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The Pecos County AgriLife Extension/4-H hosted the Second Annual Kids Kows and More program on April 28 at the Pecos County Coliseum. Over 400 students from the Fort Stockton Christian Academy, Apache Elementary, Buena Vista ISD, Grand Falls ISD, and the Fort Stockton Home School Association attended. The Program is designed to educate the youth in agriculture and how it effects our daily lives. Students rotated between various stations every 20 minutes to learn about a new topic. The stations were: mobile dairy, wool, honey bees, livestock, beef cattle, rainfall simulator, snake and predator safety. “I would like to acknowledge some sponsors that helped with the success of the program: Trans Pecos Natural Resource Conservation Service, Pecos Reeves Farm Burrough, Marfa Meats, Mobile Dairy, West of The Pecos Texas Cattle Women Association, Pecos County 4H, Reeves County 4H and Ward County 4H,” said Payton Kiefer, Agricultural & Natural Resources/4-H agent said. Photos by Nathan Heuer

Fort Stockton’s longest tenured teacher, Belva Houston, was given a custom made plaque for her 52 years of Service at the Fort Stockton Independent School District at Monday’s annual staff recognition banquet. Pictured with Houston is Alamo Principal Linda Chavez, who presented the award to her. The plaque also represented Houston’s retirement. Photo by Nathan Heuer

The Fort Stockton Independent School District hosted a luncheon on April 25 at their central office for the 15 educators that earned Teachers of the Quarter recognition during the current school year. The educators were able to eat lunch with the district’s administrative staff as a symbol of appreciate by the district. The following are the teachers that were named Teachers of the Quarter for their respective campuses:

The Grey Mule Wine Saloon reopened its doors for business on April 21 with a full house of attendees. New owner, Michel Duforat, says the establishment served over 80 people, which exceeded his expectations for a soft opening.

The PCCAA Head Start held their annual car show at the Zero Stone Park for their students today to celebrate Male Involvement Week. Students took part in a parade, walking from Head Start to the park in their vehicle costumes, before the event. Landree Rivera took first place overall, Mason Franco took second, and Blake Ramey placed third. Each were selected as winners of their respective classrooms. The additional winners of the four remaining classrooms were Khylie Jimenez, Roberto Ramirez, Dean Mata, and Michelle Ortega. Photos by Nathan Heuer

Driver Doug Masters, of Hutto, Texas, won the 100 miles per hour classification at the 24th Annual Big Bend Open on April 23. Masters received his award at the road race’s banquet on Saturday at the Pecos County Civic Center from Fort Stockton CVB Director Crystal Lopez, right, and Shelly Cleveland, left.

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The following were the Fort Stockton ISD Teachers of the Year that were announced at the district’s banquet Monday at the Special Events Center: Dana Sparks (high school), Jamison Shack (middle school), Luis Payan (intermediate), Belva Houston (Alamo), Savhanna Holland (Apache). Sparks was presented her plaque by assistant superintendent Roy Alvarado. Shack was presented her awarded by assistant superintendent Gil-Rey Madrid. Payan was presented his award by assistant superintendent Amanda Urias. Houston was presented her plaque by Alamo Principal Linda Chavez. Not pictured is Savhanna Holland. Photos by Nathan Heuer

Fort Stockton Middle School will send three Robotics Teams to the state Texas Computer Educators Association Robotics Contest, which will be held at the Hutto High School on Saturday, April 23. The teams earned an invitation to the state contest by taking the top spots at the Area contest in January. The teams are made up of the students pictured here. Front row, left to right: Fabian Ramirez, Ignacio Ramirez and Addison Castro. Back Row: Adrian Ramirez, Israel Tercero, Samuel Warren and Madison Hanson. Courtesy Photo