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For the past 17 years, Amy White has served students in the Big Bend area as a coach, a teacher, and a principal. White began her career in education in Alpine before transferring her talents to Marfa, where she taught and coached and ultimately became the principal at Marfa Elementary.

The Alpine Emergency Services Board met last Thursday, August 22, at 5:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD).

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The Alpine High School Fightin’ Bucks football teams (freshmen/ junior varsity/ varsity) went to Pecos Thursday, August 22, for the second and final pre-season scrimmage, showing that their cohesive play and explosive offense are as good on the road as they are at home.

The Alpine Independent School District Board of Trustees held its regular meeting last Wednesday, August 21 at 5:30 p.m. Single Member District 6 Dr.

Ah, those crisp fall days, cooler temperatures, back to school, getting ready for hayrides and corn mazes…Uh, wait a minute! Classes just started last week, and there are no cooler temperatures in sight, no crisp fall days, and we are definitely not seeing any corn mazes yet!

Big Bend Telecom, LTD., an affiliate of Big Bend Telephone Company (BBT), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a purchase agreement with TDS Telecommunications LLC (TDS) to acquire TDS internet broadband and voice operations in Alpine and Ft. Stockton Texas.

(from Sandal English, published in the Arizona Daily Star, August 16, 1991) INGREDIENTS 2 ½ cups prickly pear juice ¾ ounce package of powdered pectin 3 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice 3 ½ cups sugar Sterilized jars DIRECTIONS Place prickly pear juice and pectin in a quart pan.

The Josh Abbott Band will perform on Saturday, November 2, at the Pete P. Gallego Center in Alpine as part of a fundraiser for the Sul Ross State University baseball and softball teams.

Most of us living in the Last Frontier are familiar with the prickly pear cacti. It grows abundantly throughout this area of southwest Texas and northern Mexico. It also can spread like wildfire.