March 2022

Whether it’s something as simple as taking Fort Davis elementary school students to an ice cream outing, or raising scholarship funds for high school graduates, the Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, El Paso Chapter, will gladly pick up the tab, all for a noble cause. Jeff Davis County Deputy and Fort Davis resident Victor Lopez is president of the All-American made motorcycle club, with members who are law enforcement officers and first responders, along with a few civilians. Jeff Davis County Sheriff Bill Kitts is the club’s vice president.

Sul Ross State University hosted its inaugural Women’s Conference on March 25 at Marshall Auditorium with several guest speakers and women leaders across a variety of fields. Here, Sul Ross professor Jessica Velasco welcomes Alpine natives Annika Canaba and Monica Salmon, along with Sul Ross Athletic Director Amanda Workman, as they talk about their experiences on a sports panel. Canaba was a standout athlete while at Alpine High School, graduating in 2018, and Salmon, a 2004 graduate, is currently an athletics coach with Alpine ISD, and the first female football coach in West Texas. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

The Alpine ISD Board of Trustees held its regularly scheduled meeting on March 23, and a proposed timeline for completion of the new high school construction was the main topic of discussion. Several representatives from Weatherfordbased general contractor Imperial Construction were present. Interim Superintendent Dennis McEntire said the number one concern was the completion date for the high school, along with the subsequent demolition of the old building.

It’s a busy time for tourism in Brewster County, and out-of-towners will soon have two more stops to help them get the most from their visits to the Big Bend. Brewster County Tourism Director Robert Alvarez spoke with the Avalanche, indicating initial plans were in the works for two new visitor centers - one in Marathon and one in Study Butte.

Rodolfo Rene Gordon, better known as “Rudy G.,” a life-long resident of Alpine, Texas, entered eternal rest in his Lord and savior Jesus Christ on March 22, 2022. In his church at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, the Rosary was held on March 29, 2022, with the funeral mass immediately following by Father Pablo Matta.

Frances DeAnda Frias, 79, of Marfa, Texas, went to be with the Lord on March 23, 2022, in El Paso, Texas. Viewing will be held at the Alpine Memorial Funeral Home “Memorial Chapel” on April 2, 2022, from 2-5 p.m.

Pedro Baeza Frias, 83, of Marfa, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 15, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas.

The family of Nan Osborne celebrated her life of 77 years on March 26, 2022, at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers in Lubbock, Texas. She passed on March 20, 2022.

Growing up among good Americans, I learned what we should be. My parents and others roll over in their graves due to what we’ve become. Bad Americans say parents of school kids, soldiers, and police who disagree with them are threats to the U.S., while other shady actors push corporate, judicial, military, and DOJ corruption. They also promote election fraud, divisive racial identities, immoral education, ending the First and Second amendments, censoring Christians, needless abortions, needless euthanasia, mandated trial drugs, and illicit drug use.