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On Saturday, Oct. 2 at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Comanche Creek Trail hosted the first annual Scary Fun 5K Charity Run. About 40 participants gathered in the early morning hours to walk or run along Comanche Creek and James Rooney Memorial Park.

Local first responders made their last stop of the evening for National Night Out at Yucana’s in Fort Stockton.

Paramedic Kyle Wilson was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for “Exemplifying a Positive Attitude” by his Captain Xavier Walker. “We want to thank Kyle for his positiveness as we know in EMS it can be stressful. Keep up the good work,” Walker said.

“Nunsense,” a musical, will open Friday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. at Fort Stockton Community Theatre’s Nelson Street Theatre. The musical was written by Dan Goggin, and Penny Smith is directing this reprise. Edward Jones and First National Bank are cosponsoring the production.

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Pecos County Toastmasters met on Aug. 27 at noon at the Fort Stockton Public Library. Top: Lilly Gonzalez was presented the Best Speaker Award by Alicia Salinas. Left: Daniel Salamanca took both the Best Table Topics and Best Evaluator Awards. Congratulations to both!

How many of you know Ellis Washington Bennett or what he did in the development of Fort Stockton? He was like Comanche Springs in the sense that he was forever establishing a variety of businesses to help grow the economy of Fort Stockton staring in 1909.

Walking out of a hotel room with a chair and Mesquite Tree cup of coffee, a man who goes by “Squirrel” found himself marooned in Fort Stockton with his girlfriend and two dogs. “Oh, you know, I had a couple of tires fly off while driving down I-10,” he said, taking a relaxed sip of coffee.

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