Lifestyle

One of my favorite cookies is the simple shortbread cookie. This would stand to reason since I love all things Scottish. And despite the deliciousness of the other cookies available from local Girl Scouts when they begin their annual cookie sales, the shortbread cookies have always been the ones I loved the most.

Kendall McComb (left) won the Miss Rodeo Sandhills Teen title earlier this month, and Sadie Wood (right) took the Miss Rodeo Sandhills Princess title at the competition held in Odessa. These two beauties are pictured here with the 2025 Miss Rodeo Sandhills Miranda Reed.

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Alpine Humane Society, a local non-profit that has been working towards helping local pets since 1986, had its eighth annual fundraiser at the Granada Theatre on Sunday, October 27. The event included a salsa and queso contest, with Avi Rangra and Ralph Gruebel of the Lions Club and Darin Nance of the City Council judging the queso and salsa.

Meet Draco! He came into the shelter in mid-August after being surrendered due to a neglect case. He and his seven siblings were from outside the city limits of Alpine.

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The La Frontera Research Initiative for STEM at Sul Ross State University awarded nearly $118,000 in Noyce Scholarships at a ceremony earlier in September. LFRI is charged with conducting education research and implementing the best teaching and learning practices to improve STEM literacy through culturally responsive teaching and learning with technology. The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program provides funding to institutions of higher education for scholarships, stipends, and programmatic support to recruit and prepare STEM majors and professionals to become K-12 teachers. Alpine’s Madeline Haas, a mathematics major and member of the Math Club, was awarded $12,978 by the LFRI.

The Sul Ross State University Theatre Program will perform “Art,” a Tony Award-winning comedy, on weekends from October 11-27. Written by awardwinning playwright Yasmina Reza, “Art” is about the breakdown of a 15-year friendship between three middle-aged men. Serge spends a small fortune on a white painting, a simple act that enrages Marc and leads to a seismic shift in their friendship. Yvan, who is about to be married, is stuck in the middle of his two warring best friends. “Art” premiered at the Wyndhams Theatre in London in 1996 and starred Albert Finney, Tom Courtena, and Ken Stott. In 1998, “Art” was produced on Broadway at the Royale Theatre starring Alan Alda, Victor Garber, and Alfred Molina, and won the Tony Award for Best Play that year. “‘Art’ is both a comedy and tragedy,” said Director and Associate Professor of Communication and Theatre Marjorie Scott. “The dialogue is witty and incisive and the ideas the play explores are profound. We choose our friends and sometimes we choose them for reasons that keep us stuck in an identity that no longer facilitates our growth and happiness. Are we friends with someone because of who they need us to be? Or because of a mutual desire to support one another through the inevitable changes life brings? What happens when friends prevent each other from being who they really are? Does it cease to be a friendship? These are important questions, and ‘Art’ manages to ask them in a highly entertaining way.” “Art” opened Friday, October 11, at the Fine Arts Studio Theatre on the Sul Ross campus in Alpine. Performances run Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through October 27. Tickets are $15 for general admission and seniors 65 and older. Veterans and SRSU students, faculty, and staff receive free admission. To purchase tickets, visit www.bit.ly/sulross-theatre. This play contains mature themes, some profanity, and brief depictions of violence and is recommended for audiences ages 14 and over.