November 2023

The Alpine Lady Bucks have already hit the court for practice and play for this fall season. As of October 18, head coach Christopher Virdell has a strong sense of faith in the abilities of the roster.

A Terlingua CSD student recently made school history when she qualified for the State UIL Cross Country meet held in Round Rock on November 3. Brooke Jenks, a junior at Terlingua High School finished in 33rd place with an overall time of 13:16 in the 1A division. Jenks is the first athlete ever to qualify for state cross-country from Terlingua and she also plays basketball and runs track.

The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks Basketball team is warming up for the new season and their first game is scheduled for the end of this month. “Practice has been good so far.

Many thanks On November 2, I was dining at the Reata with a dear friend when a piece of the chicken fried steak I had ordered got stuck in my throat. It quickly became apparent that a Heimlich procedure was in order and the Reata staff quickly reacted.

“We cuss Congress, and we joke about ‘em, but they are all good fellows at heart. And if they wasn’t in Congress, why, they would be doing something else against us that might be even worse.” — Will Rogers (1879-1935), vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator.

In our ongoing efforts to clear a backlog of old (some 20-plus years) traffic citations and debt claim cases, we’ve achieved some major milestones that should greatly enhance our ability to process those cases.

William Thaxton Abercrombie, 86, from Odessa, died November 12 in Odessa. He was lovingly known as Dad, Papa, Bill, and Catfish. He was born on July 21, 1937, in Tucumcari, New Mexico to M.J. “Jack” and Dora May Abercrombie.

The award-winning Alpine Ghost Tours: Graveside Tales are back November 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. during Alpine’s ArtWalk weekend. The tour will be led by an experienced guide and Sul Ross Associate Professor of Communication and former Second City actor and writer Bret Scott.

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According to a press release issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Jason Owens, the Big Bend Sector of the U. S. Border Patrol (USBP) announced that a new Senior Executive was recently selected. Walter N. Slosar was selected for the Sector Chief Patrol Agent position and assumed his new duties last week at Sector headquarters in Marfa. Chief Slosar was notified of his selection earlier last month via an internal email.