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FEBRUARY 19 Fish Fry and Dance, 6 p.m. at Marathon Community Center, 102 N.E.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 502 E. Lockhart Ave.

This year’s Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering will take place Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18-19, at Sul Ross State University.

Events are on Sul Ross State University campus except Poet’s Grove breakfast and Civic Center dance. Ticketed events are noted with an asterisk.

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Elias, with a handsome medium-length coat of orange with a bit of white. He came to the shelter as a stray along with his sibling, Gael. At just under one year old, Elias is just a youngster. Adopting both kittens would make for a purr-fect family.

February 1, 1979 Marathon’s Macky McGuire (24) and Keesey Miller (50) of Fort Davis collide Tuesday during the Indians’ 75-55 victory over Marathon. The win keeps Fort Davis in the District 14B lead with a 6-0 mark.

Dear Neil: I am attaching photos of two different winter weeds I have in my lawn. What will be my best control for them? I also have crabgrass in the lawn in the summer. Is there a control for it that won’t hurt St. Augustine?

My first experience with vichyssoise was in college at a little lunch place whose kitchen was run by a lady from England. One must realize this was early on in my culinary adventures, so it was out of my realm of experience as far as a soup goes.