March 2023

Fort Stockton ISD middle school and high school students have found great deal of success in the first year of esports existence within the district. Fernando Corrales went undefeated in his first three esports chess matches and is now ranked in the top 20 chess players in program statewide via a 3-1 record.

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.

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GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: My eastern redbud, albeit, leaning, seems to be healthy and has bloomed for several years. I noticed this spring that it has an area that is moist and weeping on its trunk.

During the Panthers first 16 games of the season, Fort Stockton averaged 14 hits and 12 runs per game in their non-district slate. The Panther sizzling bats were cooled significantly in their district opener at Seminole on March 21 by pitcher Rowan Donaldson, who was 4A District 2 Newcomer of the Year as a freshman in 2022.

KARAN’S KORNER National Caffeine Awareness Month is observed to help individuals increase their awareness of how much caffeine they are consuming each day and identify ways to reduce their intake. Caffeine is a bitter tasting compound that is found naturally in various plants and acts as a stimulant of the central nervous system.

For the past several weeks we have been talking about this season of Lent as a “quite not yet” time when we see hints of new life but not full completion, as we prepare for Easter. Today, let’s look at kindness as a practice that God asks of us, and that we can contemplate and put into practice during this time.

If you don’t like it, leave it Dear Editor, I’m sorry to hear about the death of Elena Pena Gallego of Alpine. I see the writer of the obituary that appeared in the Pioneer had to bring up politics, i.e., racism in our past.

GUEST COLUMNIST Along with identifying as “Swifties,” ignoring the reported Chinese threat of bad dancing posed by TikTok, and pretending that plant-based meat is actually edible, many young people in America are engaging in another fascinating trend – not driving. According to recent surveys, around 20% fewer teens of driving age are getting their driver’s licenses as compared to the glorious 1980s.