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Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Ferdinand, a domestic medium hair kitten just under three months old. His orange and white fur and flowing tail are his best features.

October 13, 1988 Alpine Boy Scouts Dallas Davies, Jonathan Seals, and Brian Hubbard stand beside a stock trailer parked at Foxworth-Galbraith that will go to a lucky ticket holder Nov. 12.

Dear Neil: I planted this Nellie R. Stevens holly a few months ago. Recently the dark green leaves started turning yellow, then the lower leaves turned dark and died. I put fertilizer on it and the color improved. What is wrong?

On Oct. 18 the Texas Legislature voted for final passage of Senate Bill 8, which appropriates funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to be used across Texas. A critical piece of this legislation includes $15.5 million dollars to fund a permanent U.S. Customs and Border Protection Inspection Station in Presidio to serve the South Orient rail line, which crosses the international border in Presidio and continues to Dallas.

The Alpine High School Student Advisory Committee met on Oct. 19. Committee members are Kendal Hardaway, Sierra Rickman, Kaitlyn Wiggins, Jaime Rodriguez, Lourdes Acosta, Shaun Foster, Allison Sanchez, and Jace Canaba. The students gathered this week to discuss future bus options, furniture and desk that will be part of the newly renovated high school. Avalanche photo by J.T. Maroney

The theme for this year’s homecoming is Haunted Homecoming since it is the week of Halloween. The parade on Wednesday, Oct.

Managing Editor Early voting on eight constitutional amendments proposed by the recent 87th Texas legislative regular session began Monday, and will continue through Oct. 29.

Plans for a new brewery generated discussion at the City of Alpine regularly scheduled city council meeting on Oct. 19.

It is the beginning of cool fall weather in the Big Bend, and with it comes the start of unique family traditions designed to honor departed loved ones. For the Holy Angels Cemetery Association in Alpine, it all starts with beautifying and sprucing up the place of rest.

As I pick up large June bugs, stranded on their backs in the McCoy’s parking lot, it seems almost inconsequential or a waste of time to do so. I’m not sure what they did to put themselves in such a position, but I do know they will surely die like that. By design they seem to be destined for such an end. It doesn’t make sense. After so much evolutionary time, one would think that such fatal flaws would have been weeded out by natural selection. Yet, here they are.