Essay by George Pitlik I was seventeen when my ten-year-old baby brother Ken took up learning guitar. A few weeks later, I left for Air Force basic training and did not return home for six months to find Ken still plunking away, and I could almost recognize a few songs. […]
Month: September 2015
Permian Basin String Quartet returns to St. James Church in Alpine this Friday, Oct. 2
The Permian Basin String Quartet returns to Alpine for a concert at 6 p.m. on October 2 at St. James Episcopal Church in Alpine. The program will feature Beethoven’s Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Opus 132 and Claude Debussy’s Quartet in G minor, Opus 10. “We are very excited […]
Groundbreaking for Fossil Discovery Exhibit at Big Bend National Park this Saturday, Sept. 26
Big Bend Conservancy and Big Bend National Park announce the groundbreaking for the Fossil Discovery Exhibit. The groundbreaking will be at the Fossil Discovery Exhibit site on Saturday, September 26 at 10 am and is open to the public. The ceremony location is eight miles north of Panther Junction on […]
Marching band exhibition this Monday, Sept. 28 at Sul Ross’ Jackson Stadium Field in Alpine
2015 Sul Ross State University Marching Band Exhibition & Workshop, featuring guest clinician Richard Lambrecht (University of Texas at El Paso) and the bands from Alpine, Van Horn, Wink, and Seagraves High Schools, happens Monday, Sept. 28 at Jackson Stadium Field, Sul Ross State University, in Alpine. On every hour, beginning at 9 am, each band will perform its halftime […]
Pilot Club wants to recognize unpaid caregivers; nominate someone you know?
The Pilot Club has received a $200 award from Pilot International to help recognize unpaid caregivers during International Care and Kindness Week, November 9, 2015. For several years, Pilot International and local clubs around the world have participated in the Pick Me Ups Initiative to promote awareness of the needs […]