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| Jamey Johnson |
Jamey Johnson, 43, has been in the spotlight ever since his recording of “The Dollar” in 2005. Born and raised in Alabama, he went to college for two years before doing the next eight in the Marine Reserve. During that time, he began singing at night clubs in Montgomery, and in 2000 moved to Nashville. His first successes were as a songwriter, and in 2006 he co-wrote “Give It Away,” which George Strait took to Number 1. And with the release of “The Dollar,” Johnson’s singing career also took off, and he has been a familiar name in country music ever since. Two hit songs on his 2008 album, That Lonesome Song, “In Color” and “High Cost of Living,” established his popularity, and the album was certified gold.
Over the years he has produced four albums, The Dollar, That Lonesome Song, The Guitar Song, Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, and one EP, The Christmas Song. The Guitar Song debuted at Number 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums and sold 63,000 copies its first week. In addition to George Strait, he has written or co-written songs for Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Trace Adkins, and others.
He has been nominated for numerous Country Music and Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Album, Best Country Song, and Best New Artist of the Year. “Give It Away” was named Country Music Association’s Song of the Year in 2007, and “In Color” Song of the Year in 2009.
Memorable singles include “The Dollar,” “In Color,” “The High Cost of Living,” “Give It Away,” “Between Jennings and Jones,” “Lead Me Home,” “That Lonesome Song,” and “The Redneck Side of Me.”
For reservations or more information, contact the Lumberyard at 325-766-2457.
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KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS PLEASE LUMBERYARD CROWD
The Kentucky Headhunters had everyone dancing at the Lumberyard last Friday evening.
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VAN HORN ISD ADOPTS ROSCOE’S P-20 PROGRAM
Van Horn ISD is one of the school districts inspired by what Roscoe Collegiate ISD has done in re-structuring its system for college and career readiness, and giving its students the opportunity of attaining associates and even bachelor’s degrees as well as professional certifications from government and industry. Van Horn wants to do the same and is in many ways modeling its curriculum on Roscoe’s P-20 program but adapting it to its particular situation, especially its professional partnerships. Working with Roscoe, they’ve come up with this promotional video to explain their program and its goals.
Roscoe’s Edu-Drone instructor, Dusty White, and high school students Ty Fullwood and Arthur Pope were instrumental in making the video. Mr. White produced and co-edited it, Ty Fullwood did the aerial filming and sound, and Arthur Pope the ground filming and editing.
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ROSCOE IN YEARS GONE BY:
[Editor’s note: Back in 1958, when sack dresses were all the rage in women’s fashion, the town fathers played a “sack dress” baseball game. Such an event might not take place today, as we are now much more aware of gender issues and might not want to be accused of sending the wrong signals by cross-dressing. But the ‘50s were a more innocent time in that regard, so the game went on as funny community entertainment.]
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| Roscoe Lions Club softball team in ladies' dress. They aren't in sack dresses here, but this was as close as I could get. Front row: Tommy Huff, Glenn Pitts, Billy Whorton, Harold Haynes, Bernard Shelansky, Walter Driver, William Haney. Standing: George Parks, Joe Sneed, John McKay, Arliss Haynes, Landrum Medlock, Clyde Jay, Glenn Roenfeldt, Russell Haney. |
(from the Abilene Reporter-News, July 13, 1958)
‘SACK’ BASEBALL GAME AT ROSCOE
ROSCOE (HW) – Now the sack dresses are spreading to baseball.
A sack dress baseball game will be held between the Roscoe Lions Club and the American Legion post here the night of July 28.
Players may wear cotton sacks, flour sacks, or regulation fashion “sacks.”
As an added attraction, Lion President Arthur Weeks and American Legion post commander Wilbert Pietzsch will co-star in a beauty contest. Fans may vote for either at $1 a vote. Proceeds will go to pay off a $700 debt remaining on lights at the baseball park.
The “beauties” will be brought in sports cars furnished by Pollard Chevrolet and Roscoe Motors. Beauticians will “pretty up” each contestant.
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WEATHER REPORT: MORE COOL, WET WEATHER
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| There's plenty of water in the lake just west of Roscoe. |
It’s been another cool, wet week in Roscoe. And, although we are now in the month of June, the high temperature for the week once again failed to reach 90°F. Saturday afternoon’s 88° was as hot as it got, and last Wednesday and Thursday had highs in the seventies. Lows were right around 60° except for Saturday, which had the highest low for the week at 67°. TXU Energy stock is going to be dropping if we don’t start getting hotter days requiring more air conditioning, but electric bills are likely to be considerably lower than they were last year.
We also got two more showers. The first was early Friday morning between 3:30 and 4:00am. The official total for Roscoe was .75”, but with the ground as saturated as it ever gets around here, that was enough to keep everything wet with puddles everywhere. And then, just as things were beginning to dry out, we got another shower early Monday morning, filling the puddles again. This time Kenny Landfried recorded .31” more to bring the total to just over an inch for the week.
With these frequent showers, the ground has never really been able to dry out, and with forecasts of more rain for this week and next, farmers have begun to seriously worry about getting their cotton planted. For one thing, it’s been time to plant for a while now, and for another, the crop insurance rules require all cotton planting to be done by June 20 in order to get full coverage. Planting after that date causes a 5% drop in coverage for each day it is late.
However, the forecast changed yesterday evening from 40% and 50% chances of rain for last night and the rest of this week to much less than that, 0% to 20%. So, if the meteorologists are correct in this latest lowering of expectations for precipitation, then the chances of most farmers getting their planting done before the deadline go way up. Of course, even with no more rain between now and June 20, farms with currently filled lakes will not be able to plant as many acres as they’d like. Still, the forecast looks a lot rosier this morning than it did this time yesterday.
Chances for rain are now 40% for later this afternoon and tonight, 20% for tomorrow, 10% for Friday, and 0% for Saturday and Sunday. However, the forecasters' downward revision of Monday and Tuesday to 20% has been changed again and is now back up to 40% for Monday and 50% for Tuesday. Obviously, the meteorologists are having some trouble making up their minds.
Today should be mostly cloudy with a high of 85° and tomorrow similar with a high of 83°. On Friday, though, the sun should come out and remain that way through Sunday. Friday’s high should reach 87°, Saturday’s 94°, and Sunday’s 92°. Then, the clouds and cooler weather return on Monday and Tuesday with the high on Monday only 77° and on Tuesday 81° with increased chances of rain both days.
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