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This is the time of the year that there is emphasis on the word and feeling of love. The word love is easily expressed concerning many aspects of our daily lives. People will state that they love their family, love their job, love their car, love their shoes, and possibly love God. However, frivolous use of love gives a wrong impression. The first thing to understand about true love is that God is love. This is disclosed to us in 1 John chapter 4 repeatedly.

Have you ever been so sick that it takes every last bit of strength you have to raise your head? Or better yet, you’re sick and camped out on the couch, but eating a steaming hot bowl of chicken noodle soup is difficult, to almost impossible without the risk of spilling it everywhere? That problem has now been solved, with chicken noodle soup, but in casserole style.

Ingredients: 16 ounces egg noodles 4-6 cups chicken broth 2 bay leaves 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 3 stalks celery, diced ½ yellow onion, diced 3 medium carrots, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons dried parsley 2 teaspoons dried basil Salt, to taste Pepper, to taste 3 cups chicken, cooked and shredded 3 cups mozzarella, shredded and divided.

Over 99 additional square miles of rugged mountains and sweeping desert expanses in the northern reaches of Big Bend National Park have been determined eligible for wilderness designation. This administrative determination does not make a recommendation to Congress for designation and has no impact on public use, nor does it change current management. Rather, it recognizes the wilderness characteristics of these lands which had not previously been assessed.

The Sul Ross Athletic Department, under the direction of Amanda Workman, officially applied to compete in NCAA Division II athletic programs on Jan. 30. Sul Ross currently competes as a Division III school in the American Southwest Conference, but has been invited to join the D-II Lone Star Conference.

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The Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering is scheduled for Feb. 1718, with a rodeo scheduled for Feb.

When Kaci Kothmann, Vice President of the Big Bend Chamber of Commerce set out to create and organize their first ever membership drive and banquet, she had no idea about the speed bump she’d encounter.

Alpine ISD and the City of Alpine are taking applications to file for positions on the ballot for the upcoming May 6 election. The city will accept applications until Feb.

The regular meeting of the Alpine ISD Board of Trustees was held Wednesday Jan. 25 at the Alpine High School Band Hall.