Gomez, Pacheco earn silver medals
Sophomore duo Athena Gomez and Jaslyn Pacheco finished the Big Spring Invitational on March 4 with silver medals in hand.
March 2022
Santiago Gonzalez, Jr.
Sheriff Santiago Gonzalez, Jr., 55, of Sanderson, was called by our heavenly Father on March 2, 2022. He was born Nov. 24, 1966, in Chicago, Ill., to Santiago Gonzalez, Sr., and Maria Rafaela Garcia De Gonzalez. He was raised and spent most of his adolescence in Laredo, Texas.
Consuelo Rodriguez Tarin
Consuelo Rodriguez Tarin, 94, of Fort Stockton, Texas, passed from this life on March 5, 2022. She was born on Feb. 16, 1928, to Antonio and Dolores Rodriguez in DuBose, Texas. Consuelo was married to the late Rumaldo G. Tarin, who passed away in 2019. They were married for 72 love-filled years.
James O. Payne
On Feb. 24, 1943, the Lord's most dutiful angel was brought into this world by Jimmy Lee Payne and Virginia Neeb Payne. His name was James O. Payne, 79, a resident of The Colony, Texas.
Inmate Arrests Report - Pecos County Jail (March 1-9)
March 1
Juan Antonio Garcia, of College Station at 10:19 a.m., officers from the Pecos County Sheriff’s Office apprehended Garcia on a warrant from COMM-possession of a controlled substance penalty group one more 200 grams less than 400 grams. Garcia will serve sentence and is still in jai.
Gonzales announces Falcon as district director
Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) named Fort Stockton native Jalen Falcon as his new district director on Monday after serving as Gonzales’ regional director since 2021.
Prowlers golf shines
The Prowlers golf trio of (L-R) Adriana Aguilar, Ariana Ureste, and Gabriela Galindo competed at the McCamey Invite on Feb. 28. Ureste was the top performer for Fort Stockton, placing seventh (score of 112) – one spot out from a medal.
Bullies like Putin only understand one language
If this were an ordinary column, I’d offer some neat prescription or exhort policymakers to take action on the solution to the crisis happening in Ukraine that’s staring them in the face. But the truth is that I don’t have a pithy solution or a soundbite-sized call to action as the U.S.
Four-day workweek? I wish
Three-day weekends sound good to me. According to Business Insider, a movement is afoot for companies to offer employees four-day work weeks - 10 hours a day over four days, rather than eight hours over five days - so they may enjoy three-day weekends.
Where Ya Headed?
Holding his iPhone up in the air, a traveler named Aaron showed a friend the immense blue sky through a video-call. “I just got off a FaceTime,” he said, slipping his phone into his pocket.
