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INGREDIENTS 1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk 1½ cups ice-cold water 1 (3.4-oz) package instant vanilla pudding mix (preferably Jell-O brand) 3 cups heavy cream 1 (11-oz) box Nilla wafers 5 ripe medium bananas, sliced DIRECTIONS In a large bowl, whisk the sweetened condensed milk and water until evenly combined. Add the pudding mix and whisk until there are no lumps and the mixture is completely smooth.

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Starting midday Saturday, June 27, 2026, and running through midday Sunday, June 28, is the American Radio Relay League’s (ARRL) Field Day event. Each June, more than 31,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill, and service to our communities and nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933 and remains the most popular ham radio event. As we have done since the early 1970s, the Big Bend Amateur Radio Club will participate in this year’s Field Day and will operate from the Double Diamond Pavilion located south of Alpine, on Highway 118. You can’t miss us -- just look for the radio antennas on the south side of the highway at the old Double Diamond Store. We invite and encourage you to visit and see some of the activities ham radio operators engage in during emergencies and to practice their skills.

Alpine’s downtown will come alive with music on Saturday, June 20, as the community gathers for the 2nd Annual Make Music Day Alpine, a free, all-day celebration inviting everyone to make, share, and enjoy music together. The day unfolds like a progressive music tour, with five venues hosting workshops, performances, and open participatory events from 9 a.m.

The Alpine Public Library recently held a successful fundraising event in the form of its First Annual Putt-Putt Golf weekend inside the library. Board President Kay Tscheyka said, “The event was a massive success! We drew a diverse crowd that included everyone from families with strollers to young adults and retirees.

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A few years ago in our parish, we read a book by Eric Metaxas titled 7 Men (Metaxas later followed up with 7 Women and 7 More Men—apparently the market for such books is quite strong). In 7 Men, Metaxas surveys seven great men— George Washington, William Wilberforce, Eric Liddell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jackie Robinson, Pope John Paul II, and Chuck Colson—and distills from their lives key traits of leadership and character. I would recommend the book as a decent piece of Christian biography.