November 2021

Our Avalanche reporter asked, “How do you commemorate Veterans Day? ” Taylor Nusz, Alpine: I usually do a lesson on Veteran’s Day and what it’s all about with my students. I feel it’s important they understand the meaning behind such an important day.

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Monster, a black and white three-year-old male. He has beautiful, silky long hair.

After 20 months of closures, the Boquillas Port of Entry within Big Bend National Park, providing access to the village of Boquillas, Coahuila, Mexico, as well as the Maderas del Carmen and Ocampo protected areas, will re-open beginning Wednesday, Nov. 17.

Send your rockslides to editor@ alpineavalanche.com. UPCOMING EVENTS November 13 Eino Hella Memorial Turkey Shoot, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

November 17, 1988 The Alpine Lady Bucks, winners of the regional tournament in Lubbock last Saturday in a breathtaking match with Seminole, are in Austin today, tomorrow, and Saturday competing in the Final Four for a state Class AAA volleyball championship.

Dear Neil: I had a beautiful golden rain tree that was damaged by the February cold. This spring it lost big chunks of bark, and I thought I had lost it. Now it is trying to send out sprouts from its base. I was planning to leave the original trunk and maybe tie up the new growth to it to help it regrow into a nice tree. Do you have any suggestions?

Moving into fall we like to think about comfort food - all that tasty, warm, delicious food that makes us happy and content. Many of these are soups, and there is no limit to the science that is soup making. Soup is one of my favorite dishes any time of the year, but most especially during the fall and winter months. It is the quickest way to satisfy hunger, and warm me up from the inside out.

Fort Davis native John Kimball Miller, 90, was an aviator, family man, rancher, entrepreneur, and servant leader. He died peacefully, surrounded by family on Oct.

Amber Dawn Parr, 43, was called to her heavenly home on Oct. 28, 2021. She suffered from a pulmonary embolism following a knee injury earlier in the month. Amber was born in Ruidoso, N.M., on Jan. 1, 1978. However, she was raised in Alpine, Texas, where she attended Alpine public schools.