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The Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are partnering to provide technical and financial assistance to landowners interested in restoring and enhancing wildlife habitat on their land.

Border Patrol Agent Janenne Ellis knows a thing or two about heat. That’s because she works on the border at Presidio Border Patrol Station, an area which is generally 10 degrees warmer than Big Bend Sector Headquarters in nearby Marfa. She also knows that sometimes the best way to get through the day is to “brush it off.”

Melleta Bell, senior archivist for Archives of the Big Bend, pauses for a photo with family and friends at a retirement reception held in her honor on Aug. 29 at the Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library on the campus of Sul Ross State University in Alpine. Standing here are family and friends joining in the special recognition and celebration, including son Max Rogers, brother Shawn Rogers, niece Lauren Rogers, and family friend Loraine Reynolds, all of Alpine.

What are you especially looking forward to in your senior year? I am definitely looking forward toward my last year playing high school basketball. What activities are you involved in during your senior year? I am currently involved in varsity basketball, football, track, golf, and National Honor Society.

From time to time I have been known to feed local cowboys during their cattle works. I have served everything from burritos to spaghetti, but none has been as big a hit as chile verde. This savory stew can be eaten out of a bowl or, as those of us here in the Last Frontier prefer it, in a soft, fluffy, flour tortilla.

Dear Neil: We have seven Chinese pistachio trees that have been in our landscape for five or six years. One of them seems to have been hurt badly by last February’s cold. It has less than 25 percent of its normal leaves. It has round bumps on its trunk, but nothing has happened this year. Should I take it out or wait until spring to see if it recovers?