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Football soup sure to be a crowd pleaser

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This Southwest recipe will make you feel right at home The boys of summer are gearing up for the home stretch, and it is time for those gridiron warriors to take center stage. And what better way to cheer on your favorite team than with hearty food.
Football soup sure to be a crowd pleaser

Bucks win District opener

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The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks were fired up and ready to start District play against Odessa Compass at Buck Stadium on Sept. 23. Purple and gold filled the stands as the Bucks celebrated their homecoming with a big win.
Bucks win District opener

Elementary school launches improvement plan

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Alpine ISD Board of Trustees held its regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 22, and a campus improvement plan for Alpine Elementary School, along with work in progress and construction reports on the high school, drove the agenda. Single member, Dist. 5, Haley Babb was absent Alpine Elementary School Principal Curtis Wubbena told trustees that a campus improvement plan included what worked and did not work for the school in the past year, and a new plan will be launched in October.
Elementary school launches improvement plan

Alpine church brings back fall festival

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It is a long-honored tradition for communities across Texas to host fun church fall festivals, a place where residents, families, and children of all ages come together to enjoy faith and fun. This is also a welcomed time for Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church as it brings back its traditional fall festival.
Alpine church brings back fall festival

Saddle bronc rider looking for successful season

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Sul Ross State University Rodeo Team member and graduate student Brandon Lansford of Cotulla has been horseback almost since birth. He sat on his first horse when he was two weeks old, and entered his first playday at age four. Lansford hails from a long-time ranching family, but not necessarily rodeo.
Sul Ross State University rodeo rider Brandon Lansford competes in a saddle bronc event. Courtesy photo

Lady Bucks split at home, on road

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The Lady Bucks volleyball team split a pair of games this week at home and on the road. First, the Fort Stockton Lady Prowlers came for a duel in Alpine on Sept.
Lady Buck Ali Maroney goes up at last week’s volleyball game against Buena Vista. Avalanche photo by J.T. Maroney