February 2022

Big Bend Democrats will be hosting a forum for Brewster County candidates running in the March 1 Democratic primary. The forum will be held at the Alpine ISD Auditorium at 705 West Sul Ross Avenue on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. The candidates and the offices they seek are for Brewster County Judge, Benjamin Barrientes, Oscar Cobos, and Mimi Smith; District Clerk, Sarah Fellows Martinez; County Clerk, Sarah Vasquez; County Treasurer, Julie K. Morton and Lorene Villanueva; County Commissioner Pct. 2, Sara Colando; Justice of the Peace Pct. 2, Tim Relleva; and Justice of the Peace Pct. 3, Susana M. Gonzales.

February 25,1988 Bill Gwaltney and Alex Haley enjoy a visit with guests during the Fort Davis National Historic Site’s Barracks Dedication Saturday. February 25,1988 The Alpine Fire Department conducted its Seventh Annual Awards and Installation of officers banquet Feb.

Dear Neil: I was given this plant for Christmas. It has bloomed beautifully, and now it is flowering again.

The Brewster County Courthouse was blanketed with snow and ice on Feb. 3 as a winter storm gripped the area. Icy roads and single-digit temperatures forced school closings, and many businesses were closed as well. No long-term power outages were reported, and sunshine and slightly milder temperatures over the next couple of days brought the area back to normal. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich

In March an apprenticeship designed to recruit women in the region for job training in adobe restoration will begin at the Chinati Foundation. Participants from the Tri-County will spend six weeks learning about earthen construction through a combination of workshop sessions and hands-on training. In the process, apprentices will help restore Donald Judd’s distinctive adobe-walled courtyards as part of Chinati’s major restoration of the John Chamberlain Building in downtown Marfa.

Texas A&M Forest Service is working to spread wildfire prevention messaging across Texas. Some parts of Texas have recently received some winter precipitation. While any type of precipitation can reduce wildfire danger temporarily, areas with limited rain or snow fall will become dry again soon.

In the early morning hours of Feb. 6, Alpine resident Brady Wilkins, 42, was killed in a single vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 67 about eight miles west of Alpine. Wilkins lost control of the 2016 Mazda Miata, and crashed head on into a rock wall. The vehicle overturned several times, ejecting Wilkins before coming to rest. Wilkins was wearing a seatbelt. Weather was clear, and road conditions were dry.

There are sure to be people out there who do not know what I mean when I say the other bean dip. Well, I am talking about hummus. One might think that hummus has nothing to do with beans, but it is in fact made from garbanzo beans. Yes, that oddly shaped, tan colored bean you find in a can on your grocer’s shelf is, when processed, hummus.

The Marfa Studio of Arts will hold a photography exhibition open to all residents of the Big Bend. Anyone may submit up to three works of any photograph medium including conventional, digital, polaroid, or alternative photographic techniques.

Are you stressed by the craziness of our times? Many find solace in what the Bible says about today’s disturbing trends. Jesus Christ promised to return for His own at the end of the Church Age.