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On the evening of November 20, tragedy struck the tight-knit Imperial and Buena Vista community in Pecos County. A devastating head-on collision on FM 1053 claimed the lives of three siblings, 18-year-old twins Jackie and Jaden Jurado, and their 16-year-old sister, Nautica Carrasco.

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Many countries do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but it has been a great tradition in our country. Many times, it is upon us and we hardly have time to catch our breath. We hurriedly try to buy groceries and prepare the food or throw some clothes in a bag and jump in the car to go visit relatives. Often in the turmoil we do not get time to sit down to really think about the things of life. Like farming or ranching some years are bountiful and other years are lean but they usually have enough to go on. A good friend of mine has had a hard year, his wife was really sick and had to have surgery and she did not recover quickly. Later on he got sick and was in the hospital several times but in spite of those setbacks he was still able to be thankful or thank God. Do we have food, a roof over our heads, health, job opportunities and the list goes on? Many places in the world are in great turmoil and having great problems. Maybe that is even more reason to give thanks for our country. This Thanksgiving Day may it be a day of food, friends, family and relaxing but may it also be a day we can really thank God for His blessings upon us and our Country,(Psalm75:1; 97:12 107:1,2,15,22,43 and Colossians 3:16). See you in Church next Sunday.

It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to cooler days and our traditions at Thanksgiving! Let’s take a moment and thank God for the beauty of the places where we live in the Big Bend area. We see fantastic sunsets and gorgeous sunrises. We see amazing thunderstorms and beautiful, wide, blue skies. We see elk, and deer, and javelinas. We see hawks and vultures, foxes and coyotes, hummingbirds and butterflies. We see beetles, and bees, and scorpions. We see amazing mountains and plains that stretch as far as the eye can see.

The Museum of the Big Bend unveiled a vibrant new exhibit, Ecos del Sol, on Friday, Nov. 15,. The exhibit, which explores the themes of identity, heritage, and the personal journey, features the works of eight celebrated Chicano, Borderña, and Fronterizo artists.

On November 20, astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The University of Texas at Austin announced the discovery of the youngest planet ever found using the transit method. With this method, a planet is detected when it passes between its host star and the observer. The planet, named TIDYE1b, is roughly the size of Jupiter and is an estimated 3 million years old. To put that age into perspective: If Earth were a 50-year-old person, TIDYE-1b would be a 2-week-old infant.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil, I planted Sunshine ligustrums three years ago in the spring. Now, several of them have very stronggrowing green stems.

Fort Stockton Pioneer EST 1908 S______ P__ C.___ N Photos are from the Fort Stockton Pioneer archives at the Pioneer’s office located at 210 N. Nelson St.

YOUR GO-TO FOR NEW BOOKS AVAILABLE AT YOUR FORT STOCKTON LIBRARY Raised by Wolves: From the Author of The Girl in the Castle by James Patterson Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones Entitlement by Rumaan Alam The Ancients by John Larison The Undercurrent by Sarah Sawyer The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan Colored Television by Danzy Senna Intermezzo by Sally Rooney The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni Fort Stockton Public Library 500 N Water St Fort Stockton, TX 79735 (432) 336-3374 .

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is inviting the public to provide comments and data on a proposed rule to list the Pecos pupfish as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The proposal, which also includes a critical habitat designation, aims to protect this unique desert fish and ensure its survival. The public comment period opens tomorrow, November 26, 2024, and runs until January 21, 2025.