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Dear Neil: After reading your helpful advice for a long while I now fear I need some personally. I had a relatively minor limb cut from my pecan tree less than one year ago. Now there seems to be a very large amount of bark falling from the trunk following recent winds. I don’t know if it’s related to the trimming, but I’m very concerned. What might be happening?

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A new collaboration between the Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University and Visit Alpine has come to fruition. The first-ever Wildlife Day is scheduled for Saturday, February 3.

Talent Search students at Alpine High School who are interested in a career in the healthcare professions have an opportunity to explore options later this month on February 23 through Sul Ross. Interested students may pick up an application package in the front office and applications are due by February 8 and should be turned back into the front office. For students not a part of the Talent Search program but who are interested, they may apply online.

WEEK Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Goofus. Goofus is a goofus but in the best way.

What is some advice that you can give your younger self?

Harrison Vance: To not rush your life. I was so focused on the next thing, the next item on the “life checklist” that I felt like years slipped by in a blink. So, don’t rush toward the finish line because it comes to you.

LJane Thomas:

That it’s okay to be selective with the people that you let into your life. Welcoming everyone makes you feel like a good person, but after a while, you realize that they can really affect your direction, mental health, and happiness.

The Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend (FCCBB) in conjunction with the Big Bend Community Action Committee (BBCAC) and West Texas Opportunities (WTO) has been working towards taking over the operation of the TRAX transportation program formerly run by BBCAC.

The Tri-County Voter Promoters have released the dates and locations for their voter registration promotion in the Big Bend area. Today, February 1 from 11 a.m.

Two Alpine firefi ghters recently completed their certifications at the Texas Public Safety Training Academy for both Firefi ghter1 and Firefighter2 as well as a HazMat program. Both Shelby Green (FF/Chaplain) and Jacob Goodman (FF) were students at Sul Ross and answered emergency calls in the area. Pictured are Assistant Chief Charles Worden, Green, Goodman, and AVFD Chief Andrew Pierce.