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Matt Moore, Alpine: I have a Brother® 7040 laser jet printer. I use it for work, and I use it for home.

WesTex Community Credit Union offered a customer appreciation day on Oct. 20 with Branch Manager Letty Hernandez, Vincent Carrasco, and Victoria Carrasco cooking up hamburgers with all the trimmings.

November 10, 1977 The Texas Omicron ETA Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Marfa has chosen Vonnelle Davis as 1978 Valentine Queen. Vonnelle has been active in Beta Sigma Phi for six years, and is now serving as president of her chapter.

Dear Neil: This is the third landscape in the past 20 years where I have grown Caesalpinia pulcherrima. I have never had this experience before. Two large plants set out by a landscaping firm had hitchhiking plants along with them. They bloomed light yellow, and their stalks have many thorns and lighter green leaves. What is this? I can’t find it anywhere.

Tristen Hutchings won the men’s All-Around title at the Texas Tech College Rodeo last week. He also won the bull riding event, and placed third in steer wrestling. Hutchings is shown on the right in the photo.

The Alpine FightinÊ Buck cheerleading squad for 2021-2022 stops to smile for the camera. In the photo, Alyssa Duenez, Kimberly Lara, Ryka Morales, Lourdes Acosta, Danica Mulholland, Illeana Hamilton, and Johanna Barber.

Alpine High School Homecoming Queen Jenica Portillo and King Jayden Canaba hold court after their crowning on Oct. 29 before the Fightin’ Buck football game against Odessa Compass.

Colonel Edward Hatch spent little time in Fort Davis, but he has a consistent presence here and in New Mexico. In the past few weeks, I have been purchasing and roasting for future use Hatch green chilies, always the best. These come from farms in the Rio Grande Valley near Hatch, N. M.