July 2023

The Pecos League will hold two All-Star Games this month. The Pacific Division All-Star Game will take place next Sunday at Martinez’ Waterfront Park while the Mountain Division’s stellar event is set for Sunday, July 16 at Kokernot Field in Alpine. The league schedules two intradivisional All-Star Games per season due to time and budget limitations, with each team stocked with players from four divisional rivals. Unlike MLB, there will be no threeday break for players not selected, with regular season games played the days before and after each All-Star tilt.

Sul Ross has a new men’s head soccer coach. Bailey Guffin, former head coach at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, will take over and lead the men’s team this season.

The Alpine Cowboys will host a baseball camp on July 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The camp is open to kids ages six and up and participants will need a glove and workout clothes, which includes running shoes, shorts or baseball pants, and a water bottle and a hat are highly recommended. The Cowboys’ players will work on batting, fielding, and throwing and catching with each group of kids. Children will be grouped into younger and older groups. There will also be a water balloon fight and hot dogs, chips, and a drink will be provided. For more information contact Katie at 512-6446397.

Now that I’m six months into the County Judge position, friends are always asking me “Greg, are you regretting running for the position?” or “Greg, is being the CJ like having your wisdom teeth removed?”

“Don’t worry about getting older. You’re still going to do dumb stuff.

Benito “Ben” Aranda Cobos Jr., 89 years old, passed away peacefully on June 27, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Alpine. Ben was born on April 13, 1934, to Benito Franco Cobos and Elvira Aranda Cobos in Alpine.

It is with great sadness and extremely heavy hearts that we say goodbye to Gabriella “Gabby” Allyse Rodriguez, beloved mother, daughter, fiancée, friend and her unborn son, Ezekiel Nathaniel Rodriguez Gonzalez.

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The I-20 Wildlife Preserve will enlarge its outdoor classroom in an entirely new way this summer when they welcome high school students into its new Conservation Job Corps program Monday morning. The program blends life skills lessons, such as learning to use tools, with classroom instruction, and hands-on exploration and observation.