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Who can resist a scoop of cold ice cream on a hot sunny day? Certainly not Mojing and his border collie Oreo. The duo walked into the Mesquite Tree coffee shop last week with a specific order in mind.

Eugenio Diaz, middle, was awarded a service pin today for his 10 years of service with the Pecos County Precincts by Pecos County Precinct No. 1 Commissioner Tom Chapman. Diaz has worked for the road and bridge department for three different precincts in the county. He is currently an equipment operator in Precinct No. 1. Also pictured, right, is road and bridge superintendent Skeeter Dulaney. Photo by Nathan Heuer

Midland College/WRTTC hosted a retirement reception for Elizabeth Lara, fourth from the right, who was employed at the college for 15 years. Lara’s last day will be on Thursday, March 31 Lara was previously the Scholars’ Dollars Coordinator and the secretary at the campus in Fort Stockton. Photo by Nathan Heuer

If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail nathan.heuer@fortstocktonpioneer.com. MARCH 31 A chamber of commerce ribbon cutting will be held at Joe’s Place in Fort Stockton from 5 p.m.

The Healthy Cooking School in Fort Stockton hosted the “Celebrate a World of Flavors” event at the Large Community Hall in Rooney Park on March 24. The event featured live cooking demonstrations Abigail Pritchard with the Midland County AgriLife Extension Office and Karan Heffelfinger, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Services Agent in Fort Stockton. Local vendors gathered at the event to sell goods and provide free food samples to those interested. One of the group’s founders, the late Arla Humphrey, was honored at the event with a posted/collage of pictures that was put together by Fort Stockton Insurance Owner and granddaughter Pam Palileo. Photos by Nathan Heuer

INGREDIENTS • 10 wonton wrappers • 2 tablespoons powdered American cheese or grated Parmesan cheese • 2 teaspoon olive oil • 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.

Pecos County Toastmasters met on the March 25 for their second meeting of the month. President Karan Heffelfinger presented awards to the following (left to right): Joni McGee - Best Table Topics Speaker, Houston McKenzie - Best Speaker, Santa Dominguez - Best Evaluator. At Toastmasters, members are always learning. Learning is one thing the mind never forgets! Come check us out on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at noon for one hour at the Fort Stockton Public Library. Contact President Karan Heffelfinger for more information at 432-336-2541.

If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail nathan.heuer fortstocktonpioneer.com. MARCH 24-27 Panther Pictures will show “The Lost City” from March 24-27 at the Fort Stockton Convention Center complex, located at 2181 W I-10.

Midland College Student Recruiter and Academic Advisor Andres Madrid, right, represented the college at Dairy Queen’s Free Cone Day on March 21. Madrid provided information about the college and what program/courses they offer to the youth of Fort Stockton who were interested. As a part of the event, Fort Stockton’s High School student JC Napay, middle, provided some Karaoke by singing a Taylor Swift song at the event as classmate Leslie Esquivel, left, recorded the performance. Photo by Nathan Heuer