April 2022

With the addition of nine nurses and clinical team members, Big Bend Regional Medical Center, the Tri-County’s hospital in Alpine, reopened its medical and surgical patient unit. The unit was co-located near emergency services to allow full medical and surgical service staffing coverage.

Many times, when I prepare a new dish, the ingredients or even the finished product will give me ideas about how I can use the techniques or ingredients in an entirely new dish. Sometimes the dish is something I just concoct out of thin air, and other times I add to a dish already established. Such a thing recently occurred when I was making a recipe for stuffed crescent rolls.

James Bell, 7, and Asa Aufdengarten, 3, of Alpine have fun painting and showing off their creativity during the Earth Day celebration held at Kokernot Park in Alpine on April 22. There was plenty of fun for the whole family, with residents enjoying food, a bouncy castle, face painting, information booths, and more, along with live music by the Doodlin’ Hogwallops.

Baseball Apr. 30 .....Tornillo @ Tornillo 7 p.m.

On April 23 Alpine Lions Club held its first spring Tournament at the Alpine Country Club. District Governor Frank Heslin and Alpine Lion Amit Rangra presented some cash to first-place winners Lee Castaneda, Jason Williams, and Alex Williams.

Dear Neil: We live on a city street where the lots are 60 feet wide. Our neighbors planted a hedge of bamboo approximately 70 feet long beside our sixfoot wooden fence. That puts the bamboo eight feet from the side wall of our house, and two feet from the heating/cooling units. The neighbor says it’s a clumping type, not the invasive type of bamboo, but it already seems to be heading our way. What can we do?

April 14, 1977 Augie Palmisano, center, holds the ribbons won by John Bullock’s vocational trades class at Alpine High School. Back row, Joe Rivera, George Acosta, Palmisano, Allen Brunzel, and Every Martinez; front row, Louie Hernandez, Larry Acosta, and Edward Miranda.

The Boquillas Port of Entry within Big Bend National Park, providing access to the town of Boquillas, Mexico, will change to the summer schedule beginning Sunday, May 1. The port will be open Friday through Monday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

At the 7th annual Heritage Dinner at the Ritchey Building in Marathon on April 23, Chris Lacy, Ann Lacy Brown, Elizabeth Lacy Winn, and Lauren Jarratt accept the 2022 Heritage Award presented by Museum of the Big Bend to honor the philanthropic legacy of the o6 Kokernot Family.

Alpine Ambassadors will sponsor ribbon cuttings on April 28 at 5:30 p.m. at West Texas Italian Delicacies, 801 East Holland Avenue; Alpine Wine, 116 North Fifth Street, and Alpine Bed and Breakfast at 5:30 p.m. on May 6, both at Alpine Wine; and The Truck at 5:30 p.m. on May 7 at the corner of Holland and Fifth streets.