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Our Avalanche reporter asked, “What’s your favorite sports team? ” Tristan Karels, Alpine: The Astros, because I’m from Houston and I play baseball. That’s my favorite choice.

Send your rockslides to editor@alpineavalanche.com. UPCOMING EVENTS Oct.

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is “I’m not really fluffy, but that’s the name I was given. I’m a handsome, one-year-old fellow with beautiful golden eyes, a lovely grey coat, and a great set of whiskers.

On Friday, Oct. 1, at 3 p.m. at the Brewster County Courthouse gazebo in Alpine, the public is invited to join in a celebration gathering in honor of Alpine native Remington Hilary Carrillo, a little girl who successfully won the battle against acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Carrillo will turn five next week.

On Oct. 23, TransPecos Bank held a ribbon cutting and reception to open its new facility on Holland Avenue in Alpine. In the photo, Alpine Ambassadors Jerry Johnson, Rhonda Cole, Sheila Johnson, and Dona Blevins, TransPecos Executive Chairman Pat Kennedy and his wife Kathleen, Ambassadors Debbie Jordan and Eva Olivas, TransPecos Senior Vice President Phillip Kennedy, and Ambassadors Sara Bow and Berta Rios-Martinez. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich

I met Alan Maxwell under the most unusual circumstances. He was sitting on top of a pickup in the middle of Limpia Creek where it crosses Sproul Road. It was one of those times when, after a rain, Limpia Creek flooded, and Alan thought he could make it across. I was a teenager working as a wrangler at Prude Ranch. John Robert Prude asked us to take one of our pickups and a tow rope to help Alan out of the creek.

Alpine Ambassadors kicked off a grand opening and ribbon cutting on Sept. 25 at new Alpine business Pink Doe Boutique, with owner Maritza Acosta and mom Lupe Acosta welcoming customers with complimentary snacks and good deals on fashion clothing. Celebrating the occasion were Ambassadors Dona Ward Blevins and Rhonda Cole, owner Maritza Acosta and Lupe Acosta, and Ambassadors Sara Bow, Sheila Johnson, and Jerry Johnson. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

Friends and family gathered at Alpine Country Club on Sept. 25 to honor the memory of Magoo Torres.

On Saturday, Oct. 2, Alpine Cross Country will host the Big Bend Mountain Ramble.

Okra may not be a vegetable that everyone likes, but it can be quite delicious. Over the years I have had discussions with different people over the pros and cons of the different ways to prepare okra. Most people, if they like it, prefer it fried, and some pickled, but there are very few who I have spoken to who like it boiled. Except for me. I happen to love it boiled with a little salt and pepper.