March 2023

Photos are from the Fort Stockton Pioneer archives at the Pioneer’s office located at 210 N. Nelson St.

KARAN’S KORNER April is Stress Awareness Month in which we observe and promote the importance of coping positively with and reducing stress. An accumulation of stress over years can lead to chronic stress and this affects our bodies negatively.

As we draw closer to the end of the season of Lent and this “not quite yet” time before the celebration of Easter, what might we do, say, or meditate on in these last few days? What if we were to find one thing that we are grateful for each day between now and Easter and thank God, truly thank God for that at the beginning or end of each day? This might be hard to do for many of us. We know that so many people are hurting, including ourselves right now.

GUEST COLUMNIST Regardless of how bitter the immigration argument – and the debate routinely sinks to new hostility lows – everyone should agree that open borders must not be allowed to disrupt public education. If an individual’s station in life prevents him from enrolling his children in private schools, then a solid public education is essential.

GUEST COLUMNIST The sun is shining today and Spring is upon us. Such days remind me still of the excitement I knew when I turned 16 in April and was finally able to get my driver’s license — a wondrous rite of passage fewer and fewer teens choose to experience today.

Dear Editor, I’d like to give a shout out to an amazing group of young men from DEPCOM Power’s Bakersfield Solar Plant who volunteered at our community food bank on March 23. This crew, led by Alexander Dominguez, unloaded 8400 pounds of produce from WTFB’s Produce Pod, handed out that produce to our clients, and helped us store the rest.

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Pecos County was well represented at the 9A and 10A Bi-District One Act Play Competition at Rankin High School on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Troupes from Rankin, Buena Vista, Iraan, Marfa, Fort Davis, and Valentine performed a range of theatrical offerings for a three-judge panel.

YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail nathan. heuer@ fortstocktonpioneer.