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Body Heather Yadon, Alpine: I like best that it fills our hotels. It accomplishes our goal of the Visitor Center, to get people to Alpine.

Body AUG. 4 Alpine Ambassadors Meeting, 5:30 p.m.

Body Alcoholics Anonymous, 502 E. Lockhart Ave.

Body Hillside Baptist and First Assembly of God churches will be hosting Vacation Bible School at the Kokernot Pavilion Monday through Friday, Aug. 8-12, from 9-11:30 a.m.

Body Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Burke, a beautiful brown and tan Burmese mix male kitten born in April. He is outgoing, and warms up quickly. He does love to be held and snuggled.

Body As a birder, one of the perks of living in the Big Bend is the ability to easily observe certain species that birders from elsewhere must travel great distances to see.

Body August 14, 1953 Shown are Mr. and Mrs.

Body Dear Neil: I planted red yuccas last year, and they bloomed beautifully. Last winter when I started to prune the old bloom stalks, they were so brittle that I just pulled them out. This year I had no blooms. Will they bloom next year, or do I need to plant new plants?

Body What is orzo? Orzo is an Italian pasta which name means “barley” because it resembles barley in its unprocessed form. It is classified in the pastas as being a pastina, and used mainly in soups.

Body There is a concept in physics known as the Heisenberg, or Uncertainty, Principle. This idea was conceived by the German physicist Werner Heisenberg who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927.