Wind Festival to Feature T. Graham Brown

T. Graham Brown

Country music great T. Graham Brown will be the headline artist at the twelfth annual West Texas Wind Festival on Saturday, October 20. As in the past, the Wind Festival will also feature an exciting afternoon Plowboy Mudbog at the baseball field, street vendors, open businesses and museum downtown, and the free concert and dance “on the bricks” in the evening, followed by the fireworks show.

T. Graham Brown is a country, soul, and gospel singer who has been active since the 1970s. He has recorded thirteen studio albums and has had over twenty singles on the Billboard Country chart, including three Number Ones.  

His musical career began while he was a student at the University of Georgia, where he had his own band. Three years later, he moved to Nashville and made a living singing commercial jingles and writing songs. 

In 1986, his debut album, I Tell It Like It Used to Be, had two songs, “Hell or High Water” and “I Wish I Could Hurt That Way,” that made the Top Ten, launching him into the spotlight. His second album, Brilliant Conversationalist, also had two Top Ten hits, “Don’t Go to Strangers” and “She Couldn’t Love Me Anymore.” His third album, Come as You Were, had a number one hit, “Darlene,” and two other Top Ten hits, “The Last Resort” and “Come as You Were.”

However, he was also battling alcoholism, which interrupted his career in the 1990s. In 1998, he resumed with the album Wine into Water, and, now clean and sober, resumed his tours and recording. His 2014 album, the spiritually-themed Forever Changed, was a hit, and with “Wine into Water” and “Happy Ever After,” it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Roots Gospel Album.

The West Texas Wind Festival is only two and a half weeks away, so make plans now to attend another fun-filled day in Roscoe.

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PLOWBOYS FACE GRUVER IN PLAINVIEW FRIDAY EVENING

Jose Ortega (2) carries the ball against Munday.

For the first time ever, the Roscoe Plowboys will face off with the Gruver Greyhounds Friday evening in Plainview, roughly the halfway point between the two schools. That’s a 154-mile drive from Roscoe and a 171-mile drive from Gruver. Gruver is in the top of the panhandle less than twenty miles from the Oklahoma line. It is closer to Liberal, Kansas, than it is to Amarillo.  

This unusual non-district match-up is the result of Roby’s inability to compete in District 7-2A DII this year. When the Lions dropped out of district play this summer, all their district opponents found themselves with only nine games on their season schedules. The Plowboys were scheduled to play them for their first district game, one week after the open date. So, the loss of the Roby game left the Plowboys with two consecutive weeks without a game right before district play begins, and Head Coach Jake Freeman started looking for a team to fill the gap. It took a while, but he finally found Gruver, which was also looking for a game—and since Roscoe and Gruver are 325 miles apart, they agreed to play in Plainview.

The Greyhounds will be a formidable foe. A 2A-Div. II school like the Plowboys, they advanced last year to the regional semifinals, finishing with a 10-3 overall record and 5-0 in district. According to Texas Football, they return 7 offensive and 6 defensive starters this year and are led by QB/DE Keegan Kelp and WR/DB Creed Spivey. They are currently 4-1, defeating Amarillo Highland Park 79-6, Shamrock 52-18, Sunray 41-8, and Texhoma 56-20. Their only loss so far was to West Texas (Stinnett) 34-29.

The Plowboys are 2-2 with losses to Hawley and Stamford and victories over Miles and Munday.

Kickoff at Plainview is at 7:00pm.

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VICTORIA MARTINEZ WINS CROSS COUNTRY RACE IN HAMLIN

Victoria Martinez

At the Hamlin Cross Country Meet at Hamlin Country Club last week, Victoria Martinez finished first in the Varsity Girls 3200 meter race with a time of 13:00.80. Roscoe girls also finished 1-2-3 in the Eighth Grade 2400 meters: 1) Itzel Ortega-Solis, 2) Jissel Rodriguez, and 3) Candy Ortega.

Athletes from Albany, Anson, Aspermont, Baird, Leuders-Avoca, Roby, Roscoe Collegiate, Rule, Snyder, Stamford, and Sweetwater participated.

Plowgirls who finished in the top ten of their respective races were these:
                                   Athlete                               Time                    Finish
Varsity               Victoria Martinez               13:00.80                     1
(3200 m.)         Riley Sheridan                     13:40.12                     9

Jr. Varsity         Kaylea Perez                         15:43.13                     7
(3200 m.)          Jacey Rodriguez                  15:54.45                   10

8th Grade           Itzel Ortega-Solis               10:00.02                    1
(2400 m.)           Jissel Rodriguez                 10:05.12                     2
                             Candy Ortega                      10:08.88                    3

7th Grade           Jaiden Amador                   10:43.88                    8
(2400 m.)

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RYAN CHRYS & ROUGH CUTS AT LUMBERYARD TOMORROW

Ryan Chris & the Rough Cuts.

Ryan Chrys & the Rough Cuts debut at the Lumberyard tomorrow evening in a special Thursday night appearance. 

From Denver, they play music that people who love classic country and ‘70s rock music will enjoy. Ryan Chrys, whose career was mostly in bands’ backgrounds, branched out with his country rock albums, A Lick and a Promise and Up From the North. His latest album is A Shovel Full of Coal.

Singles include “Outlaw In Us All,” “Country Music Soundtrack,” “Killer,” and “Tonight We Ride.”

The band will take the stage at 8:00pm. For reservations and more information, contact the Lumberyard at 325-766-2457.

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WEATHER REPORT: BEAUTIFUL FALL WEATHER

Monday's sunset.

Last Wednesday was cloudy with a light shower of between one and two tenths of an inch. Afterwards, the skies cleared, and since then we have been having beautiful fall weather, the kind you dream about on a hot August day or a cold January one. Most of the time, neither heat nor air conditioning have been necessary, and the conditions outside are about as pleasant as they ever get. Skies have been clear or partly cloudy, the winds have been relatively light, and afternoon highs have been in the low to mid-eighties with lows in the sixties.

This nice fall weather should continue at least until Saturday. Today’s afternoon high will be a bit on the warm side at 89° but should be only 87° tomorrow and Friday. Skies will be partly cloudy and overnight lows will be 68° or 69°. Then on the weekend and the beginning of next week, there’s a good chance of more rain, i.e., 50% on Saturday and Sunday and 80% on Monday and Tuesday. At least, that’s what the meteorologists are saying right now. Along with the cloudy weather, temperatures will be a little lower with highs of 78° or 79° on Saturday and Sunday and 75° and 72° on Monday and Tuesday. The chances for rain will then diminish to 20% or 10% for the rest of next week.

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