June 2023

YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO Your guide to local places to go and things to do! If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail shawn. yorks@fortstocktonpioneer.

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GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: What are these cocoons? They are moving around, so they are obviously living. Are they harmful or beneficial? They are bagworms, perhaps misplaced but identical to the larvae that devour the needles off junipers and cypresses.

The Pecos County Senior Citizens Center will host its annual 4th of July Hot Dog Cookout Monday, July 3, at 12 noon. Grilled hot dogs with all the fixings will be provided. Attendees are asked to bring a side dish. The cookout is open to all Senior Center members, but any Pecos County resident 55 and older may join by paying annual dues of only $5.

Water well owners in Terrell County who have not registered that well with the Terrell County Groundwater Conservation District, the District requests that you obtain a Water Well Registration Form by contacting Debbie Deaton, President of the District, at 972-345-7895. Please complete the form and return it to the district at your earliest convenience at P.O. Box 927, Sanderson, Texas 79848.

GUEST COLUMNIST Facebook has a feature called Memories, which culls from old posts and allows you to see what was of interest on any given date over the years that you’ve been on the platform. It’s an interesting window into your activities, your priorities and your relationships.

“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.”

The Sul Ross State University Department of Nursing was provided with lab equipment worth more than $2,700 from the Permian Basin Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Intravenous start kits, tourniquets, syringes, needles, tubing and simulated medication dosages were among the equipment. The PBAHEC representative also explained that several scholarships are available to Sul Ross’ nursing students. The center, funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, serves 27 counties in West Texas.