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Dear Editor, I am shocked that many residents of the surrounding counties of Alpine do not want the Border Wall to be built along the Rio Grande in the Big Bend area. Are they transplants from one of the larger cities, or are they from a different planet?

W A Word of Thanks to True Value The Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering would like to thank Bob and Lucy Ward for their continuous support since our first gathering in 2020. Their community spirit is always appreciated by the Gathering Team.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have a change in our lamb and goat judge this year for the show. We will now have Sam Spradlin as the judge for the 2026 show.

W Tribute to Tony Lujan My friend, I find myself at a loss for words. It’s like trying to express my feelings through words and rhymes, but the music is nowhere to be found.

Happy, happy, joy, joy? As I watched the Democrat National Convention this year their theme appeared to be happiness and joy.

While I am far from a constitutional scholar I did grow up in a Southern Baptist Church in El Paso. And, while not in the “Bible Belt” I remember the doctrine of “separation of church and state” being hammered into me regularly and I bought into it like it was the gospel!

Although our esteemed mayor Eaves suggested otherwise in last week’s Sentinel letter, safety from gun violence is an extremely local issue, as those of us who experienced the Alpine High School shooting in 2016, or the Uvalde shooting in 2022, understand.

I would like to address some of Reagan Stone’s arguments last week and outline a different perspective. I am fully aware that this is a very complex topic and a divisive one.

I have never responded to any letter to the editor before, but last week’s lengthy letter was way too much not to respond to. Don’t judge our mayor Ms. Eaves, who is the best leader our city has, and tries very hard to keep unity.

Gavin Newsom The U.S. California governor, foolish head of his political party, has chosen to hug the derriere of Xi Jinping, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party.