July 2022

The Far West Texas Rescue Coalition will bring a pop-up clinic to Alpine on Saturday through Monday, Aug. 6-8, to provide spay/neuter services, vaccines, and microchips for area pets and feral cats.

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If you have ever grown your own garden and planted zucchini, you know that it can get out of hand very quickly. One plant, if taken care of properly, makes enough zucchini to feed a family of four with plenty of leftovers to share with friends and family or even neighbors. These plants are prolific, and besides preparing this overabundance by freezing some of it or serving by sauteing or deep frying, there is another way to enjoy it fried when combined with another garden favorite.

Dear Neil: Can you tell what is destroying my tomatoes? Entire stems have been eaten off. Leaves are stuck together.

July 16, 1948 March 16, 1951 Miss Alice Owens receiving check for $25 from Mrs. F.

On July 21 at 7:45 p.m., Big Bend National Park’s Communications Center received notice of a fatality along the Chimneys Trail. Rangers responded, and a deceased 75-year-old male from Houston was located approximately one-half mile from the trailhead. There was no obvious cause of death. The Chimneys Trail is a moderately-difficult, five-mile round trip hike to a series of prominent volcanic formations in the western desert of the park. Summer temperatures in Big Bend are extreme. Temperatures over most of the park reach 100+ degrees by late morning, and increase to exceedingly dangerous levels until long after sunset. On Thursday afternoon, the temperatures along the Chimneys Trail exceeded 104 degrees.

On July 19 a federal jury convicted Thomas Scott Perkins, 31, of Fort Stockton on child pornography charges. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Homeland Security Investigations agents determined that Perkins was sharing child pornography online.

Children of all ages enjoyed dancing, games, and many more fun activities held at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church’s Team Jesus bible camp held on July 25 in Alpine. The week-long kids camp will continue until July 29, and is open to kids in pre-k through sixth grade. Alpine High School students and an adult volunteer monitored the camp held at the church parish hall. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Deano. He is about seven weeks old, and ready to find a happy home. Kittens do very well if adopted in pairs, and there are plenty of great companions who could join Deano in your home.

Marfa Live Arts in association with Marfa Chamber of Commerce will hold auditions Sunday, July 31, from 6-8 p.m. at the USO Marfa Visitors Center for “Juice Joint Criminal” by Caitlynn Almance.