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Members of Alpine’s Holy Angels Cemetery Association Robert Polanco, Elidia Polanco, Rosie Pallanez, and President Mike Pallanez presented a $300 check to the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department and Alpine Fire Rescue Chief Andrew Pierce, along with Alpine firefighter and EMT Zachary Davis, during the spaghetti supper fundraiser held at the American Legion Post 79 on April 23. The fundraiser and donations netted the fire department $3,000.

As discussed last month, the period from the war with Mexico to the Civil War was a great age of exploration of the American West. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848) ceded California and the Southwest to the U.S., and the Treaty of Oregon with Great Britain (1846) essentially established the borders of the new American nation. It was now time to survey the vast interior, and discover its hidden treasurers.

The track and field championship season opened on a hot, sunny day with the District 4-3A HS meet on April 7 at Buck Stadium. The last of four meets, hosted by Alpine this year, ended with the Alpine Track and Field team winning the championship in all four high school divisions.

The University of Alaska Anchorage track and field team set three meet records and two school records at the recent Mike Fanelli Track Classic. Alpine High School graduate Elena Cano finished second in the 100 hurdles in a school re cord time of 14.15, and was second in the 400 hurdles in a personalbest time of 1:00.16.