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Four Alpine High School seniors’ summer break was far from ordinary. Instead of spending June resting up for their final high school volleyball season, Karolina Castillo, Naida Morris, Peyton Kincade, and Nevaeh Carrasco packed their bags, boarded a plane, and took their game and leadership to Costa Rica.

JUNE 26 Alpine vs Tucson Saguaros @ Kino Sports Complex • 7 p.m. MST JUNE 27 Alpine vs Tucson Saguaros @ Kino Sports Complex • 7 p.m.

The Alpine Cowboys lit up the scoreboard this past week with a barrage of hits, home runs, and dominant offensive performances across a string of games that saw them clash with the Tucson Saguaros, Santa Fe Fuego, and Roswell Invaders. The week began with an unusual twist.

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HEAD OVER MEALS As we celebrate our Independence Day next week, part of our celebrations include all the American favorites, such as baseball and apple pie. Here in the Last Frontier, fireworks aren’t always in the sky.

Free will is arguably the most celebrated character trait in our DNA. As such, we have fulfilled historic ambitions and continue to stretch the capacity of human existence.

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Dear Neil, I planted the tall version of purple ruellia a few years ago. It’s beautiful and takes no care. However, it’s spreading like wildfire. It even sends runners up underground into my planters, and it’s taking over my ground covers. I can’t imagine digging them all out. I do not use pesticides. Do you have any ideas?

Alpine Avalanche Photos from the Alpine Avalanche Archives at Archives of the Big Bend, Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library and Portal of Texas. .