June 2023

The Holy Angels Cemetery Association is seeking donations to repair water wells and to clean up the cemetery. This organization works to build community awareness and involvement in the upkeep and maintenance of the Holy Angels Cemetery.

Alpine native and Sul Ross instructor Dr. Kendra DeHart has been named as the new chair of the Behavioral and Social Sciences department at Sul Ross State University.

Mary M. Pallanez 85, of Alpine, passed away on Thursday June 8, at her home after a short illness.

Eleanor Margaret Hay Foster passed away on June 11, in Rio Communities, New Mexico where she had lived her last fourteen months with her daughter. She was born October 26, 1928 at Hiway, Roosevelt County, New Mexico to Anna Clyng Hay and Eugene Wells Hay. She was preceded in death by her loving husband William “Bill” Bennett Foster, Jr., and her brother George Hay of Hiway, New Mexico.

Albert Hartnett Rojo, Jr, “Conky”, entered eternal rest on February 8th, at the age of 71, at home in San Jose, CA. Albert was born on April 26, 1951, in Ysleta, and raised in Alpine.

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“Family reunions are the place where you remember where you came from.” — Author unknown “You know,” Stan said. “Those two are the reason we’re here.” The ‘here’ he referred to was another gathering of the descendants of Arthur George Johnson and Bernice Conlee Johnson, a family with Kentucky roots dating to the 1700s.

The undergraduate teacher preparation program was recognized by the National Council on Teacher Quality as among the best in the nation in preparing future elementary teachers to teach children to read, earning an A+ distinction in NCTQ’s new report, “Teacher Prep Review: Strengthening Elementary Reading Instruction.”

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