August 2022

Prowlers elevate play at Comanche Classic

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Minimizing mistakes and leaving it all on the floor each match is an emphasis that Prowlers head coach Gabrielle Harral has preached to her team since the season began. Fort Stockton’s varsity squad showed signs of taking their coach’s message to heart this past weekend at the Comanche Classic – their annual home tournament.
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Jackson finishes in top 5

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Fort Stockton returning state cross country qualifier Ali Jackson has wasted no time making her presence in West Texas this season. The junior competed in the Division I girls race at the Tall City Invitational on Aug.
Outside of Ali Jackson’s and Summer Hinojos top-10 finishes in the girl’s Division 1 race, Natalie Molinar placed 58th, Paulina Hernandez took 80th, and Marlayna Salmon placed 85th in the Division 2 race that was a two-mile event.

Jesus is waiting for you

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When I was young in West Texas, I loved my time at the Buffalo Trail Boy Scout Ranch near Balmorhea. Boy Scouting and I seemed to fit very well. I liked the outdoors and teamwork and challenges. If you’ve ever been to the final ceremony at a Boy Scout camp like Buffalo Trail, the one in the Davis Mountains, you may have noticed something - young men, Boy Scouts actually, dressed up in the clothes of Native Americans, doing what we called back in the 1950s and 1960s Indian Dancing. In feathered costumes the boys dance and sing the songs of the ancient ones as a tribute to the peoples of the plains and mountains who lived in North America long ago, many of whose values are now a part of the Scouting experience. These Indian dancers are actually a part of a Scout organization called the Order of the Arrow. It is a secret Scout organization designed to raise Scouts to a high standard of honor, conduct, and dependability. It is an honor to be invited to be a part of it.
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Eliodoro Villarreal

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Eliodoro Villarreal fallecio en Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, Texas el dia 16 de Agosto de 2022 a la edad de 83 años. Vicitacion sera de las 2pm.-7pm. Y el Rosario a las 7pm, El Viernes en la Heritage Funeral Home 301 N Main, Fort Stockton, Texas. Se realizaran servicios funerarios el Sabado 20 de Agosto a las 10am. En la Iglesia Catolica San Jose, 401 S Main, Fort Stockton, Texas. Siguiendo el entierro en el cementerio Catolico de Fort Stockton, Texas. Eliodoro nacio en La Union, Coahuila, Mexico el 3 de Julio de 1939. Sus padres Ramon Villarreal Brito y Ejinia Maldonado Pena. Se caso con el amor de su vida Elena Baeza el 12 de Diciembre de 1963 en La Union, Coahuila, Mexico. Con quien estuvo casado 59 anos. Jugo beisbol en La Union y era un gran lanzador mientras su hermano Eli era el receptor. Trabajo toda su juventud en La Candelilla, La Union, Coahuila, Mexico. En 1982 se mudo con su esposa y hijos a Fort Stockton, Texas donde vivio el resto de su vida.
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Fantasy football has reality check

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One must be hooked on the NFL (check), entranced by football wagering (check), and champing at the bit for the season to begin (check) to join a fantasy draft that can take as long as two months to complete. It’s estimated that over 50 million American adults play fantasy sports which, along with conventional betting, is engulfing the sports world. In most season-long fantasy football formats you draft players from among the NFL’s 32 teams, and your score is based on how well your players perform in actual games.
GUEST COLUMNIST By Peter Funt

One dead in rollover crash in Pecos County

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A single vehicle rollover accident on US Highway 67, 20 miles south of Fort Stockton, left one person dead in the early morning hours of Aug. 23. Efrain Garcia-Palacios, 55, of Chihuahua, Mexico, was traveling southbound on US 67 at 1:30 a.m. at unsafe speeds before veering into the northbound lanes and barrow ditch according to the Department of Public Safety.
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Fort Stockton ISD names Students of the Month

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The Fort Stockton ISD administrative staff named their students of the month for August at the district’s regular board meeting on Aug. 29. One student from each campus was selected for their superior performance in the classroom, academic leadership abilities, and all-around qualities as a student.
Fort Stockton ISD Middle School Principal Sammy Soliz presented Natalee Jaimes with her Student of the Month certificate for August at Monday’s school board meeting at the district’s administrative office.