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INGREDIENTS 1 to 1 ½ packages of cooked or readyto- bake lasagna noodles 2lbs.choppedportobellomushrooms 1 small, finely chopped onion 2 minced garlic cloves 2 sticks of unsalted butter, plus half a stick Olive oil 1 cup of all-purpose flour 2 quarts whole milk 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary 2 sprigs of fresh thyme 1 large plus 1 small carton of cottage cheese or the ricotta equivalent 1 large egg Juice of ½ a lemon 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning 2 ½ cups grated fontina cheese 1 ½ cups grated gruyere cheese 1 ¼ cups grated parmesan cheese 2½ cup grated mozzarella cheese ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg ¼ teaspoon white pepper DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Clean and chop portobello mushrooms.

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Alpine Avalanche.

Dear Neil: My wife purchased a lovely orchid recently. It had about an 8-inch white bloom on one of the stems. Over a 6-week period, the bloom shattered, leaving a couple of bare stems about 10 inches tall. With proper care will it rebloom? What would that care be? Should we plant it outdoors to see if it will grow or maybe just buy another one?

Lisette McGuire, formerly of Marathon, was found guilty of the murder of local Alpine resident Aquiles Gonzales in June 2023 in the 394th District Court and received an initial sentence of 39 years. In an article published in the Avalanche back in February of this year, a new punishment trial was set to begin on May 6.

Big Bend National Park’s current Artist in Residence Colleen O’Brien brings her own supplies and does not use any soil, artifacts, rocks, or plants from Big Bend National Park. O’Brien, an earth artist, utilizes natural pigments and clay in her work. Recently, she has been spotted around Big Bend, showcasing her open studios. Her artistic research delves into geomorphology and the passage of time, capturing the earth’s topography through paintings and ceramic works. Employing natural pigments, water, and pastels, she creates surface recordings on canvas and forms clay vessels inspired by erosion pathways and natural water formations.

Dr. Justin French, the Big Game Specialist at the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI), along with BRI’s Trans-Pecos Grasslands and Riparian Conservation Initiative Coordinator Mike Janis, recently participated in the 30th Biennial Pronghorn Workshop in Redmond, Oregon.

The Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) began planting new Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum) in the Davis Mountains recently, specifically at the Davis Mountains Preserve (DMP) but also at the McDonald Observatory. TFS planned to plant 350 seedlings with a treewatering device called a cocoon. The cocoon will test the effect of slow watering on the seedlings’ survival rate. The Davis Mountains contain the majority of these endemic stands of pine trees in the state.

The City of Alpine held its regularly scheduled city council meeting on Tuesday, August 6, at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers.

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