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One of Fort Stockton’s most anticipated summer traditions is just around the corner as the annual Water Carnival prepares to welcome residents and visitors for a weekend of entertainment and community fellowship. Join us July 16th, 17th, and 18th for three nights of performances, pageants, and celebration at Comanche Springs Pool. Upcoming Show Dates are July 16, 17 & 18, 2026. The Pageant Schedule is set showing July 16 for Tiny Tot & Wee Miss, July 17 for Miss Sub-Teen & Miss Teen, and July 18 for Junior Miss & Miss Fort Stockton.

Editor’s note: It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered evidence of guilt, all defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The following list is provided by the Pecos County Sheriff’s Department.

Volume I: Chapter I, “The Paleo Prehistory of Pecos County” Part 2 The name of the survival game in any culture is subsistence; and any drastic interruption in ecological conditions can cause springs to stop flowing, grass to die, animals to become extinct and also cause man to alter his subsistence through relocation or diversity of diet or both. This change is what happened in Pecos County in the long ago.

The Pecos County Senior Citizens Center will host its Forth of July Dinner potluck on Friday, July 10, at 12:00 noon. The meal will be hot dogs, potato salad and corn on the cob. You can build your own hot dog with chili, brauts, buns and all kinds of toppings. Everyone is asked to bring side dishes or desserts. The Forth of July Dinner Potluck is open to all Senior Center members. Please wear your red, white and blue as we celebrate America!

Dear Neil: I’m having trouble with my gladiolus flower stalks flopping over. When the growth gets more than 6 ft. tall the plants often fall. I plant the corms 5 or 6 in. deep, but it seems each year that they rise to ground level and I eventually have to stake them. When I grew glads many years ago the plant height seldom exceeded 3-1/2 ft. I know of no place to purchase the shorter plants. What is going on?

Fort Stockton Pioneer Photos are from the Fort Stockton Pioneer archives at the Pioneer’s office located at 808 W. Dickinson Ste A, Fort Stockton.

INGREDIENTS Cooking spray or oil for the slow cooker 2 red bell peppers, seeded and sliced into strips ½ a small onion, sliced into strips 4 (8-ounce) boneless pork loin chops ½ cup of teriyaki sauce 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes ¼ cup of peanut butter, creamy is recommended ½ cup of chopped green onions ¼ cup of chopped, roasted peanuts 2 limes, cut into wedges DIRECTIONS 1. Coat a slow cooker with cooking spray or oil.

There’s almost nothing better than a good Thai peanut sauce. And dropping some juicy pork chops in it makes it just that much better.

Join first-timers and lifetime attendees for Paisano Baptist Encampment beginning July 19 with Sunday supper at 6:00 pm and ending with Friday lunch on July 24. For 110 years, Paisano has been deeply rooted in holy ground as the cowboy camp meeting brings together families, friends and churches for worship, fellowship and a break from the world’s busyness at the grounds located on West US Highway 90 between Alpine and Marfa.