News

The book of Leviticus teaches us that life is in the blood. Chapter 12 of Exodus describes how God instructed Moses to use blood to save many people from death. For the next fifteen hundred years, the priests reenacted this concept using blood to save people from their sins.

.

Dear Neil: Two years ago, I bought two very small Vitex plants in small pots. I planted them in our flowerbed, hoping they would cover unsightly electrical equipment. They are no longer small, and I’m concerned the electric company will be coming after me. Should I take them out? (The grass is artificial.)

Alpine Avalanche S______ _._ B__ B__ __ D____ M _______ C _____.

Meet Twofie. Twofie is a little shy at first, but he is warm and sweet within a short period of time as he gets used to you and leans into your hand for pets. He finds companionship with his brother Kid, and he is a laid-back dude who would love to hang out and watch TV with you.

Last week, Veydah, Madison, Brooklyn, Arabella, Maylee, Cheyenne, Olivia, and Lindley saw that trash had blown into their playground at Alpine Elementary School. They brought a trash can outside and used part of their recess time to clean up their playground. They shared with their teacher that they wanted to take good care of their school.

Send your community events to kara.gerbert@alpineavalanche.com April 26 Travel Talk at Alpine Public Library, 7 p.m. featuring Valerie Naylor presenting Beyond America: Exploring the United States Territories.

on the Our Avalanche reporter asked, “What was a good thing about this weekend?” .

The annual quilt show was held this past Saturday at the Sunshine House, showcasing the talents of local quilters. The annual quilt show offers a raffle for a quilt (pictured in the background,) display quilts, challenge projects, and quilts for sale to benefit the Sunshine House or the Desert Sky Quilters, and everyone can vote on the challenge projects and the viewer’s choice.

The First Communion celebration and Mass was held at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church on Saturday, April 13. Congratulations to these Catechism students. From left, first row, Ariana Torres, Maribel Rosas, Awanita Lujan, Ariadne Aguilar, Daniel Holguin, Leo Munoz, Catechist-Cynthia Wood. Second row, Catechist-Barbara Tucker, Aydren Macias, Maylee Galindo, Fr. Hector Chicas, Jordan Lujan, Gerard Prieto, Veydah Delao, and Catechist-Manuel Martinez