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Body Members of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church’s Our Lady of Guadalupe organization - Mike “Coach” Pallanez, Rory Contreras, Berta Rios-Martinez, and Esther Cordova - pitched in on April 1 for the Guadalupanas Free Spaghetti Day drive-by pickup at the church in Alpine.

Body On April 6 Brewster County deputies, Marathon and Alpine volunteer fire departments, Texas A&M Forest Service, and a number of ranchers and other volunteers responded to a fire west of Marathon along the railroad tracks.

Body April 22, 1982 C o o k i e champion Belen Chavez of Junior Girl Scout Troop 18 sold 330 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, making her Alpine’s best two years in a row. She earned a cookie patch, a frisbee, a $65 camper ship, and $66 profit for her troop.

Body Dear Neil: This growth has been attached to the base of our sweetgum tree for the past year. It’s like hard Styrofoam, and it is about 2’x1’x4” thick.

Body During the week of April 11, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is surveying bighorn sheep and aoudad, or Barbary sheep, in Big Bend National Park. TPWD biologists are using a helicopter in the remote Mesa de Anguila area of the park to search for both species.

Body Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller invited Texas farmers and ranchers to apply for the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Family Land Heritage program, which since 1974 has paid tribute to families who have kept their land in continuous agricultural production for at least...

Body What are you especially looking forward to in your senior year?

Body Living in West Texas, hot sauce or salsa is a staple in most households. At least it is in mine. If I do not have at least a couple of diverse types of salsas and or hot sauce in my refrigerator, it feels as if it is almost naked.

Body Ingredients: 7-10 jalapenos 1 can of petite diced tomatoes undrained 1 small or half a medium sized onion chopped Directions: Place your jalapenos in a large sauce pan or stock pot and bring to a boil. Once your peppers are at a boil, add a generous amount of smoked salt.

Body There is a new restaurant in Fort Davis catering to locals who are looking for the best homemade, made from scratch options in one of the best cattle producing areas in the state.