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2022 Terlingua Chili Cookoff winners announced

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Chili cooks from all over competed this past weekend in Terlingua to see who would reign supreme as top chili cook. Prizes were awarded to 23 cooks out of 88 competitors, with the top spot going to Robert “Frosty” Winterbottom of Cedar Park, Texas.
Chili-heads at the Wick Fowler Frank X. Tolbert cookoff enjoy socializing with old and new friends. Courtesy photo by Jonathan Gockel

Things to consider for your winter yard.

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Dear Neil: Is there any trick to keeping birdseed from coming up in beds beneath my feeders? I’m tired of having all the grass germinating. That’s probably millet, a common ingredient in some of the standard seed mixes.
Spider lilies brighten up a fall flower bed.

Why

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pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Alpine “Job got up, tore his robe and shaved his head, mourning for his children, and fell to the ground to worship God, saying: ′We bring nothing at birth; we take nothing with us at death. The Lord gave me what I had, and the Lord has taken it away.

Holi-daze eating-it’s all in the prep

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It’s fall y’all and we know what that means. The holidays or holi-daze rush will be upon us before we know it. This is the time of year when families gather for fellowship, football, and gorging themselves on scrumptious food. While everyone has developed their own traditions, there are a few that are standard when it comes to the fare served at the table.
Image courtesy of Hucklebarry from Pixabay

29th annual Artwalk spotlights West Texas artist

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Artwalk Alpine, West Texas’ longest running arts festival, will be happening in the main streets of Alpine Nov. 18-19. In its 29th year, Artwalk Alpine will be highlighting the works of many west Texas artists and celebrating the arts along with several local businesses.

Henington prevails in county judge’s race

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In Tuesday’s midterm general election, the heated battle over the governorship of Texas has finally reached its conclusion. Republican and incumbent candidate Greg Abbott collected 54.9% of the votes to Beto O’Rourke’s 43.8%. The other two candidates on the ballot for the state’s highest office, Libertarian Mark Tippetts garnered 1% of the votes, while Green Party candidate Delilah Barrios collected 0.4% of the votes.
Greg Henington