August 2024

Hortensia Celaya, 82, of Fort Stockton passed away on August 15 in Fort Stockton. Prayer service for Hortensia will be held at 7 p.m.

Clayton prided himself in being a West Texan. He was born a West Texan, grew up a West Texan, and died a West Texan, and he wouldn’t have had it any other way. Clayton Bedell, 66, of Alpine, died suddenly at home of a suspected aortic aneurysm rupture on August 10. We know that he was met at Heaven’s gate by his beloved son, Patrick Bedell.

After speaking to legal counsel at the Texas State University System, it’s crystal clear that the Big Bend Gun and Knife Show, planned for Labor Day weekend, will violate state gun laws and Sul Ross State University policy by inviting illegal carry events onto campus including open carry, unlicensed carry, and long gun, assault weapon carry. Since those events are banned on Texas college campuses, the gun show must be immediately canceled by the SRSU administration. Further, if President Hernandez doesn’t act, the event will allow weapons of war, like the AR-15, to be sold to criminals in daylight. Only by mandating background checks can we prevent legal gun purchases to individuals who have raped, assaulted children, or been convicted of other violent felonies. Still, the gun show in question isn’t legally allowed on campus in the first place.

When I visit with members of the Alpine community, we often discuss the role Sul Ross plays as an economic driver for this area and concerns around enrollment fluctuations since the height of enrollment of 2,500 in 1996or, most recently, 2,100 in 2016. I am usually posed with statements like, “If we could only get back to those enrollment numbers, things would be headed in the right direction, the economic outlook of our community would improve, and we could fill empty downtown buildings with bustling new businesses.”

LADY BUCK VOLLEYBALL Aug. 20 Alpine vs Midland Trinity F @4:30 p.m.,JV @5:30 p.m.

The Alpine Lady Bucks Volleyball teams demonstrated resilience and promise during their recent scrimmages and dual matches, setting a positive tone for the upcoming tournament season. Over the weekend, the Lady Bucks participated in scrimmages hosted by Andrews High School and Midland Greenwood High School.

The Alpine High School Fightin’ Bucks started the preseason Friday, August 16, against the McCamey Badgers with great performances by both the junior varsity and varsity squads. While there were no winners or losers in the scrimmages, the Bucks’s defense swarmed and their offense hustled, making McCamey look more like prairie dogs than badgers.

Dear Neil: My wife purchased a lovely orchid recently. It had about an 8-inch white bloom on one of the stems. Over a 6-week period, the bloom shattered, leaving a couple of bare stems about 10 inches tall. With proper care will it rebloom? What would that care be? Should we plant it outdoors to see if it will grow or maybe just buy another one?

Alpine Avalanche.

The Alpine Lady Bucks Volleyball teams demonstrated resilience and promise during their recent scrimmages and dual matches, setting a positive tone for the upcoming tournament season. Over the weekend, the Lady Bucks participated in scrimmages hosted by Andrews High School and Midland Greenwood High School.