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With Election Day two months away, the following are steps to ensure that your vote will count during the midterm election that will feature numerous local races, the Fort Stockton ISD bond election, and the Charter Commission election for the City of Fort Stockton.

A single-vehicle crash that occurred in Pecos County led to the death of a 93-year-old Fort Stockton resident according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The crash report indicated that Enrique Segovia Olivas was driving a Chevrolet Silverado on FM-1053, eight miles north of Fort Stockton, when he veered off the roadway into the west barrow ditch. The vehicle came to a stop in the ditch when it struck a private fence.

The Texas Department of Transportation has adopted a 10-year statewide roadway construction plan with a record $85 billion price tag, officials announced last week. The Unified Transportation Plan authorizes the distribution of construction money that is expected to be available during the next decade. Within that framework, TxDOT works with elected officials and local planning organizations, as well as the public, to pick and fund the state’s highest priority transportation projects. In addition to highways the UTP addresses public transportation, aviation, rail, maritime, and freight and international trade. Many projects in the plan are highways identified on the state’s 100 most congested roadways list.

The City of Fort Stockton City Council held a public hearing and proceeded to approve the 2022-2023 budget and tax rate on Sept. 6 at a special meeting.

The Fort Stockton Independent School District School Board officially approved the order of a bond election at a special meeting on Aug. 17 following a bond workshop that was designed for public feedback on Aug. 11.

Fort Stockton Community Theatre’s Barrio Fest, A Celebration of the Hispanic Culture in Fort Stockton, will open 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Nelson Street Theatre, and will conclude Sunday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. with a mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. After the opening ceremony on Sept. 15, Fort Stockton Film Society will show a Spanish language film, “Por Mi Pistolas,” from 7-9 p.m. The 1968 film, sponsored by Designer Carpets and Interiors, stars Cantinflas, who died in 1993, but is still considered to be a widelyaccomplished Mexican comedian. His humor lives on through his films. Admission is free. Plan to attend an evening of history when another Spanish language film, “The Lost Reels of Pancho Villa,” will be shown by the Film Society on Friday, Sept. 16, from 8-9:30 p.m. at the Nelson Street Theatre. Eternity Funeral Home will sponsor this documentary about a filmmaker’s search for a movie about the Battle of Ojinaga, led by Pancho Villa. In 1914, Villa commissioned the American Mutual Film Company to have cameramen follow him into war. The footage includes some of the first battle scenes captured in moving pictures. Historian Kirby Warnock will lead a discussion about the relevance of Pancho Villa to Fort Stockton and Pecos County following the film. A live performance of a bilingual play, “The Panza Monologues” by Teatro Audaz from San Antonio, will be performed from 7-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17. The play, sponsored by Humanities Texas, is a compilation of women’s stories, featuring the words of Chicanas speaking with humor and candor about their panzas, those rolls of belly that women try to hide. The stories boldly place the panza front and center as a symbol that reveals the truths about women’s thoughts, lives, loves, abuses, and living conditions.