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Brewster County Commissioners Court held its regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 25, and a lengthy discussion regarding EMS services drove the agenda.

How do you prepare for a winter storm? Bob Steele, Alpine: Canned food with a can opener. A lot of people have canned foods but they don’t bother to get a mechanical can opener because they have an electrical can opener in the kitchen.

JANUARY 28 Travel Talk, 7 p.m. at Alpine Public Library, 805 W.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 502 E. Lockhart Ave.

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is sweet, friendly, playful Bjorn. He is about eight months old, and weighs just about 40 pounds. He came to the shelter as a stray, and is still showing us just who he is.

Alpine Ambassadors Club members Cynthia Salas, Tracy Cash, Debbie Jordan, Dona Ward Blevins, and Rhonda Cole join Ambassadors President and BBT Chief Financial Officer Lauren Sanders in welcoming local business leaders and community members at the Networking After Work Mixer held at BBT headquarters in Alpine on Jan 20. The featured speaker was BBT General Manager and CEO Rusty Moore. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

January 7, 1988 The late H.L. Kokernot, Jr., and the o6 Ranch have long been some of the best supporters of the Big Bend Livestock Show and Sale. This 1954 photo shows Mr. Herbert and Don Burleson with the grand champion steer.

Dear Neil: I thought you might like to see that your advice does pay off. This is a poinsettia that we bought in November 2020, enjoyed that winter, and then nurtured into rebloom this past Christmas 2021 as per your instructions posted here. Thanks for the guidance. It really worked!

Like most women, I love chocolate. I am generally not particular about what form it comes in either. Candy, fudge, cake, pie - I am happy with all of it. So recently when I was scrolling the internet as I am wont to do on a regular basis, I came upon a recipe that made my heart beat faster, and my salivary glands kick into high gear. In fact, I was really surprised I had not stumbled across this recipe before.

Ingredients ¾ cup sugar 1 cup self-rising flour 2 tbsp. cocoa ½ cup milk 6 tbsp.