January 2025

The Alpine City Council met Tuesday, January 21, in the city council chambers for its regular meeting, with all members present. The meeting drew a significantly smaller audience compared to the January 7 meeting, which had a packed house to discuss the proposed sale of a five-acre cityowned property at N.

The Alpine ISD Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the new year on Wednesday, January 22, at 5:30 p.m. at the high school band hall.

The City of Alpine and the Alpine ISD have called for a general election to be held on May 3. The candidate filing period is now open and will remain open until Friday, February 14, at 5 p.m.

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Clyde Thad Curry, a former resident of Marathon, left this world on January 4, 2025, at 72 years old. Clyde was born in Fairfax, Virginia, on November 21, 1952. He is survived by his brother, James Curry, three sisters, Nancy King, Bett Biddleman, and Catherine Curry, his son, Luke Warren Curry, and dear friends Ray Santos, Guil Jones, and Clint Roberts.

Joyce Fay Lockhart Wildenthal, 87, died peacefully asleep in her rural home near Williamston, Michigan, on January 7. She was in declining health for many years. She had a long career as a biological laboratory technician and manager at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing and a lifelong love for science.

I’ve tried a few diets. They all have their strengths, but it is easy to become sidetracked in the pursuit of weight loss or just plain eating well. Because, let’s face it, all those delicious “bad foods” are delicious!

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