November 2023

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Dusty. “I got my name from leaving everyone in the dust. I’m so fast that I stay on my toes for the most part. I like to be on the go, that’s for sure. I would love to have a human who moves like me. If you have the energy to match mine, come see me.”

The general election results are in for the 14 constitutional amendments that were on the ballot for 2023. Out of 7,176 registered voters in Brewster County, only 19.02% voted in this general election, for a total of 1,365 ballots cast. Proposition 13 was the only amendment on the ballot that was not voted in favor of across the state. This proposition was to increase the mandatory retirement age for state judges and failed with a 62.58% vote not in favor of, for a total of 1,507,576 votes against the proposition.

Dear Neil: I hear many people suggesting that we “leave the leaves” on our lawns this fall and winter. What is your opinion? We put a lot of money into fertilizers and even water that we apply to our lawns and landscapes.

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Serve up twice-baked sweet potatoes One of the many standards of the Thanksgiving table for most people is sweet potatoes. Most commonly they are cooked and mashed and then baked in a casserole dish and mixed with warm, seasonal spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg, and then topped with brown sugar, marshmallows, and occasionally pecans.

Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series Last week it was announced that the City of Alpine was awarded a grant from TxDOT for the Alpine Mobility Plan. The grant money, of $191,360 would be used to conduct a study that would evaluate traffic data, non-motorized locations within the community, connectivity challenges, roadway conditions, and other factors that would help develop recommendations for short-term and longterm improvements to bicycle and pedestrian networks.

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An unprecedented conference is slated for Thursday, January 18 at Sul Ross State University. This one-of-a-kind conference will focus on water in the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas, and it intends to bring together experts, landowners, community members, scientists, as well as elected officials to discuss the future of water in West Texas.