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At this writing I’m waiting for a stone to be engraved for my parents’ gravesite. Our family wanted something to remember them by, something that will remain as long as this earth remains. I’ve noticed the many gravesite memorial stones as I walked through graveyards.

Alpine Elementary School students Maribel Rosas, Isaiah Gomez, Dago Navarrete, Misela Gonzalez, and Gerard Prieto, all from Debbie Hardin’s first grade class, enjoyed a fun-filled field day on May 13 on the elementary school front lawn.

The Texas Historical Foundation recently approved grant funds for the Fort Davis Historical Society to install seamless gutters on the historic adobe building that houses the Overland Trail Museum. The building was constructed in 1883, then purchased by Nick Mersfelder in 1897.

Creativity and dark skies awareness was celebrated by Alpine High School art students during the first annual Dark Skies Coloring Contest during the Earth Day festivities on April 22 at Kokernot Park. The students from Rachel Maxwell’s art class showed off their creativity.

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Aldoine, a male about three years old. He is a long-haired black cat with so much love to give! He is currently the official greeter at the Alpine Humane Society Thrift Store. Please stop by and meet him.

At the 7th annual Heritage Dinner at the Ritchey Building in Marathon on April 23, Chris Lacy, Ann Lacy Brown, Elizabeth Lacy Winn, and Lauren Jarratt accept the 2022 Heritage Award presented by Museum of the Big Bend to honor the philanthropic legacy of the o6 Kokernot Family.

April 14, 1977 Augie Palmisano, center, holds the ribbons won by John Bullock’s vocational trades class at Alpine High School. Back row, Joe Rivera, George Acosta, Palmisano, Allen Brunzel, and Every Martinez; front row, Louie Hernandez, Larry Acosta, and Edward Miranda.

On April 23 Alpine Lions Club held its first spring Tournament at the Alpine Country Club. District Governor Frank Heslin and Alpine Lion Amit Rangra presented some cash to first-place winners Lee Castaneda, Jason Williams, and Alex Williams.

James Bell, 7, and Asa Aufdengarten, 3, of Alpine have fun painting and showing off their creativity during the Earth Day celebration held at Kokernot Park in Alpine on April 22.

Members of Alpine’s Holy Angels Cemetery Association Robert Polanco, Elidia Polanco, Rosie Pallanez, and President Mike Pallanez presented a $300 check to the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department and Alpine Fire Rescue Chief Andrew Pierce, along with Alpine firefighter and EMT Zachary Davis, during the...