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Cameron Balser, runner extraordinaire, rolled in to Fort Stockton on Feb. 21 during his cross-country dream journey.

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Fort Stockton will soon have a new Dollar General, and the city council took one more step to making it a reality by closing two alleyways and replating a little more than one acre of land (13,200 square feet) adjacent to Eighth Street, Park Street, Dickinson Blvd., and Alamo Street (the triangle intersection of Dickinson and U.S. 285). Property Owners Noel Ornelas Melendez and Erika Escontrias Rivera made the request, and the city held a public hearing in which no members of the public spoke before the council approved Ordinance 24-103.

The Fort Stockton Independent School District held its regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 21 and honored five Students of the Month for the month of February. The five students were nominated by teachers at their respective campuses and received a certificate from the school board for their efforts. Juan Saldana began the recognition with Apache Elementary School Kindergarten student Sophia Cruz.

It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Fort Stockton High School Chapter will have seven Fort Stockton High School students attending the State Leadership Conference and Competition. Midland College Health Sciences Instructor Olivia Falcon serves as FSHS HOSA Chapter Advisor. Olivia has been working with the more than 30 students, who are either currently enrolled in dual credit Health Sciences courses, took classes in Fall 2023, or are currently in dual credit Nurse Aide or Pharmacy Technician courses with Midland College at the WRTTC that competed in online testing in November 2023. Six students advanced to Area completion in January. The HOSA Bowl team consisting of a team of four will compete in April at the State HOSA Competition in Galveston. Three additional students will attend the Leadership Conference portion of the conference representing Midland College and Fort Stockton High School for a total of seven students experiencing the networking of future healthcare professionals from across the State.

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Fort Stockton Community Theatre reminds its patrons of the upcoming performance of Master Magician and Illusionist, Bronson Chadwick, on Saturday March 2, at 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) at The Nelson Street Theatre, 102 South Nelson. It will be a two-hour show of eye-popping, how-didhe- do-that magic. Check out the ad in this paper for ticket prices or go online at fscommunitytheatre. org where tickets may be purchased with credit card. Tickets will also be available at the door for cash or check.

Long Fellow Road will soon see improvements after the Pecos County Commissioner’s Court voted to add it to the Pecos County CTIF Grant Project List. CTIF – County Transportation Infrastructure Fund – granted Pecos County a little more than $5 million, “So that we can improve more roads than what the county can afford,” said County Judge Joe Shuster. “To keep them up to date either by caliche or by pavement. This is all done by legislature, so we’re thinking that they’re probably going to offer that to us in the next legislature, too.”

The new 2024 Miss Rodeo USA is Kaelanne Quinonez, now 26. She started her rodeo queen journey as Miss Santa Maria Elks Rodeo 2020 and took the title Miss Rodeo Comanche Springs 2023 to go on to the Miss Rodeo USA 2024 pageant.