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Send your community events to kara.gerbert@alpineavalanche.com UPCOMING EVENTS May 12 Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Fundraiser, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the American Legion a spaghetti dinner will be held.
ROCKSLIDES

Wait for seeds to drop before mowing

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Dear Neil: I have an acre of native grasses that I normally mow one time per year, usually in January. This year I wasn’t able to do that, and now I have numerous purple verbena plants growing across it. I’d like to let them reseed themselves. When, if at all, can I mow my field to allow the seeds to spread?
Wait for seeds to drop before mowing

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

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In what activities did you participate in high school? I participated in FFA this year and I showed animals for the past four years. I really didn’t do many activities this year.
Diondra Luevano

Fires combatted in Brewster County over the weekend

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The Brewster County Commissioners held their regularly scheduled meeting this past Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. On the agenda were several presentations, along with updates from the Road and Bridge department and the Emergency Services Coordinator.
An airplane drops fire retardant on the wildfire that broke out in the area of Paisano Baptist Encampment west of Alpine this past Sunday. Alpine VFD along with Marfa VFD and the Texas Forest Service responded to the blaze. Courtesy photo
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