December 2022

KARAN’S KORNER Save time At Christmas with a Christmas cookie exchange or by making quick and easy cookies. The weeks leading up to Christmas are so busy.

It is that time of season when everyone gathers, food making, and create more memories. When you are cooking it’s good to have all the ingredients but most importantly is to add salt to make sure its tasteful and not tasteless or bland.

As the Prowler basketball program slowly approaches district play in just over three weeks, Fort Stockton is beginning to find its rhythm under first-year head coach Lea Daggett. The Prowlers won back-to-back games for the first time this season after they defeated Lake View 47-29 on Dec.

minored in accounting. He has had a successful career in the oil and gas business since graduating from UT in 2010, and is currently the Director of Land at an established and reputable oil and gas company in Fort Worth. We would also like to give a sincere farewell to Robert Sadler, whom after 19 years of service to First National Bank of Fort Stockton has retired as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Thank you for your years of service to First National Bank and Fort Stockton and we wish you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors. We are excited to welcome DA Harral as the new Chairman of the Board. DA has served on the Board of Directors with First National Bank for almost 10 years and we look forward to working with him as Chairman.

Fort Stockton topped the 80-point mark for the first time since 2019 and a candidate to lead the Panthers in scoring on a weekly basis emerged during the Pinky Jones Hooptown Classic in Stanton. The Panthers ended the three-day event with a bang, defeating Rankin 8154 on Dec.

Dear Neil: I have a pot of devil’s ivy that was given to me at a company party. It has now produced runners that are longer than the table it’s sitting on. Can I clip them and root them to get a new pot?

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 DEC.

Pecos County’s expansive landscape requires extensive measures when it comes to game management, and the Pecos County Commissioner’s Court on Dec. 12 awarded a bid to hunt down and manage game and nuisance animals across the county through the United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services.

Pecos County Memorial Hospital will soon begin its transition to a hospital district after a significant majority of county voters decided to approve the change during the Dec. 10 special election.