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| Cody Thompson discusses sewer upgrade with City Council. |
At its monthly meeting last night, the City Council approved
the issuance of a $1,040,000 bond to upgrade the City water and sewer lines,
primarily in the south Roscoe neighborhood north of I-20. The old lines, most of them over 60 years
old, are in bad shape, broken in some places, and clogged with tree roots in
others. The old shallow six-inch lines
will be replaced with new eight-inch ones, and 37 new manholes will be created
for ease of maintenance and repair.
As required by law, the Council also resolved to publish
public notice on October 7 and 11 of the intention to issue the $1,040,000
bond. Additionally, they officially expressed their intent to reimburse the
costs of the project.
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| The plan for the Stone Tower RV Park at Young Farm Estates. (Click to enlarge.) |
The Council also approved the plat for a new five-acre RV
park at Young Farm Estates. It will be
located just east of FM 608 in north Roscoe in the area next to the new road
near the old circular stone tower.
Known as the Stone Tower RV Park, it is a project of 2LM Enterprises and
will have spaces for 54 RVs. It will
have city water and sewer as well as a permanent 8’ fence surrounding it as
required by city ordinance. It will also
follow city ordinances regarding street widths and spacing between RVs.
City Manager Cody Thompson addressed complaints from Rex Hirt,
Jason Freeman, and James Cleckler concerning the overgrowth of weeds and debris
at the new sewer farm southeast of town.
Thompson explained that the City recently cleaned up the area to allay
their concerns.
Thompson also informed the Council that the general
contractor, Associated Construction Partners of Boerne, expects to be onsite
next week to begin work on Phase 1 of the new water treatment plant
project. Initially, they will remove the
old well-head slabs, make piping modifications, and get their under-slab
conduits in place in preparation for installation of the new computerized SCADA
system that will monitor and regulate the City water flow.
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EVENTS SCHEDULE SET FOR WEST TEXAS WIND FESTIVAL, OCTOBER 19
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| Moe Bandy is the featured singer at the Wind Festival. |
Preparations are underway for the seventh annual West Texas
Wind Festival, to be held next Saturday, October 19. As usual, the downtown streets will be lined
with street vendors, and bounce houses and other inflatables for the kids will
be in the park.
The day will begin with the Roscoe Elementary “Run with the
Wind” 5K run. This year will also
feature a one-mile run around the school.
Registration for both events starts at 9:00am. The entry fee for the 5K run is $25, and for
the mile run, $15.
The fourth annual “BBQing in the Wind” steak cookoff will
also begin Saturday morning, starting with the meat inspection at 8:00am. The cooks’ meeting will be at 10:00, and the
turn-in times for chicken, rib eye steak, and ribs will be at 3:00, 4:00, and
5:00pm respectively. Entry fee for all
three events is $120, and the prize for the winning steak will be $1500 from
sponsor Fuller Foods of Colorado City.
For more information, contact Gary Armstrong at 325-235-4110.
The Plowboy Mudbog will once again be at the baseball field
with registration beginning at 10am and the first run at noon.
The free concert and street dance “on the bricks” will begin
at 6:00pm with the up-and-coming group Rance Norton and the Cadillac
Cowboys. They impressed everyone with
their musical skills recently when they opened for Mel Tillis at the
Lumberyard.
Then at 8:30pm, country music legend Moe Bandy and band will
take the stage. This will be his first
appearance in Roscoe and should be a performance you don’t want to miss.
The evening will then be capped off by the fireworks show, which begins at 9:30pm.
The festival will have something for everyone, so make plans
now to attend. More details will follow
in next week’s Hard Times. For more
information, contact Roscoe City Hall at 325-766-3871.
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SECOND HALF COLLAPSE KILLS PLOWBOYS AT CROSS PLAINS 56-31
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| Cutter Davila calls a play in Buffalo territory. |
It was a tale of two halves at Cross Plains Friday
night. The first half decisively
belonged to the Plowboys as they fought their way to a 31-14 lead with their
passing game and a strong defense.
Unfortunately, the second half belonged even more decisively to the
Buffaloes as they scored 42 unanswered points and won going away, 56-31.
The game started well for the Plowboys as they stopped the
Buffaloes on downs and drove down for a score with Max Nemir going over from
the one. Cross Plains came back, though,
with a 59-yard touchdown pass, tying the score at 7-7, which was how the first
quarter ended.
In the second quarter, the Plowboys had the Buffaloes on
their heels, scoring four touchdowns to Cross Plains’ one. First, Cutter Davila passed to Shelton
Toliver for a 61-yard touchdown. Then,
Nemir scored the next two touchdowns, the first on a 5-yard pass from Davila
and the second on another 1-yard run.
Cross Plains responded with a 75-yard TD run before Roscoe closed out
the scoring for the quarter on a 10-yard pass from Davila to Toliver. The Plowboys failed to make the extra points
on any of the touchdowns, though, and the halftime score was 31-14.
The Plowboys received the second half kickoff and moved into
Buffalo territory, but were stopped on a couple of incomplete passes to
Toliver. The Buffalo defender was all
over him both times, but for some reason the referees failed to call pass
interference. Cross Plains took over and
almost immediately scored on a 75-yard pass from Stephenson to Branch. That shifted the momentum, and Cross Plains
got on a roll that the Plowboys were unable to stop. They went on to score three more touchdowns
in the quarter and got two more in the fourth to make the final score 56-31.
Big plays killed the Plowboys all night. Cross Plains completed only 3 passes the
entire game, but all three went for long touchdowns, the first for 59 yards,
the second for 75, and the third for 79.
They also had touchdown runs of 75, 64, 22, and 19 yards, along with a
38-yard interception return.
Roscoe was also hurt by their lack of a running game,
totaling only 3 yards on 18 carries.
Cross Plains made some halftime adjustments that worked out in their
favor, and, as they were a bigger team, they also wore the Plowboys down as the
game went on.
The Plowboys are now 1-1 in district and 2-3 on the
year. Their next opponent is Albany at
Plowboy Field on Friday night. The Lions
are the district powerhouse. They are
currently 5-0 on the year and 2-0 in district, averaging 48 points per game to
their opponents’ 7.
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PLOWBOY JV BEATS CROSS PLAINS JV 38-0 — AGAIN
On Thursday evening, the Plowboys Junior Varsity team
performed a feat rarely achieved in modern-day football. They beat the same team by the same score for
the second week in a row. And the score
wasn’t something simple like 7-0 or 7-6.
No, it was 38-0. What are the
odds of that happening?
Just to play the same team two weeks in a row is a rarity
these days. The circumstance came about because
the Plowboys’ scheduled game with Baird the previous Thursday fell through, and
the Cross Plains JV agreed to take them on.
So, the Plowboys JV traveled to Cross Plains and beat them there 38-0,
as reported in last week’s Hard Times.
Then, this past Thursday, they took on the Cross Plains JV
at Plowboy Field in the two teams’ regularly scheduled game, and once again the
Plowboys JV won by the same score, 38-0.
Juan Sanchez opened the scoring for the Plowboys on a 2-yard
run. He then caught a pass from Brayden
Beal for the conversion, putting Roscoe up 8-0.
Later in the quarter, Sanchez scored again, this time on a 5-yard
run. The conversion was no good, and the
score at the end of the first quarter was 14-0.
Beal scored on a 28-yard run in the second quarter, followed
by Johnathon Cuellar’s 3-yard run and 2-point conversion. Then, Austin Willman forced a safety for the
Plowboys, making the halftime score 30-0.
In the third quarter, Sanchez scored again from 5 yards out
and also ran for the conversion, and the Plowboys were up 38-0. There was no scoring in the final quarter.
Next opponent for the Plowboys JV is the Albany JV in Albany
tomorrow evening. Kickoff is at 6:30.
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WEATHER REPORT
Even though we don’t get the spectacular colors from the
trees like they do up north, fall is definitely with us now. Days are getting shorter, and nights and
early mornings have cooled down into the fifties, while afternoon temperatures are more bearable than
they were just a couple of weeks ago.
Last Friday’s summerlike high of 88°F and low of 68° cooled
down to Saturday’s 76° and 54° respectively as a front moved through. Sunday’s high was also 76° and the low was
49°, the first time since last spring that we’ve had any temperatures in the
forties. A warming trend followed with
Monday’s high of 80° and yesterday’s 82° with lows for both days at 55°.
Today should see an afternoon high of around 84° with a low
tonight of around 58°. Tomorrow and
Friday should have similar temperatures, and so should the weekend, although
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday will also bring a 20% chance of
precipitation.
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