September 2023

After a sweltering summer, it seems as though fall is finally creeping in. Beyond the pumpkin spice craze, many turn their thoughts to fall comfort food such as soups and casseroles. One of several ingredients that bring to mind the fall season are sweet potatoes.

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The Alpine City Council held a special meeting Tuesday, September 12, after last week’s regular meeting was cancelled due to lack of quorum. During this meeting on September 12, all members were present except Ward 1 Councilwoman Judy Stokes, and Mayor Catherine Eaves joined via Zoom due to illness.

Being a medical student is a long, arduous process, but Kyle Mc-Daniel, a fourth-year medical student at the Texas Tech Health Science Center- Permian Basin believes it is just part of his journey of service. A service that he is extending to the citizens of Marathon each Friday at the Marathon Clinic as part of his Rural and Community Elective as a medical student.

Last week the Lady Bucks volleyball team played two non-district home games, one on Tuesday night against Odessa’s Permian Panthers, and one on Saturday morning, against the Fort Davis Indians. In Tuesday’s game against the Panthers, the Lady Bucks lost to the 6A team with a seven-win streak and a 15-9 record.

The Alpine High School Bucks played a great game of football on Friday, winning the game against the Wink Wildcats 19-18. In addition to the win, spectators were impressed by the Fightin’ Bucks and how they conducted themselves on the field.

Alpine- Casparis Municipal Airport, also known by its Federal Aviation Administration location identification E38(Echo 38), is located northwest of Alpine. The airport is owned by the City of Alpine and is considered a general aviation facility being primarily for small commercial and private aircraft. Our airport is non commercial meaning it does not have a scheduled air service for passengers. The airport has two intersecting runways, 01/19 and 05/23, with the longer being 6003ft and the latter 5018ft. The runways are identified with two numbers because they can be used in either direction for take offs and landings, with pilots usually choosing the runway with the more favorable wind direction.

“If these walls could talk, I wonder what secrets they’d tell.” — Gayle Forman, writer That question was evidently on my mind many years ago. April 3, 1975, to be exact.

Ellen Buren Melvin left us and joined our Lord in the early morning hours of Wednesday, September 6. Ellen was born on July 28, 1961, in Marfa to Paul and Joan Thomas Buren.

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