City Council Hears Report, Approves Grant Contract

Cody Thompson reports to the City Council at last night's meeting.

At its monthly meeting at City Hall yesterday evening, the City Council heard the City Manager’s report on public works along with water and sewer updates. Chief of Police Felix Pantoja was gone to Galveston on City Police business. Council members also set a date for this year’s Independence Day Celebration and approved awarding engineering and grant services to an Abilene firm in conjunction with the City’s application for state funding for sewer improvements.

City Manager Cody Thompson reported that the recent problems with the City water supply are now over as new membranes have been installed at the City Water Treatment Plant. Water going to residents is once again as pure and fresh as originally intended. The problems arose with the clogging of the old membranes more quickly than anticipated. Since this will be an ongoing problem with the amount of minerals present in water coming from the City wells, a new system of rotation of the membranes has been employed with the most clogged membranes being sent for cleaning to a company that performs such tasks. The cost of the most recent replacements was $39,000. This new system should produce good water without necessitating raises in residents’ water bills.

The existing homes at Young Farm Estates have now been sold, and two or three new ones are planned for construction in coming months. Some commercial development is also possible in the coming year.

Sewer-line improvements behind VP Tire Company and the new Cotton Belle shop have been completed as planned with the loan funds.

Patching of streets and cleaning up around town for the holidays is underway. City Christmas lights are up, and lights for the Windmill Park will be partially installed. When the park gets more electrical power, more lighting will also be put up.

The Roscoe Express, which is available for use by local groups, was recently used by the Baptist Church for Christmas carolers.

The date for this coming year’s July 4th celebration was set for June 30. July 4th is on Wednesday, and since Roscoe’s July 4th Celebration always takes place on Saturday, either June 30, the Saturday before, or July 7, the Saturday after, were possibilities. After some discussion, a vote was taken, and June 30 won by a 3-2 vote with Mayor Porter abstaining. Next year’s West Texas Wind Festival will be on October 20, the third Saturday in October, as usual.

The Council then approved awarding the professional service contract for grant management and engineering services to Enprotec/Hibbs & Todd of Abilene for a Sewer Facility Improvements Grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Community Development Block Grants. Roscoe applied unsuccessfully for the grant this past year, but is optimistic about getting it this coming year. If Roscoe fails to receive the funding, then the contract with eHT will be terminated.

Christmas Lunch at City Hall will be on Thursday, December 21, 11am to 1pm.

City Hall will be closed for the Christmas holidays from Friday, December 22, through Monday, December 25.

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PLOWBOYS WIN 2, LOSE 4

The Plowboys hosted the Roscoe Tournament this past weekend and won one game while losing four. Then yesterday evening they beat Trent here at home 90-15.

Here are the final scores, the scores by quarters, and individual scoring for each game:

TLCA (San Angelo) 61 – Plowboys 60

TLCA                 21        38        46        61
Plowboys          12        22        36        60

Individual Plowboy scoring: Jose Ortega 15, Junior Martinez 14, Caleb Gray 9, Jayden Gonzales 7, Brandon Lavalais 4, Brayan Medina-Solis 4, Reece Boydston 3, Micheal Wright 2, Camden Boren 2.

Plowboys 64 – Big Spring JV 37

Plowboys          12        32        46        64
Big Spring JV   13        18        28        37

Individual Plowboy scoring: Lavalais 14, Martinez, 11, Gonzales 9, Gray 9, Ortega 6, Boydston 5, Clemente Aguayo 4, Medina 4, Boren 2.

City View (Wichita Falls) 58 – Plowboys 42

City View         17        33        44        58

Plowboys            5        11        24        42 

Individual Plowboy scoring: Gray 15, Boydston 6, Ortega 5, Martinez 5, Lavalais 4, Medina 4, Aguayo 2, Wright 1.

Bronte 69 – Plowboys 56

Bronte              18        39        59        69
Plowboys         17        26        42        56

Individual Plowboy scoring: Martinez 19, Boydston 13, Gonzales 8, Ortega 7, Aguayo 3, Lavalais 2, Wright 2, Boren 2.

Ira 39 – Plowboys 33

Ira                      8        18        29        39
Plowboys          6        12        23        33

Individual Plowboy scoring: Martinez 7, Medina 6, Boren 6, Gonzales 3, Anglin 3, Ortega 2, Lavalais 2, Wright 2, Boydston 2.

Plowboys 90 – Trent 15

Plowboys         34       57        73        90
Trent                  5          5          9         15

Individual Plowboy scoring: Martinez 16, Boydston 11, Medina 10, Ortega 9, Aguayo 8, Boren 8, Anglin 7, Wright 6, Gonzales 5, Lavalais 4.

The Plowboys will play Anson here at home Friday. Their next scheduled games after that are in the Eden Varsity Tournament on December 27-28.

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PLOWGIRLS FALL TO HAWLEY 58-30

The Plowgirls played only one game this past week, a loss to Hawley 58-30 in Hawley last night.

Scoring by quarters:
Hawley             19        29        45        58
Plowgirls            7        16        20        30

Individual Plowgirl scoring: Kinzie Buchanan 13, Bonnie Wilkinson 9, Liberty Saenz 3, Baylor Trevino, Ainsleigh Nelson 2.

Their next games will be in the Eden Varsity Tournament on December 27-28.

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WEATHER REPORT: FALL’S FIRST HARD FREEZE HITS AREA

Ice in my birdbath on Thursday morning..

The Roscoe area got its first hard freeze since last spring last Thursday morning when the temperature dropped to 26°F with a wind chill of 17°. The low for the week, though, was on Friday when the mercury dropped to 23°. The highs for Wednesday and Thursday only reached 40°, and we were given a 90% chance for precipitation, but got only enough to get the sidewalks wet. The weather cleared Thursday evening and on Friday the high rose to 51°.

Then we had a beautiful weekend with clear skies and little wind. Saturday’s high was 61°, Sunday’s 67°, and Monday’s 70°, although lows were cool at 33°, 34°, and 37° respectively. Yesterday, a mild front moved through and dropped the high to 57° and this morning’s low to 36°. Today should be warmer, though, with the temperature reaching 69° this afternoon. Highs for the rest of the week and Sunday will be in the fifties with lows in the thirties.

There is no rain in the forecast.

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† STEVEN CHRISTOPHER HAGERMAN

Steven Christopher Hagerman, 32, passed away at his home on Sunday, December 10. Services are pending with McCoy Funeral Home in Sweetwater.

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