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Family Day at Sul Ross State University is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 12, in Alpine.

Commissioners Court held its regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 8 and topping the agenda was the reinstatement of the county wide burn ban, worldwide recognition for Big Bend National Park and a law enforcement mutual aid agreement with Terrell County.

WEEK Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Pixie. Pixie came into the shelter at around five months old and was adopted a few weeks later. A month later, she was returned, the adopter claiming she needed too much attention. Well, if you have too much attention to give miss Pixie, we know she would absolutely love you for life. She is looking for a family that would like to share her love and attention. She is ready to play or curl up on a lap and nap. So long as she has her person, she is a happy cat. She seems to do well with the cats in that cattery right now, so a cat or kitten playmate would be great but not a must. Does this young lady, full of personality, sound like the purrfect fit for your family?

NOV. 10 Alzheimer’s Webinar, will be available in Alpine from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to help people with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or memory impairment. There is no fee but donations will be accepted. For more information call or text 432-386-2833.

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Chili cooks from all over competed this past weekend in Terlingua to see who would reign supreme as top chili cook. Prizes were awarded to 23 cooks out of 88 competitors, with the top spot going to Robert “Frosty” Winterbottom of Cedar Park, Texas.

Hillside Baptist Church in Alpine will be collecting shoebox gifts for children for Operation Christmas Child for the 2022 season. Operation Christmas Child was organized in 1993, under the umbrella of Samaritan’s Purse.

Dear Neil: Is there any trick to keeping birdseed from coming up in beds beneath my feeders? I’m tired of having all the grass germinating. That’s probably millet, a common ingredient in some of the standard seed mixes.

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