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With early voting for the March 5 primary beginning Feb. 20, the Fort Stockton Pioneer began sending surveys to Pecos County candidates for office in early February.

The Pecos County Senior Citizens Center will host a potluck on Friday, Feb. 16, at Noon. The meal will be grilled hamburgers with potato salad. Everyone is asked to bring side dishes or desserts. The hamburger potluck is open to all Senior Center members and will be a great way to celebrate President’s Day weekend. The Senior Citizens Center is located at 1010 W. 14th Street and is open to all Pecos County residents 55 and older, but you may join by paying annual dues of only $5. For more information, contact the Pecos County Senior Citizens Center at (432) 336-2302 or by email at pcscc04282014@yahoo.com

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.com. FEBRUARY 15-17 Fort Stockton Prowlers junior varsity softball at Pecos Tournament FEBRUARY 16 Daddy-Daughter Dance will be presented by 4-H, from 6-8 p.m.

In an approximately 15-minute meeting Friday afternoon, the Fort Stockton Independent School District in a special meeting to approve a grant to the newly formed Fort Stockton Educational Foundation to be used for scholarships for Fort Stockton High School students who meet certain criteria. The criteria has yet to be decided.

Kids from 4-18 competed in the Pecos County Playdays and Horsemanship last Saturday at the Pecos County Coliseum. Age groups were broken down to ages 4-8, 9-12, 13-15 and 16-18 as the kids competed in poles, barrels, stakes, flags, goat ribbon pulling, goat-trying, breakaway, ribbon pulling, steer breakaway (12 and under), steer Roping (13 and up), and team roping for ages 13 and up. Horsemanship is Showmanship at Halter, Horsemanship and Western Pleasure. Playdays and horsemanship will also take place March 2 and April 6 at the coliseum, and kids must attend two playdays to be eligible for end of series buckles. If interested, contact Joe Bob Hayter at (432) 290-5548. See more photos on the back page. Photos by Shawn Yorks

The Pecos County Commissioner’s Court and Fort Stockton City Council met in a joint session Tuesday afternoon at the Pecos County Courthouse to discuss options for two water wells the county wants to dig at Rooney Park to provide irrigation for the park. Rooney Park is a county-owned park located inside city limits.

* Andryk Westly Coronado, DOB 12/31/2004, offense date 4/10/2023 (CR25728, Possession of Marijuana less than 2 ounces). Defendant has entered into a 6-month pretrial intervention program with a $500.00 fee.

It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.