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Dear Neil: We have had this unknown tree in our courtyard for 22 years. The landscaper who planted it is out of business. It died in the wintertime, but it is coming back strongly from its roots. I would like to prune it and retrain it, but I don’t know when or how to prune it. Please identify it, and advise me.

A decisive win over the Trinidad Triggers on June 29 inched the Cowboys closer to the top of the Mountain South standings. Right now they’re trailing both the Tucson Saguaros and the Sante Fe Fuego by half a dozen games. This places the Cowboys in the bottom half of the division, so there is still a lot of work to do.

Hunters looking for a new opportunity or a change of scenery this fall should check out the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department drawn hunt permits program. Applications are being accepted now for a shot at almost 10,000 permits in 61 hunt categories.

Cowboy of the week is right handed pitcher Austin Requena. He’s from Lufkin in East Texas, and said fans would be surprised to hear that he’s the Cowboy’s shortest pitcher at 5’6”.

The City of Alpine held its regularly scheduled meeting on July 6, and illegal dumping and the dark skies ordinance were main topics of discussion. Interim City Manager Megan Antrim voiced her displeasure with residents discarding brush, mattresses, carpeting, and more next to the dumpsters around the city.

Terlingua residents Carl Garcia and Mandy Jorgenson earned first and second place, respectively, at the Fourth of July Chili Cook Off at Marathon Motel and RV Park in Marathon. The cook off, along with a silent auction, raised $6,500 for Marathon Volunteer Fire Department. Photo by Shawna Graves

Racing enthusiasts will get their fix once again in West Texas this fall. For the first time in 13 years, there will be a second open road race in a calendar year that takes place between Fort Stockton and Sanderson.

Johanna Wells, Alpine: We actually went on our summer vacation last week. We went to the beach at Cinnamon Shore on Mustang Island.