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Mike and Martha Latta and Nan Hate Edwards serve up fried catfish, hushpuppies, and cole slaw to eager diners at American Legion Post 79 on March 4 for the Legion’s first fish fry of the year. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich.

Alpine Middle School sixth graders Marisol Jimenez, Gyllian Morrissey, Andynne Ramirez, and Imani Miller of the Alpine Elite girls basketball team pause for a photo at the middle school’s first Spring Festival held on March 2. Presented by the school and PTO, there was plenty of fun to kick off the start of spring, with plenty of games, food trucks, and much more for the whole family.

March 22, 1990 Ted Cooley atop “Cowboy” barrels out of the shoot at a rodeo in Anson. Cooley, who transferred to SRSU from Western Texas College, has been riding bulls for over half of his life.

Dear Neil: We lost a lacebark elm to what I believe might have been Texas root rot. It died in a matter of days. Its leaves remained attached, and there was a mass of white fungal growth around the roots. The prior homeowner had replaced a Shumard red oak that must have died of the same disease. What would be a good replacement that would not be susceptible?

Turkey Vultures are found throughout the U.S. and even up into southern Canada, and most birders outside of West Texas take the ubiquitous bird for granted. The species is widespread, highly visible, and generally seen soaring and kettling in groups of a few to hundreds of birds.

The City of Alpine last week announced that the Alpine Police Department made U.S. history by receiving the first call ever on a cloud-native platform with i3 ESInet. Carbyne, the company that founded this groundbreaking technology, is essentially the first calltaking platform that is purely cloud-based.

What are you especially looking forward to in your senior year? I’m especially looking forward to expanding my knowledge and talent in photography my senior year. What activities are you involved in during your senior year? I am involved in a photography internship.

We are in the midst of the season of Lent. A time to follow Jesus to Jerusalem. A time to follow Him in the last days of His earthly life. A time when the Cross and an empty tomb are part of our salvation.