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With the holiday season fast approaching, I would be remiss if I did not mention my mom’s go to for our holiday meals. I am talking about cornbread salad. This simple, inexpensive, and delicious salad is a terrific addition to any meal.

Alpine Lions Club last week presented a check to Frontier CASA to help with the work it does in the community. In the photo, CASA board members Billy Jack Ray, Jennifer Miller Ray, and Hhanna Moody, Lions Club Vice President John Sutterfield, and CASA Executive Director Veronica Lopez-Carrasco. Courtesy photo

Alpine ISD Superintendent Becky McCutchen presided at her last official Board of Trustees meeting on Dec. 20, which was a special meeting to interview candidates for the interim superintendent position. Pausing for a photo with McCutchen were trustees Dr. Adrian Billings, Mary McCallister, Joe Portillo, Nikki Ahrens, Eddie Natera, Justin Cross, and Jimmy Morris. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

The 78th Annual Big Bend Livestock Association Show will start soon, and Alpine High School ag teacher Doug Fox is a prime mover behind the show and sale each year. Fox said activities were back to normal this year after some coronavirus-related concerns last year, noting that masks were optional and no restrictions were in place.

The Alpine ISD Board of Trustees held a special meeting on Dec. 20 to consider appointing an interim superintendent to replace outgoing superintendent Becky McCutchen.

Students and teachers from Alpine Christian School last week presented their donations to Brewster County Sheriff’s Office Brown Santa program as school Director Bobby Duncan (back left), along with Sheriff Ronny Dodson and Chief Deputy Ryan Skelton (back right) stand proudly with the youngsters. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich

It’s retirement time for well-liked and successful Alpine High School Band Director Chuck Wilson, who recently announced his departure after 20 years at the podium. Originally from El Paso, Wilson became the high school band director in fall 2001, and has been a key component of both the middle and high school band programs since then.

Callie Stech and Todd Peters were united in marriage on Nov. 20, 2021, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, Texas, with Pastor Casey Zesch officiating.

Brewster County Commissioners Court held its regularly scheduled meeting on Dec. 14 and announced that District Clerk Jo Ann Salgado would retire effective Dec.

On Dec. 1 Border Patrol Big Bend Sector agents with the assistance of Big Bend National Park rangers apprehended a large group of undocumented non-citizens south of Alpine.