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Throughout my high school career, I have been an active member of the FFA and for two years a member of the cheer team. In my later years I have become a member of the National Honors Society.

The fifth annual Marathon Songwriter’s Festival once again will grace the grounds of the Gage Hotel and their properties, in a two-day event focusing on individuals whose creativity not only sells their own records, but those well-known names of Nashville fame like Patty Loveless, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, and Johnny Lee.

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The Alpine City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting at 5:30 p.m. on August 1.

For the third consecutive season, the Alpine Cowboys ended their Pecos League playoff run in unceremonious fashion. The Trinidad Triggers took down the Cowboys at Kokernot Field in the best-of-three, first round for the second year in a row. Trinidad won the first and third games of the series while Alpine was victorious in game two. Trinidad now faces the Tucson Saguaros in the Mountain Division Championship series, with the winner advancing to play the San Rafael Pacifics in the title series.

Alpine High school football had their first practice this Monday, and new head coach and Athletics Director, Andy Smith, is setting strong expectations for both the teams and the individuals on them. As for the first practice, Coach Smith said, “The kids brought a lot of energy, the coaches too.” Even though a very high percentage of the players participated in the summer workouts, according to Smith, in the beginning practices the coaches slow everything down to instruct and lay the groundwork for good habits and better outcomes.

FIGHTIN’BUCKS FOOTBALL Aug. 11 Alpine vs McCamey -Scrimmage, JV 5 p.m., Varsity 6 p.m.

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