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Since her doctors found stage four gallbladder cancer in 2007, Edie has endured 79 chemotherapy sessions and four major surgeries. Since then, she’s lost a lung and part of her liver, colon, and stomach. She credits walking with saving her life, and at 72 years of age, Edie Sundby is not in a big hurry. She walks to slow things down, not speed things up, and she credits walking with extending her life. She’s already completed a walk from San Antonio to St. Augustine, FL, and now she’s walking west, taking advantage of seasonal weather to complete the trip from San Diego to St. Augustine at her own pace and under her own terms.

HEAD OVER MEALS Over the years, my friends and I have always had a conversation about what would be our last meal request if we were ever on death row. Now granted, none of us ever did anything that would warrant us a trip to said death row, but when discussing food, the last meal one would request holds a lot of weight.

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May 4 is general election day in Pecos County, depending on what precinct or ward you fall under, you still have time to vote. On the ballot this election cycle are two Fort Stockton Independent School District Board of Trustee seats, two Pecos County Hospital District seats, two Pecos County Water Improvement District seats, and the Red Bluff Water Control Power District.

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The Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District (MPCGD) board met for their regular meeting on April 16 at 10 a.m. The quorum was met with only one board member absent, Mr. Larry Drgac. Present were Jerry McGuairt (President representing Precinct 1), Janet Growth (Vice President representing Precinct 1), M.R. Gonzalez (Secretary/ Treasurer, representing Precinct 2), Puja Boinpally (Director representing Precinct 2), Weldon Blackwelder (Director, representing Precinct 3), Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. (Director, representing Precinct 4), Ronald Cooper (Director, representing Precinct 4), Vanessa Cardwell (Director, representing Fort Stockton), Jeff Sims (Director, representing Iraan) and Alan Childs (Director, at large). There were multiple attendees connected via Zoom call.

Pecos County Attorney Frank Lacy hosted a multiagency victim’s services training on Tuesday, April 9 at the Fort Stockton Convention Center. On hand for the training were guest speakers Bronwyn Blake and Gregory Barber.

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