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GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil, our lawn maintenance company mowed our grass about a month ago. I noticed a spot that almost immediately appeared beneath our red oak.

The “Winds Across the Pecos” Living History event returns to Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos River, Oct. 25 and 26.

Tomorrow, the Pecos County Senior Center will host its regular potluck luncheon. All guests are asked to bring a side dish or dessert for the gathering at 12 noon.

YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO Your guide to local places to go and things to do! If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail litzy.rodriguez@ fortstocktonpioneer. com OCTOBER 17-18 Living History Days, Historic Fort Stockton, 9 a.m.

After a brief threeweek closure following a fire at their original location, The Donut Palace, a beloved local favorite, has officially reopened at a new address. Now located at 710 W.

Halloween film fun haunts Fort Stockton this October with a showing of the 1974 cult classic “Young Frankenstein.” This weekend, the Fort Stockton Film Society will open its doors to the public for a free showing of the film out of the Gene Wilder catalogue, courtesy of the REA Charitable Trust. On Saturday, Oct.

Halloween fare was the theme at the Pecos County Dinner Tonight Cooking Club’s salute to “Spooky Foods” last week. The club hosted an evening of eerie treats at its monthly meeting.

Fort Stockton Public Library New Books for the week: The Switch by Lily Samson The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness Santa’s Secret by Fern Michaels The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood The Forest of Lost Souls: A Novel by Dean Koontz House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen I Surrender All by Priscilla Shirer A Cold Highland Wind: A Lady Emily Mystery by Tasha Alexander Fort Stockton Public Library 500 N Water St Fort Stockton, TX 79735 (432) 336-3374 .

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A familiar face around Fort Stockton, Steven M. Walker, an artist who has called the city home for the last six years, has recently earned a place in the renowned art gathering known as Chinati Weekend.