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Alpine High School Project Graduation held a fundraiser softball tournament at the Valentin Lujan baseball field in Alpine on Sept. 11. Here, teammates Jaelyn Monclova, Alexis Rodriguez, Jenica Portillo, Andrew Rodriguez, and Ryka Morales from Alpine High School pause for a photo between innings. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

The City of Alpine held a special council meeting on Sept. 14 to approve the first reading of an ordinance amending the fiscal year 2020-2021 budget, along with approving the June and July invoices issued by city attorney Rod Ponton. Council, Ward 2, Chris Rodriguez was absent.

September 10, 1981 Marfa’s Danny Short (22) gets there too late as Alpine’s Ernest Ramos scores against the Shorthorns on Friday night. Photo by Linda Marlowe September 24, 1981 The Alpine Centennial Days exhibition trailer won first prize for best exhibition when it traveled to Odessa last week to participate in the Permian Basin Fair and Exposition.

Dear Neil: We have a large poinsettia from last Christmas. We want to place it in a darkened area soon to start the bloom process. How can we prepare the plant for moving without breaking the branches?

On Sept. 14 the Texas Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus announced that Visit Alpine, Texas won the 2021 Judges Choice Idea Fair award for Cooperative Marketing for a series of advertorial features in statewide print magazines. The features were a partnership with Alpine, Marfa, and Fort Davis which ran in Texas Parks & Wildlife, Authentic Texas, Austin Monthly and Ride Texas magazines.

On Saturday, Sept. 18, from 3-5 p.m., Big Bend Bluegrass Association will hold its first monthly music jam at Kokernot Park in Alpine. The September jam will be the first of many events, including a bluegrass festival scheduled for October 2022 in Alpine.

“New Yorker”-staff writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright will discuss his novel “The End of October” on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. as part of Alpine Public Library’s community conversations on health care resources in the Big Bend region. The discussion will be live streamed at the library and on Zoom.

At the 20th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony Saturday at the Alpine Border Patrol Station, Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson (right) presented Big Bend Sector Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin (left) with a piece of metal from World Trade Tower II that was destroyed by a terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Dodson offered the fragment as a token of appreciation for all the Border Patrol does to keep the nation safe. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich

What do you do when life gives you lemons? Make lemonade of course! If you are like me, growing up in Texas during the summer means it’s hot, and nothing is better than an ice-cold glass of some thing sweet and refreshing. My go-to was always pink lemonade as a kid, because you know regular just would not cut it.

The Big Bend Ranch Rodeo recently announced that this year it made the largest donation in its history to the Sul Ross Rodeo Excellence Fund. The Rodeo gave Dr. Bonnie Warnock, dean of the Ag Department at Sul Ross State University, a check for $30,000, bringing the total donations from the Ranch Rodeo to the Sul Ross Rodeo program to a little over $283,000 since 2000.