December 2023

If it’s the Holiday Season, that means that once again the Fort Stockton Rotary Club will be collecting and distributing toys to the needy children of Fort Stockton and Pecos County.

Before the Fort Stockton Prowlers varsity basketball squad headed north to the Monahans Chamber of Commerce Tournament today, they first had to travel south and east to Del Rio to face a Queens team that had been struggling of late.

New Fort Stockton boys basketball coach Travis Lancaster has said he’s scheduled top competition in order to make the Panthers better.

Following the angel’s instructions, the shepherds arrived in Bethlehem to find the newborn baby lying in a manger. Wondering why these strangers had come to see her child, the shepherds told Mary about the angels’ announcement.

This year our world has been plagued by wars, threats, and rumors of more wars at any minute. Sadly, untold numbers killed and millions fleeing for their lives. Not counting floods and droughts besides all kinds of problems, difficulties, sickness with family, friends or loved ones.

Dear Editor: The Democrats started the Civil War of 1861-1865, resulting in the deaths of 620 thousand Americans. They backed slavery.

The ink was barely dry on a law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott that makes unauthorized entry into the United States a state crime before a lawsuit was filed by civil rights groups and El Paso County challenging its constitutionality.

Since two of my daughters are now in college and one is in high school, Christmas just “hits different”– as those crazy kids (and my not-so-secret, sort-of-butnot- really guilty pleasure, Taylor Swift) say these days.

YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO Your guide to local places to go and things to do! If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail shawn. yorks@fortstocktonpioneer.

Sul Ross State University faculty and researchers will begin hosting monthly guided hikes on Hancock Hill in January. Each hike will have a theme and hike leader who serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) from Sul Ross State.