May 2022

Greg McKay, Alpine: I’ve heard about the parade, and that it ends up over in Murphy Street. We are new to town, and we just got here in December. I think we will be attending the parade and going over to the festivities on Murphy Street.

MAY 6 Benefit Dance, 8:30 a.m. at Ole Crystal Bar on Holland Ave.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 502 E. Lockhart Ave.

On Saturday, May 14, Brewster County will hold a cleanup day from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Alpine landfill on U.S. Highway 90, the old landfill site on Albert Road in Marathon, and the Road and Bridge yard on FM 170 in Terlingua.

Walter Kuykendall, program manager for Emergent Air, joins Emergent Air President Lee King, Brewster County EMC Stephanie Elmore, County Sheriff Ronny Dodson, Alpine Mayor Andy Ramos, Terlingua EMS President Greg Henington, City Manager Megan Antrim, and County Judge Eleazar Cano at the Jake Brisbin, Jr., Emergency Response Center in Alpine. Emergent Air took over on May 1 after the expiration of the contract with Terlingua EMS on April 30. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

May 12, 1988 1988 Alpine Junior High School State History Fair qualifiers are, back row, Jon Tabor, Eli Burford, Tim Davis, Neville Haynes, David Hilton, and Jamie Nelson; front row, Shannon Morrow, Mike Hobson, Brenda Acosta, Brodie Hatcher, and Bonnie Lister. May 26, 1988 Induction ceremonies for National Junior Honor Society at Alpine Junior High were last week with 12 new inductees.

Dear Neil: What is the best way to rid my beds of wild dewberries? Their thorns are tearing my flesh off. We live in a rural area, and I have wild dewberries (trailing blackberries) in my ground cover beds as well.

With summer just around the corner, the home gardeners will be sporting dirty knees and leaving behind muddy footprints. Growing your own vegetables has witnessed a resurgence, what with increased produce prices that has led to challenges in commercial farming. This as well as a growing trend towards non-gmo foods we are seeing more people taking advantage of farmer’s markets if they lack the space or time to grow their own vegetables.

The Paisano Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution presented DAR Good Citizen Awards to seniors from six area high schools at an awards ceremony on May 1 held at First Presbyterian Church of Alpine.

Members of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church’s Danza Matachines held a taco sale on April 22 during the City of Alpine’s annual Earth Day celebration held at Kokernot Park. The group sold out of the Tex-Mex inspired food, as attendees enjoyed the Earth Day festivities at the park. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill