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The Texas Well Owner Network is hosting a water well screening on Tuesday, May 4, in Alpine to give area residents the opportunity to have their well water screened. A meeting will follow on May 5 to explain the results.

Early voting for the City of Alpine and Alpine ISD elections will continue through Tuesday, April 27. Through Tuesday, 48 had voted in the city races, and 22 in the AISD contests.

In a push to boost graduate studies, Sul Ross State University announced April 13 a $300,000 stipend to help aspiring students to pursue higher degrees. Laura Payne, dean of the College of Graduate Studies who oversees the new funding, said the money will underwrite salaries each semester for teaching assistants and research fellows so they will have the resources to enroll in graduate programs.

Dear Neil: I saw your comment about training Nellie R. Stevens hollies to be more tree-like instead of using them as shrubs.

You don’t usually think of root vegetables in the springtime, but we eat root vegetables nearly every day. Some examples of root vegetables are potatoes, yams, beets, turnips, carrots, onions, garlic, horseradish, radishes, and ginger, just to name a few.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller last week invited Texas farmers and ranchers to apply for the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Family Land Heritage program, which since 1974 has paid tribute to families who have kept their land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years.

Alpine High School track-and-field athlete Texas Sablatura goes over on the pole vault at the Area championships in Denver City on April 15. Avalanche photo by J.T.

Thanks to contributions from individuals and businesses across the U.S., Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Disaster Relief Fund on April 16 mailed out checks totaling $112,750 to cattle raisers financially burdened by February’s Winter Storm Uri.