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HEAD OVER MEALS It’s finally beginning to feel like fall. Those high 90s and triple-digit temperatures of the summer are hopefully behind us.

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The Alpine City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 17. Mayor Catherine Eaves shared during her mayor’s report that she met with a group on Tuesday morning called Water in the Desert with the Rio Grande Joint Venture. This group has expressed some interest in assisting with Alpine’s water systems and will be present at the workshop that the city is hosting scheduled for December 5 a 4:30 p.m. before the regular council meeting.

The Alpine High School Fightin’ Buck Band took to the field at Ratliff Stadium in Odessa this past Saturday to compete in the UIL marching contest. The night before, the band, decked out in full regalia performed their complete show for the Alpine community before heading to Odessa the following day.

Early voting for the November 7 constitutional amendment election will begin on Monday, October 23, and continue through Friday, November 3. Brewster County voters will have plenty of opportunity to cast their votes for the 14 constitutional amendments on the ballot and voters in Pct. 7 will have the opportunity to vote for the creation of the Lajitas Utility District No. 1.

A proclamation was made by City of Alpine Mayor Catherine Eaves at the October 3 city council meeting, proclaiming that the week of October 1-7 be National Public Natural Gas Appreciation week in Alpine. On hand for the proclamation were employees of the Alpine gas department.

The Alpine High School Fightin’ Buck Band would like to extend an invitation to the Alpine community, family, friends, and students to join them at Buck Stadium on Friday, October 13 for their 2023 UIL performance. This year’s show is entitled “Time After Time” and this will be the band’s final performance of their show before heading to the UIL Region marching contest on Saturday in Odessa.

The Sul Ross Theatre Program will present “Oleanna” in the Studio Theatre beginning Friday, October 13. This play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet premiered on Broadway in 1992 and starred William H. Macy and Rebecca Pidgeon.

The Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend Inc., located in Alpine, is one of two shelters in Texas to receive a grant by the Mary Kay Ash Foundation. This grant, in the amount of $20,000, will go towards helping the center fund facility upgrades, operating costs, legal aid, counseling, and other similar and relevant resources that help to ensure that women and children are supported as they journey towards a life free of abuse.