecoming Football Game. Standing, left to right: Alisa Keller, Tammie Jimenez, Amanda Havens, Isela Leyva, and Dominique Fuentes. Seated: Arlene Garcia

My favorite all time dessert is bread pudding. To say I’ve had a lot of it is an understatement. If it is on a restaurant menu, I will order it. And while I thought I was lucky enough to have one of the best bread puddings I’ve ever tasted made by the late Lewis Gordon, I found a recipe that rivals his if not exceeds it.

Jayden Canaba is your typical stud athlete in high school. He’s always willing to do whatever he can to help whichever sport he’s playing win. Be that football, basketball, baseball, track, or golf, he’s ready to win. And whenever he is not playing you can usually see him cheering on the girls’ volleyball team at the Gallego Center or the Alpine middle school footballers. He loves sports, so it’s natural Canaba will compete at the next level.

It’s a family fun day of showing off the Halloween spirit as Epic Energy Studio, a girls’ competitive cheer team, cruises down Holland Avenue in Alpine for the Fall Family Fun Harvest Festival Parade on Oct 23. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

Constitutional amendment SJR 2 passed unanimously out of both the House and the Senate in the Texas Legislature’s third special session of the year. The public will vote on the $176.25 per year exemption in May 2022.

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Herbert, a domestic medium hair gray tabby. He is about six months old, and would love to curl up this fall on your sofa.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 502 E. Lockhart Ave.

October 28 Poet Laureates Presentation, 5-7 p.m. at Museum of the Big Bend on the Sul Ross State University campus.