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Alice ISD Camps

Rising Stars Basketball Camp Dates: June 6-8 Ages/Grades: incoming third - ninth graders Times: third - sixth at 9 a.m., and seventh - ninth at 1 p.m. Fees: $40 - cash only Registration forms are at Alice HS Athletic Office.

A Threat to Global Innovation at the WTO

The World Trade Organization recently announced that the United States, European Union, India, and South Africa had finalized a proposal to waive intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines. Soon, all 164 WTO member nations will vote on whether to implement the proposed waiver.

Letter to Editor

Hispanic community and Stuttering Foundation I liked you article “Stuttering Foundation Celebrates National Stuttering Awareness Week” (May 11) because the Stuttering Foundation does such great things for people who stutter. One thing that was not mentioned in the editorial is that the Stuttering Foundation has a strong outreach to the Hispanic community, primarily because of their website www.tartamudez.org which is the Spanishlanguage version of the regular Stuttering Foundation website.

USDA to provide approximately $6 billion to Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2020 and 2021 Natural Disasters

First Wave of Payments Based on Crop Insurance Data The U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling approximately $6 billion through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) new Emergency Relief Program (ERP) to offset crop yield and value losses.

Lake Findley Summer Kick-off

A bright sunny day helped kickoff the summer in Alice with an event at Lake Findley on Saturday, May 14. The free event was hosted by the Alice Green Alliance and the City of Alice.