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Pros and cons of meal subscription plans

From time to time, I feel it is a clever idea to subscribe to one of the several meal subscriptions plans available because I just want something different to eat. Another, and perhaps the biggest reason is because I can have the ingredients sent to my house, and I don’t have to grocery shop.
Pros and cons of meal subscription plans

City approves military monument

The City of Alpine held its regularly scheduled city council meeting on Sept. 20, and a proposed monument honoring women in the military, code enforcement issues, and a strategic plan for the city drove the discussions.
Mural outside American Legion Post 79 in Alpine has an artistic rendition honoring women in the military. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

Grear gets athletes in shape at Sul Ross

Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, was a beautiful place to grow up. Lush green trees and wild game populated the bush, and the Atlantic Ocean and Mesurado River supplied endless fish. Far from the cities, families lived in very tight villages for community and safety.
Grear gets athletes in shape at Sul Ross

Storm damaged park roads and trails reopen

Many of the primitive dirt roads and a portion of the paved Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive and Lost Mine Trail at Big Bend National Park have reopened following damage from heavy monsoon rains. High water flows are expected along the Rio Grande.

New growth coming up from pecan stump

Dear Neil: We need some help identifying and controlling this wild growth. It originated where we had a nonproducing pecan cut to the ground last winter. It came up in the spring, and has grown more rapidly than anything we have ever seen.
New growth coming up from pecan stump
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