March 2021

4 SERVINGS • 3 cups uncooked farfalle (bow-tie) pasta (6 ounces) • 2 cups cubed cooked turkey breast • ½ cup pesto • ½ cup coarsely chopped roasted red bell peppers • ½ cup sliced ripe olives, if desired Cook pasta as directed on package in three-quart saucepan. Drain.

March 3, 1983 issue: Easy Does It - Barton Miller, age six, skates “carefully” around Apache Bowl A-Rink, not caring he was the youngest skater in the “Superskate” Monday, sponsored by the Fort Stockton Jaycee Women. Barton, a kindergarten student at Alamo Elementary School, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller, had nine pledges the day of the event. Now the 21 skaters who participated are out collecting their pledges to be turned in Saturday, March 12, all for benefit of St. Judge Children’s Research Hospital.

Dear Neil: How would you landscape a long, narrow area along the side of our house? The previous owners had rock. It’s a shame it’s all so linear.

• Melissa Jo Hill, DOB 03/25/1980 (CR-24201, criminal trespass) defendant has entered into a six-month pretrial intervention program with a $500 fee. • Karissa Johnson, DOB 03/19/1993 (CR-24199, theft property) defendant has entered into a nine-month pretrial intervention program with a $500 fee.

The Fort Stockton Independent School District will keep a mask mandate is place at all their campuses for the rest of the school year according to FSISD Assistant Superintendent Gil-Rey Madrid. Madrid said at Thursday’s COVID-19 update with the Fort Stockton Pioneer on March 11 that the Texas Education Association met with school administrators the previous week after Abbott’s executive order, stating that schools need to keep mask mandates in place.

After 13 years of service to the Fort Stockton ISD community, and 41 years in public education, Ralph Traynham recently announced he will retire after 12 years as superintendent. Traynham’s last day in the district will be June 30, and he will remain an employee of the district until then to assist with the transition.

City of Fort Stockton officials and council members held a ground breaking ceremony for the city’s new recycling facility on Tuesday at 604 N. Valentine St. The project is projected to be done by the end of the month. From left to right: councilman James Warnock, chamber ambassador Isai Rojas, councilman Ruben Falcon, councilwoman Pam Palileo, chamber ambassador Jeanette Milam, mayor Chris Alexander, streets dept. supervisor Nathan Day, city manager Frank Rodriguez, councilman Paul Casias, asst. city manager Jesse Gonzalez, EDC Director Remie Ramos, city building official Roy Mendoza, public works director Aaron Ramos.

A resolution to pass a $1.1 million grant from the Fort Stockton Economic Development Corporation for the Springhirst Hotel renovation project was not passed at the Fort Stockton City Council meeting on Feb. 25, as the agenda item did not receive any motion after nearly an hour of discussion, which included numerous hotel owners in the area.

Fort Stockton rebounded from a loss on Tuesday, March 2 to Denver City with a 7-5 victory over Perryton in their first game of the Levelland Linedrive Classic on Thursday, March 4 before dropping their final three games of the event.