December 2021

Alpine Lions Club last week presented a check to Frontier CASA to help with the work it does in the community. In the photo, CASA board members Billy Jack Ray, Jennifer Miller Ray, and Hhanna Moody, Lions Club Vice President John Sutterfield, and CASA Executive Director Veronica Lopez-Carrasco. Courtesy photo

With the holiday season fast approaching, I would be remiss if I did not mention my mom’s go to for our holiday meals. I am talking about cornbread salad. This simple, inexpensive, and delicious salad is a terrific addition to any meal.

Dear Neil: Two years ago, on a whim, I bought a Z plant. About five months ago, two of the stalks looked as if they had been broken off the mother plant. I used them in a floral design, and they remained green long after the flowers had dried. Then, I noticed they have formed roots. Should I pot them into potting soil? I hate throwing away healthy plants if they might succeed.

December 13,2001 Seven-year-old T.J. Raby whispers to Jolly Old St.

Michael’s Mountain Ministry Live Nativity at Kokernot Lodge in Alpine on Dec. 18 here depicts the Three Wise Men visiting Jesus, Mary, and Joseph at the creche in Bethlehem. The Live Nativity was presented on three nights to recognize the birth of Jesus. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Hanukkah! It’s the holiday season, and Hanukkah is all dressed up in her tuxedo, and showing off her distinctive nose spot. Hanukkah is just one of many felines hoping to have a home for the holidays.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 502 E. Lockhart Ave.

Jan. 1 Black-Eyed Pea Off, turn in at 2 p.m., in Terlingua Ghost Town.

Our Avalanche reporter asked, “What is the best Christmas gift you have ever received?” Maribel Ramirez, Alpine: When I was about eight, there was a doll that I’d been wanting. It would eat, and you could feed it.

Members of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church Matachines Danza Guadalup pause for a photo at the church in Alpine on Dec. 12, the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Americas, and considered the Mother of the Catholic Church. The celebration commemorates the Virgin’s appearance to Juan Diego, an indigenous peasant, on Dec. 12, 1531, near Mexico City, according to the Catholic Church. Danza Guadalup dancers celebrated the occasion by dancing outside the church as well as leading a procession. Photo by Teresa Huckaby