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Jennie Hall, Alpine: I’m from Ohio, so we used to watch the river by our house and feed the ducks. I would always go to basketball games with him, and he would say that they would only win if I came to the game with him, when I was a little kid. That was pretty cool.

JUNE 24 Travel Talk, 7 p.m. at Alpine Public Library in the AEP Foundation multipurpose room, 805 W.

Alpine ISD Superintendent Dr. Michelle Rinehart joins Board of Trustees members Jimmy Morris, Nikki Ahrens, Joe Portillo, Haley Babb, Eddie Natera, and Mary McCallister at the Summer Leadership Institute in San Antonio on June 15-18. Sessions were held for school board members across the state, and consisted of collaborative learning sessions and key topics to further educational goals for school districts. Courtesy photo

Volunteers Elidia Polanco and Mary Ann Lujan held a breakfast burrito fundraiser outside Porter’s grocery store in Alpine on June 14 to raise funds for the popular Fiesta 1888 music event to be held Aug. 20 on Historic Murphy Street, featuring legendary Tejano artists Little Joe and Ruben Ramos. The event is free and open to the public. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

Alpine Humane Society Pets of the Week are kittens! Like Juniper, all kittens and cats are featured during June, Adopt A Cat Month. A cat and kitten adoptions are half price at just $50. This includes spay/neuter, vaccines, and microchip. Between the Alpine Animal Shelter and at the Alpine Humane Society Thrift Store Cattery, more than 30 felines are available in all colors and sizes. Of course, kittens are always better adopted in pairs, and we have many kitten siblings ready to join your family.

Alpine Police Chief Darrell Losoya takes fingerprints for Jazlynn Valdez, 9, and Joleigh Valdez, 8, at the annual health fair on June 18 at the Civic Center. Sponsored by Big Bend Regional Hospital District and Big Bend Regional Medical Center, more than 20 exhibitors offered their services to the public. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich

June 18, 1992 The Brewster County 4-H horse judging team placed first in State competition last week. In the photo, first place team Sarita Love, Mary Katherine Groth, Kevin Wink, Kerry Wink, and Coach Nancy Groth, all of Marathon.

Dear Neil: Something is attacking and killing the potted plants on my porch. What is it, and what is the treatment? These are mealybugs.