January 2024

With the closing of the old Fort Stockton landfill this past Saturday, the city of Fort Stockton will christen the new landfill and begin the Spring Cleanup process Monday with bulky trash pickup in Zone 1 of the city.

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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.com. JANUARY 22 Fort Stockton ISD School Board Meeting, 7 p.m.

Permian Basin Area Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the 2024-2025 scholarship cycle. Students and counselors may view eligibility and selection criteria for scholarships on the PBAF website, www. pbaf.org. The application opened Jan. 1 and the deadline is March 31.

If you’ve ever had the privilege to partake in chicken cordon bleu you know how delicious it is. It’s the perfect marriage of chicken, ham, and cheese all wrapped up in a golden crust.

The deadline to register to vote in the Texas Democratic and Republican primary elections is Feb. 5. Voters on March 5 will choose their nominees for president, U.S. Senator, all 38 U.S. House members from Texas, and a number of other state and local offices, from the Texas Supreme Court to district attorneys, sheriffs and county commissioners.

Afew days ago, during one of those rare occasions when our whole family was together and my three semi-grown daughters weren’t nursing an iPhone while wearing universe-canceling headphones, my wife posed probably the most oft-asked question this time of year: “Does anyone have any New Year’s resolutions?” Although that conversation quickly took an off-ramp into a discussion of something earthshattering like Taylor Swift’s armpits, it got me thinking about my own potential resolutions, or, in my case, “anti-resolutions.” First, I am not resolving to worry about my weight or the general decomposition of my anatomy this year. Now, don’t get me wrong, I will continue to participate in some daily geriatric exercise-ish activities, and I will still attempt to avoid most foods that will kill me if ingested in satisfying quantities, but I’ve reconciled myself to the fact that I adore chips and salsa far too much to go on anything resembling a diet.