RCHS Valedictorian, Salutatorian Named

Kayla Justiss                                          Camden Boren

At Roscoe Collegiate High School, the final grades are in and have been averaged. The valedictorian for the Class of 2018 is Kayla Justiss, and the salutatorian is Camden Boren. 

Kayla's final four-year grade average is 99.79. She plans to attend Texas A&M University. Camden's final average is 99.0. He plans to attend the University of Texas at Dallas. Both have already received their Associate's Degrees from Western Texas College, where both were members of the honor society, Phi Theta Kappa.

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LARGE CROWD ENJOYS FESTIVITIES AT BUSTER WELCH DAY

Mayor Pete Porter leads the singing of "Happy Birthday" to Buster Welch.

A large crowd of family, friends, and well-wishers was on hand Saturday to honor Buster Welch on Buster Welch Day. During the day, Roscoe’s restaurants did a thriving business, shoppers visited Roscoe’s retail outlets, and the Roscoe Historical Museum received many visitors.

In the evening, the crowd enjoyed and danced to the music of Jamie Richards and his Band, followed by country legend Johnny Bush and the Bandoleros. Between the acts, Roscoe mayor Pete Porter formally proclaimed May 12 as Buster Welch Day, naming some of his many achievements. Mr. Welch thanked him, told a joke, and spoke some good words about the City of Roscoe. Porter then led the crowd in singing Happy Birthday, since Mr. Welch will celebrate his 90th birthday on May 23. At the song’s conclusion, a surprise display of fireworks filled the sky. Johnny Bush then took the stage for his performance, capping off a day in which a good time was had by all.

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RHS CLASS OF 1968 TO HOLD 50TH-YEAR REUNION

The Roscoe High School Class of 1968—plus anyone else who attended in surrounding years—will have a celebratory get-together at the Lumberyard on Saturday, May 26, from 6:00pm till close.

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TIM HAYNES PLAY SET IN ROSCOE TO BE PERFORMED AT ASU

Angelo State University Theatre in San Angelo has announced that the premiere production of Timothy Haynes’ play Domino will be performed there in late June and early July. The play is set in Roscoe, so the characters should presumably strike local folks as familiar types. The play will be directed by Dr. Bill Doll.

Timothy Haynes is a ’69 graduate of Roscoe High School and a former protégé of Jack Meares, who taught one-act plays here for years.

Here is the ASU Theatre’s press release:

ASU Theatre will present: Domino
By Timothy Haynes
Premiere production
Comedy
June 29-July 1 and July 5-7, 2018

Set in Roscoe, TX (1979), on I-20 between Abilene and Big Spring stands the Domino Hall and local hangout. A play that has it all, intrigue, homecoming activities, childhood sweethearts (years later), jealousy, vanity, greed, power and fame right there on stage. Clydi Mae, mother of twins, runs the Domino Hall, drives a truck and helps out at her parents’ grocery store while trying to become exes Homecoming queen. She is pitted against her former friend and always rival Betty Jo for the coveted title. Along the way things are further complicated by a vandalized water tower, trickery involving land purchases, the sheriff chasing criminals and much more. Generally, a rollicking good old west Texas time.

More details will follow later.

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CENTRAL ROLLING PLAINS CO-OP HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING

Members eat supper at the Co-op's annual meeting.

The Central Rolling Plains Co-op held its annual membership meeting last Tuesday, May 8, at the Roscoe School Cafetorium with a “fins and hens” supper and door prizes. Approximately 180 attended, including ten industry guests. 

Items of business included the manager’s report, regional reports, audit report, and election of two directors and two advisory board members. Dividend and equity checks were handed out at the end of the meeting.

There were two elections. Kenny Landfried and Roland Petty were elected to three-year terms on the Senior Board, and Roddy Alexander and Tanner Martin were elected to one-year terms on the Advisory Board.
 
Leslie Rannefeld was honored with a plaque for his forty years of service to the Co-op. The $100 prize of the annual bale guess in which members at the Co-op Gin’s Open House in October guess how many bales the gin will produce was won by Gary Pieper, whose guess of 111,500 was the closest without exceeding the actual amount of 111,599.

Checks have been mailed to shareholders who did not pick up their checks at the meeting.

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KYLE PARK AT LUMBERYARD FRIDAY, NEAL McCOY SATURDAY

The Lumberyard will be busy this weekend with Kyle Park and band playing Friday night and Neal McCoy and band Saturday.

Kyle Park

Kyle Park writes and produces his own songs, which might loosely be termed a part of the current Texas Country genre. Born in Austin in 1985, he formed a band while a student at Texas State University in San Marcos. His first album, Big Time, was released in 2005, and since then he has produced five others, the most recent being Beggin’ for More, released in 2013. His single “The Night is Young” reached #1 on the Texas Country Charts in 2013. Three other singles, “Fit for the King,” “Long Distance Relationship,” and “Turn That Crown Upside Down,” were all Top Ten hits on the Texas Music Chart.

Neal McCoy.

Neal McCoy was born and raised in Jacksonville, Texas. His first song to reach the top 40 was “Where Forever Begins” in 1992, followed by “No Doubt About It” and “Wink” in 1993, both of which made number 1. He produced one gold and two platinum albums in the nineties and had several more top ten hits.

Since then he has produced other hit singles including “The Shake,” “Heaven,” “Hillbilly Rap,” “They’re Playing Our Song,” and “Take a Knee, My Ass.”

For reservations or more information, contact the Lumberyard at 325-766-2457.

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WEATHER REPORT: A SHOWER FOR SOME

Yesterday's storm clouds in the northwest went north of Roscoe.

After watching storm clouds go both north and south of town yesterday afternoon, I figured that we had once again missed our chance for rain. So, I was pleasantly surprised when a hard shower came seemingly out of nowhere about 1:30 last night and lasted for about twenty to thirty minutes. My rain gauge recorded .66” with the official total at Kenny Landfried's house .40". Some areas around Roscoe, particularly to the north, may also have gotten some rain yesterday afternoon, but in town we got only a light sprinkle.

However, it’s the middle of May, so we should get some more opportunities for rain in the coming week. According to the meteorologists, our next good chance is Thursday night when there’s a 40% possibility of showers.

Except for the lack of rain, the weather this past week was pretty typical for May. High temperatures were in the low nineties every day but Monday, which reached only 87°F, and lows were in the mid to upper sixties, except for Sunday’s 72°. Once again, there was plenty of wind, but, unlike other weeks, it came from the same direction every day—the south-southeast. Friday was the windiest day, averaging 23mph with gusts up to 39.

Today’s high should be around 89°, warming up to 94° on Thursday and 96° Friday before dropping back to 94° Saturday and 84° Sunday. Lows will be in the mid to high sixties. Both Friday and Saturday will be breezy with winds from the south.

Our next good chance for rain after Thursday night will be on Monday when the percentage is 40%.

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