December 2023

Recent victories in the Texas House of Representatives underscore the noticeable impact of grassroots advocacy efforts in thwarting detrimental changes to the educational system. Public school educators, alongside their allies, successfully opposed the introduction of vouchers in Texas, a contentious issue that could have significantly altered the landscape of education in the state for generations to come.

To the Editor, I would like to give a shout out to Mortenson Construction for their generous Thanksgiving gift to 30 families in our community. What a wonderful gesture of goodwill and grace from a business! Thank you so much.

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@fort stocktonpioneer.com. DECEMBER 7-10 The Fort Stockton Community Theatre’s Paisano Players present “The One and Only Santa Claus,” sponsored in part by Edward Jones Investments.

Since 1983, Elvira “Vira” Feyry has been cutting and styling hair as the owner of Headways Beauty Salon at 318 N. Main Street in what used to be the old Webb Cafe. To celebrate Headways’ 40th anniversary, Feyry pulled out all the stops on Saturday, Dec 1. In addition to a packed ribbon cutting ceremony, Headways provided clients hamburgers and hot dogs, and hosted a block party just outside the business, complete with vendors and music. The ribbon cutting ceremony, originally planned to be held outdoors, was moved inside due to high winds.

Santa Claus is coming to town … our town! The Paisano Players, Fort Stockton Community Theatre’s youth troupe, will present The One and Only Santa, Dec. 7-10 at the Nelson Street Theatre.