March 2023

Richard Bruhn Keith, 66, of Alpine passed away at his home surrounded by loved ones on March 25. Rick was born in Pasadena on July 3, 1956, to Sarah Charter Bruhn and Stan Bruhn and was raised by Sarah and Duane Phillips. Rick served in the Army in the late 70’s and was stationed in Germany. After graduating with a Masters in German Studies from the University of Texas, Rick moved to Alpine where he worked for the Center for Big Bend Studies at Sul Ross State University.

Did you know the United Nations reports that 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and that 297,000 children under five die every year from diarrheal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water.

“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.” – Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature Spending time outdoors last Saturday was energizing. East Texas Spring at Mother Nature’s best.

The Alpine Bucks Track and Field team took to San Angelo this past weekend for a twoday competitive meet, with preliminaries on Friday and Finals on Saturday. This was a big meet with multiple school from around the state competing, and only the top seven from each race advance to the finals.

Alpine head softball coach Chris Virdell lamented his team’s lack of hitting during a 3-game losing streak that included back-to-back losses to Pecos and Odessa by a combined score of 21-1 and a snowy 6-3 district-opening setback to Presidio. But the Lady Bucks broke out of their funk in a big way March 21 with a 16-1 win over the Crane Lady Birds at Sul Ross State University and followed that up with a 23-1 win at Tornillo last Friday.

The Alpine Bucks hosted the Crane Golden Cranes last Tuesday night, opening district play at home. Despite an early lead on the night, the Bucks would fall 4-2 to the Cranes after upsetting the 4-A Monahans Loboes the previous Wednesday with a score of 12-5.

The Sul Ross State University theater department will present a new play this week. Beginning tomorrow evening at 7:30 p.m., the first performance of Silent Sky will be held in the Marshall Auditorium on the Alpine campus.

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Thirty or so years ago, Alpine had numerous food options to choose from. Times have changed, and the option of sit-down dining is almost non-existent.

The Board of Trustees of The Chinati Foundation/ La Fundación Chinati has announced the appointment of Caitlin Murray as its new executive director. Murray was previously director of archives and programs at Judd Foundation, where she has worked since 2008. Murray, who was chosen after an international search, will begin her position at Chinati in mid-May.