November 2021

What are you especially looking forward to in your senior year? I am looking forward to playing tennis again this year and graduating. What activities are you involved in during your senior year? I am involved in ag classes, football, and tennis.

Each year high schools across the nation celebrate the successes and triumphs of its students by capturing special moments that include photos and other keepsakes from teachers, classmates, and friends. A yearbook not only keeps the tradition of preserving cherished memories alive, but also serves as a historical record of students and faculty that can be shown to future generations. Alpine High School has a long yearbook tradition. In 2022, El Ocotillo, the high school yearbook, will mark its 80th anniversary with student creativity, fun times, and special moments. Yearbook advisor Vaughn Grisham came across the vintage 1938 yearbook that was sold online and found in a home in Del Rio. It belonged to a former Alpine ISD superintendent. Grisham noted there was no official high school campus until 1942, when the yearbook sequence started. “I have a 1947 yearbook, and there are girls in bikinis playing in the snow, and the snow is waist high!” exclaimed Grisham. “You get a real snapshot of what Alpine has been like, and there are some real surprising things.”

Again giving back to the community, last week Lions Club of Alpine donated $500 to the Sunshine House Senior Center. In the photo are Lion Avi Rangra, Kerie Van Zeyst, and Lion John Sutterfield.

On Nov. 19 Desert Rose Provisions on Murphy Street in Alpine celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting. In the photo, Alpine Ambassador Debbie Jordan, Desert Rose owner Lauren Henry, and Ambassadors Sara Bow, Rhonda Cole, and Sheila Johnson.

City of Alpine Interim City Manager Megan Antrim along with Environmental Services Coordinator Adelina Beall join staff from TxDOT, Alpine ISD National Honor Society students, and volunteer community members on Nov. 13 for the city’s Fall Sweep-Downtown Tree Trimming Cleanup event held at Railroad Park.

Donations to Marathon Public Library help make its programs and projects possible. The library is now working on a Marathon Community Cookbook which will highlight the culture, food, and history of Marathon. The cookbook will capture the history of Marathon through stories, historical facts, and pictures, and the library is seeking donations.

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Avinash Rangra, Alpine: We’re going to stay home, and I’m going to fix food. We’re going to close the theater that day and stay home.

Members of Marfa Ballet Folklorico performed for an enthusiastic Artwalk crowd on Fifth Street in Alpine on Nov. 20.

Thanksgiving is here, and many people will join their families on a special day as a way of saying thanks for receiving blessings throughout the year. But for several churches and organizations in Alpine, making sure those who are less fortunate are provided a Thanksgiving meal is something to be cherished.