August 2023

RECORD SEA TEMPS COULD SPUR MORE HURRICANES Forecasters for the National Weather Service are anticipating a more active hurricane season this year because of record-warm ocean surface temperatures, the Texas Tribune reported. Hurricane season runs through the end of November.

The Trump Trials, a multiact drama of intrigue, deception, ego and struggle for power, is scheduled to debut off Broadway in March, opening what will likely experience a longer run than “Phantom of the Opera.”

Iwill never get over what the COVID-19 pandemic did to the Ollie’s discount chain. Pre-COVID, on my way to the restroom while shopping, I always sought out the coffee pot that announced sentiments to the effect of “We’ve had a pretty good year.

By REV. WALT WELLBORN Acts 9:18 (NIV) “Immediately, something that looked like fish scales fell from Saul’s eyes.

CRANE Fort Stockton’s Panther Football team kicked off their season with a scrimmage against the Lakeview Chiefs this past Friday. The scrimmage took place at Crane High School due to ongoing construction at the Panther Football Field.

The Fort Stockton Prowlers volleyball team returned to the friendly confines of the Bill and Virginia Williams Special Events Center on Tuesday evening for their first regular-season home match of the season after a respectable performance over the weekend at the Monahans Tournament.

The Fort Stockton tennis team competed in the Basin Brawl over the weekend, finishing 1-3; falling to Permian 15-4, Lubbock Monterey 19-0, and Hobbs, N.M 12-7, and defeated a decently stacked Midland High JV team, 10-9.

The Fort Stockton Junior Varsity girls cross country team opened the season with a bank last Saturday, winning the championship of the West of the Pecos meet in Pecos. Ingris Aguilar took individual gold with a time of 15:34.54.

Texas District 29 Senator Cesar Blanco (D-El Paso) is a politician who likes to “stay under the radar.” Speaking at the Fort Stockton Rotary Club meeting Aug. 10, Blanco said he does not get sidetracked by non-issues that make headlines.

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