March 2022

On the night of March 15, a Brewster County deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a red Chevrolet Tahoe on U.S. Highway 188 about 40 miles south of Alpine.

Alpine Ambassadors welcomed a new Alpine business, the Desert Palette, on March 17 with a ribbon cutting and grand opening. Alpine Ambassadors Catherine Eaves, Judy Stokes, Eva Olivas, Ramon Olivas, Debbie Jordan, Sara Bow, and Berta Rios-Martinez join Desert Palette owner Sarah Freeman, Roger Freeman, and Julie Green with a welcoming reception.

Breathtaking adventure awaits a group of extraordinarily talented runners from all over Texas who will all run for guts and glory in the beautiful Davis Mountains at the Southwest 100. The race will be held on Saturday and Sunday, March 26-27, at the Fort Davis National Historic Site and Davis Mountains State Park.

Everyone should be familiar with the 1948 Berlin crisis and the U.S. military airlift that supplied the city with food while it was blockaded by the USSR. The American public is less informed about why the Soviets stood down. President Harry S. Truman ordered B-29s - the bombers that had dropped the atomic bombs on Japan - to impose a threat by flying toward Russian positions in Germany. Nobody called Truman crazy.

My next door neighbor and good friend William D. Bates died the evening of Feb. 8 at his home. For many years Dan and I spent several hours on Sunday mornings with coffee and talk, always interesting and enjoyable given his wide range of interests and curiosity. Dan was never one to argue as those of you who met him over the years know. As he walked our streets to the grocery store, the public or Sul Ross libraries, or the bank or McDonalds or the Sunshine House, he was never too busy to stop and chat with anyone and everyone.

The world seemed surprised when Hitler annexed the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia in 1938, more surprised when he invaded Poland in 1939, and flabbergasted when he marched into the Soviet Union in 1941.

Baseball •Mar. 25 Kermit @ Alpine 7 p.m.

Lobo baseball erased four deficits, but fell 8-6 in 11 innings to visiting Belhaven on March 19 in Alpine. Tye Lindsey got it going for the Lobos with a sacrifice bunt to score Jared Lorenz for a 1-0 lead after one.

Alpine High School varsity golfer Kaitlynn Wiggins (center) waits her turn on the ninth green at Alpine Country Club during the Alpine Golf Tournament. Avalanche photo by J.T.

Alpine High School sophomore Madalyn Warren qualified for State in powerlifting via the total weight that she lifted at the Regional Meet in Shamrock. She placed third at the competition. At Regional she squatted 305, bench pressed 165, and deadlift 330 for a total of 800 lbs. That automatically qualified her for state in Corpus Christi. She was in the 148 lb. weight class.