September 2023

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When one hears the term “Friday Night Lights”, most likely they think of football. With a movie by that title focused on the Odessa Permian Panther football team, that would stand to reason. But what many fail to realize, that along with the ball players and cheerleaders, the unsung heroes of those Friday nights are the marching band.

The Alpine Lady Bucks volleyball team had a great week, starting off Tuesday. On August 22, the team faced off against Alpine’s neighboring Fort Davis team, the Indians, before going on to the Fillie Festival tournament in Denver City.

FIGHTIN’ BUCKS FOOTBALL Sept. 8 Alpine vs Wink JV 6:30 p.m.

The Alpine Bucks football team played their Fort Stockton neighbors last week, playing the Panthers in a non-district game on Friday, September 1. The Alpine team unfortunately fell to Fort Stockton 7-27.

“The most disastrous crisis we face in the next two decades will be the food shortage crisis.” — Jack “Spot” Baird, Professor of Possumolgy Fifty some-odd years is a long time to chronicle people, places, and events. Maybe that’s why, ever so often, one of the well-known or illustrious individuals I’ve been privileged to interview comes to mind.

As residents of the Chihuahuan Desert, individuals in West Texas know better than most just how precious of a resource water is. With a skyrocketing population infl ux, coupled with historically dry conditions, Texans everywhere are becoming all too familiar with the uncomfortable feeling of water insecurity. This instability in water availability serves as a reminder that we must all do our part to take conservation-based approaches to managing our natural resources.

Martha Kathleen Sleeper, 75, died Monday after complications from surgery. Cremation will be by BorenConner Funeral Home in Bullard; family services will be later at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco.

The star on the Texas flag somehow seems to shine a little brighter every year as more and more people move to Texas to find a thriving economy and a better quality of life. While that growth is wonderful to see, it does bring challenges to our transportation system.

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