October 2024

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On Sunday, October 13, we said goodbye to William Sidney Walker, known by many in the area as “Wild Bill.” He was a father, a brother, a friend, and a proud former Marine. Though he was born on August 1, 1950, at All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, he spent most of his youth in South Brewster County and graduated from Alpine High School in 1969.

It is with heartbreak and deep sadness that we announce the passing of Estella Garcia Reyes of Alpine on September 20, at age 83, surrounded with love by her family in El Paso. As we all weep in this time of pain for our Beautiful Mom and Matriarch, Mother-In-Law, Grandma and Great Grandma whose love and presence we will always feel as she looks upon us from above.

Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon: and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. -Rossiter Worthington Raymond, “A Commendatory Prayer” Patty Kingston Towler passed away quietly at the Regency House in San Angelo on October 5 at the age of 97.

It is with a heavy but grateful heart that we announce the passing of Lupe Vega, who left us peacefully surrounded by her three children (Henry, Rose, and Cynthia) on September 30 at the well-celebrated age of 90. After a brief battle with cancer, she is now in the loving arms of the One True Living Christ and reunited with her beloved husband, Alberto Vega, who she was married to for 62 wonderful years.

Early voting for the November 5 general election will begin on Monday, October 1, at 8 a.m. at the Judge Val Clark Beard Office Complex, 203 N. 7th Street, and continue through November 1. All early voting will be held at the Alpine location due to state legislation that required all early voting polling stations to be fully manned each day early voting takes place.

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Prairies are the lifeblood of pollinators, but many people don’t understand the critical role they play in our lives. Native bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and other pollinators do the important work of pollinating most species of flowering plants and crops, helping to grow our food and bring our native habitats to life.