June 2024

The Brewster County Commissioners Court held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 25 at 9:30 a.m. in the commissioner’s courtroom.

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Every year, across the state of Texas and the nation at large, high school boys at the end of their junior year are chosen by their local American Legion (AL) Post to travel to Austin and participate in a week-long event focused on the practice of our democratic government. This event is known as Texas Boys State. Recently I, along with other Alpine High School students David Valenzuela, JP Valenzuela, and Zane Wash, were some of the roughly 1,000 boys chosen to attend Boys State and had the unique privilege of witnessing the future leaders of our state.

The Alpine City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers. All council members, except Ward III representative Darin Nance were present in the chambers. Nance joined the meeting via Zoom.

HEAD OVER MEALS What do you do when life gives you lemons… how about jalapenos? Make lemonade of course! If you are like me, growing up in Texas during the summer means it’s hot, and nothing is better than an ice-cold glass of something sweet and refreshing. My go-to was always pink lemonade as a kid, because you know regular just would not cut it.

Alpine Avalanche.

Dear Neil: My sago palm has endured for 12 years. This spring, however, I had no growth from the top, but as you can see, I’m getting sprouts up from the base. What should I do now? Can I cut off the dead top?

The Alpine 7on7 team has been hosting bake sales and burrito sales, and just this past Tuesday held a hamburger sale at the American Legion to earn money for their trip to College Station to play in this year’s 7on7 Division III championship.

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Send your community events to kara.gerbert@alpineavalanche. com June 28 and July 5 TinkerCad Open Lab, 10 a.m.