Local author hosts summer book tour
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Local author and illustrator Jenny B. Tavarez is launching the Texas Animal Book summer reading tour for kids, which began on July 15 in her hometown at the Fort Stockton Public Library.
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FSISD to receive $4.9 million in federal funding
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The Fort Stockton Independent School District took necessary step to secure $4.9 million in federal funding on Monday at a stakeholder input meeting that was open to the public at the district’s administrative building.
New pay, evaluation system rewards FSISD at-will employees
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During their special meeting on Monday, July 12, 2021, the FSISD School Board approved a new at-will pay and evaluation system as presented by Assistant Superintendent Gil-Rey Madrid. Superintendent Dr.
Photo, plaque donation honor Gomez at FSHS
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David “Tex” Gomez’s memory will live on at his alma mater, Fort Stockton High School, with a historical display that could encourage students to follow their dreams. His family donated a framed photograph of President Harry Truman to the school on July 16, along with a plaque to honor Gomez and a promise to further add to the display in years to come.
Pecos County Public Sentencings - June 2021
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- Adrian Navarrete, DOB 09/19/2002 (CR-24299, theft property) defendant plead guilty – 90 days in the county jail, suspended for six months on community supervision; $500.00 general fine; $75.48 restitution; $270.00 court costs; $82.00 reimbursement fees; $60.00 monthly community supervision fee.
- Angel Salvador Ortega, DOB 04/08/1986 (CR-24074, assault causes bodily injury family violence) defendant plead guilty – time served 197 days in the county jail.
- Israel Fierro Ortega III, DOB 07/17/1996 (CR-2434
Artist selected for Odessa installation
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Local artist Steven Walker will represent Fort Stockton in the inaugural Basin 52 art exhibit. The art project will place fiftytwo works by 52 different West Texas artists in various city buildings across Odessa from Oct.1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022.
Your Guide To Local Places To Go And Things To Do
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If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail nathan.heuer fortstocktonpioneer.com. JULY 15 Robynn Shayne will perform as a part of the Summer Off The Patio Concert Series at the Annie Riggs Memorial Museum at 6:30 p.m.
School board discusses joint venture
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The Fort Stockton Independent School District School Board met for a special session on July 12. Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Zamora presented the board with several new ideas, explaining how each should be considered to improve the district.
Pecos County Courthouse Annex to get roof repairs
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Roof repairs and scope of work modifications to the Pecos County Courthouse Annex were approved at the commissioners court regular meeting on July 12. Basin Roofing was previously awarded a bid of $128,575 to repair the annex roof, which dated back to 1953 when the first building was constructed on the courthouse site before the new building was completed in 2007.
Geocaching in Fort Stockton
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The Comanche Creek Trail Committee invites the public to participate in a new ongoing event at its nature site, Geocaching. A geocache is like a real-life treasure hunt where participants use a global positioning system, a mobile phone, or a map and compass to find hidden geocaches, or “caches,” that have been hidden at specific locations marked by coordinates.
