March 2023

If you follow my weekly food column, you will know that last week I set about illuminating the anticipation of your tastebuds with the pasta dish linguine al limone e pollo. That was some deliciousness I must confess, but when you’re a party of one and the recipe makes enough for a party of four, what do you do with all those leftovers? Well, I don’t know what you might do with them, but I like to turn my leftovers into something completely different.

Ingredients: Leftover Linguine al Limone e Pollo 32-ounce carton of chicken stock One tablespoon Better than Bouillon chicken bouillon One and a half cups of water Three tablespoons of unsalted butter One tablespoon crushed red pepper Lemon pepper seasoning if desired Directions: In a soup pot, add butter, chicken stock, and water and bring to a boil.

Leslie Cletus Brown III passed away on Feb. 19, in Houston. Cletus III was born in Houston on August 4, 1952, to Leslie Cletus Brown Jr. and Betty Showers Brown. He attended Katy High School and Schreiner Institute Military Academy Preparatory School, graduating in 1970. He went on to study business and graduated from the University of HoustonDowntown.

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The City of Alpine held its’ regularly scheduled city council meeting last Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Although the agenda held several action items, most of the meeting focused on discussion of the city finances in terms of infrastructure, including the wastewater treatment plant and other components of the local water system and costs of paving versus seal coating the streets.

The regular meeting of the Brewster County Commissioners Court was held at 9:30 a.m. this past Tuesday. Of note was the agreement with the county elections office and the Alpine ISD along with the City of Alpine for rental of election equipment, as well as a Senate bill that was drafted by Senator Cesar Blanco of El Paso concerning HOT funds.

At a specially called meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Alpine ISD Board of Trustees, in closed session, approved the hiring of Coach Andy Smith to serve as the next Athletic Director and Head Football Coach of the Alpine Fightin’ Bucks.