March 2022

A new Center for Land Stewardship and Stakeholder Engagement has been established at the Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University.

It’s a fun day for both students and parent volunteers at the Alpine Middle School Spring Festival on March 2nd, presented by the middle school PTO. There was no shortage of fun for the whole family as there were plenty of food trucks, games, and more to kick off the start of the spring season.

Running a church involves a healthy dose of prayer, hard work, and a dedicated team, and church youth groups are a fantastic way for young people to get together.

In Alpine on March 1, Robinson Mendoza-Gomez, 21, a Guatemalan citizen, pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer. According to court documents, on Dec.

Susan Rayburn, Alpine: I would prefer that we adopt standard time year round. It makes more sense, in my opinion.

MARCH 11 Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, 406 S.

Mike and Martha Latta and Nan Hate Edwards serve up fried catfish, hushpuppies, and cole slaw to eager diners at American Legion Post 79 on March 4 for the Legion’s first fish fry of the year. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich.

Alpine Middle School sixth graders Marisol Jimenez, Gyllian Morrissey, Andynne Ramirez, and Imani Miller of the Alpine Elite girls basketball team pause for a photo at the middle school’s first Spring Festival held on March 2.

March 22, 1990 Ted Cooley atop “Cowboy” barrels out of the shoot at a rodeo in Anson. Cooley, who transferred to SRSU from Western Texas College, has been riding bulls for over half of his life.

Dear Neil: We lost a lacebark elm to what I believe might have been Texas root rot. It died in a matter of days. Its leaves remained attached, and there was a mass of white fungal growth around the roots. The prior homeowner had replaced a Shumard red oak that must have died of the same disease.