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Everyone is invited to a “Do It Yourself Valentine Making” event this Friday, February 13, at the Jeff Davis County Library. Interested parties may drop by the library at any time from noon until 2 p.m. on Friday to craft a unique valentine, write a love letter or poem, and get creative and have fun. All supplies are provided by the library. This free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

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The City of Alpine and Keep Alpine Beautiful will host a FREE tree giveaway on Saturday, February 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kokernot Municipal Park, at the baseball fields near the city pool. This giveaway is made possible by the Apache Corporation Tree Grant Program, and trees will be given away while supplies last. For more information, contact the Environmental Services Department at (432) 294-3183 or email environmental. services@cityofalpine.com.

Early voting begins Feb. 17 Early voting in the March 3 primary begins Monday, Feb.

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Fort Davis will be holding a blood drive on Thursday, March 5 at the Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Vitalant with their team of medical professionals from Odessa will be conducting the services. Vitalant holds blood drives in the tricounty area throughout the year, most recently at the Alpine Police Department.

Alpine High School clarinet player Jake Vega was selected out of more than 10,000 high school band students in Texas who auditioned to be a part of the Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) All-State Band. The top chairs in each of the 22 different regions in the state auditioned to become the top 286 selected for the allstate honors.

Big Bend National Park will cut down and apply herbicide to invasive tamarisk along the Rio Grande, including the Hot Springs area, from February 12-28. The area along the Rio Grande from Solis to the eastern park boundary will be temporarily closed in sections and marked with signs while herbicide is being applied. This work is not expected to affect visitor access to the historic Langford Hot Springs.

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Many voters may have received postcard applications to submit for an absentee ballot for the Republican Primary by mail recently. The postcard applications ask for your sensitive personal information, such as birthdate, social security number, and driver’s license number. They are also preprinted with your voter identification number, name, and address. The return address to Cynthia Cox, Brewster County Elections Administrator, is also printed on this card.