Christmas Open House This Sunday

For those of you who don’t think Roscoe is ahead of the game, consider this—the Community Center hosted its annual Thanksgiving dinner this past Sunday, and Christmas Open House is coming up this Sunday! 

Always a hit, this popular shopping event, now in its seventh year, launches local merchants into the holiday season and provides customers with their first taste of Christmas shopping with fanfare and refreshments.

Between 1:00 and 5:00, several Roscoe downtown businesses will be featuring their latest selections for the upcoming season. These will include Vickie’s Gifts, Wildflower Boutique, Cotton Belle, Southern Belle Salon, McVey’s Nursery, and the Lumberyard, which will open at 12 for those who want lunch.

The Roscoe Community Center will get an early start with its Clodhopper Christmas Trades Day on Saturday from 9 to 4 and will have vendors selling food as well as merchandise. On Sunday, it will host a number of vendors from 1 to 5 who will also be selling all kinds of items. For details, see the flyer below at the end of this week’s post.

The Roscoe Express shuttle will operate all afternoon carrying visitors from one business to the next at no charge. Everyone is invited, so come on out. This event is always a lot of fun.

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ROSCOE FFA MEMBERS BRING HOME GOLD MEDALS FROM THE NATIONAL AGRISCIENCE FAIR

Rebecca Shaw and Caleb Boren with their project's blue ribbon.

Indianapolis, Indiana – Caleb Boren and Rebecca Shaw of the Roscoe FFA Chapter won gold medals and placed 2nd in the Animal Systems category Division 6 at the National FFA Agriscience Fair at the 92nd annual National FFA Convention held October 28-November 2, 2019, in Indianapolis, Indiana. They competed against other Agriscience projects from across the Nation.

The Agriscience Fair fuses the traditional science fair with agriculture. FFA members conduct cutting edge agricultural research to compete in categories such as biochemistry and microbiology, environmental science, zoology, botany and engineering.

The Agriscience Fair was made possible by these sponsors: Cargill, John Deere, Sygenta, Bayer, Alltech Inc., Zoetis, Wrangler, and Corteva Agriscience.

The 92nd annual National FFA Convention recorded approximately 69,000 members and guests. Members of the nation’s largest agricultural youth leadership organization spent the week attending leadership workshops, participating in events and activities, being recognized for their achievements, and serving as the legislative body for the National FFA Association.

FFA gives students the opportunity to apply practical classroom knowledge to real world experiences through local, state and national competitions. For more information about the National FFA, visit www.ffa.org.

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BIG WEEKEND AT THE LUMBERYARD, JON WOLFE FRIDAY, LAZER LLOYD SATURDAY, CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY

The joint will be jumping this weekend at the Lumberyard. Jon Wolfe will perform on Friday and Lazer Lloyd on Saturday. Then on Sunday afternoon from 12 to 5, the Lumberyard will be open for Roscoe’s Christmas Open House.

Jon Wolfe.

Jon Wolfe will make his first appearance ever at the Lumberyard on Friday. A native of Oklahoma, Wolfe has been a professional musician since 2004, when he settled in Austin and became a regular performer on the Lone Star honky tonk circuit.

He released his debut album, Almost Gone, in 2004, and has produced three other studio albums since then: It All Happened in a Honky Tonk (2010), Natural Man (2015), and Any Night in Texas (2017).

Top singles include “That Girl in Texas,” “I Don’t Dance,” “What Are You Doin’ Right Now,” and “Boots on a Dance Floor.”

Lazer Lloyd.

Lazer Lloyd is a singer/songwriter and a citizen of the world. Born and raised in the US, he has spent much of his adult life living overseas in places like Israel, Brazil, and Europe. He began playing in rock bands in high school, and, after graduating from college, recorded his first song in Nashville. 

In the late ‘90s, he took his music to Israel and played and recorded both solo and with Israeli bands there. His music is a blend of rock, country, blues, and Americana with a touch of foreign influences. He has recorded several albums both in Israel and the US and is currently on a tour of the US.

Notable singles include “Burning Thunder,” “Talk,” “America,” and “Put a Little Gas in Your Tank.”

If you haven’t already seen the Lumberyard’s recent changes, you also need to check out the renovations, which include three pool tables, a foosball table, a juke box, an ATM machine, and a new clear protective barrier to keep out the wind and rain for events in the small stage area.

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

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PLOWBOYS FACE CROSS PLAINS HERE FRIDAY EVENING

Action from a previous Cross Plains game.

The Plowboys will play their final regular-season game at Plowboy Field Friday evening with the Cross Plains Buffaloes. With a win, Roscoe could force a three-way tie for third place with the Buffaloes and Haskell, putting the league’s tiebreaker rules into effect. The Plowboys lost to Haskell 49-21, while Cross Plains defeated the Indians 25-22.

A victory won’t be easy, though. Even though the Buffaloes are coming off a 41-0 loss last week to number 8 state-ranked Hamlin, they are a good team, 6-3 on the year. They have victories over Menard 34-7, Ranger 55-0, TLCA (San Angelo) 62-12, Plains 54-0, Miles 42-6, and Haskell 25-22. Their three losses were to Christoval 26-14, number 2 in state Albany 41-13, and Hamlin.

Kickoff is at 7:00pm.

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PLOWGIRL BASKETBALL SEASON BEGINS SATURDAY

After a couple of warmup scrimmages with Eula and Snyder, the Plowgirl basketball season officially gets under way with a game with Robert Lee here at the Special Events Center Saturday evening. The Junior Varsity game will start at 5:00 and the Varsity game at about 6:30.

Then, next week they will have two more home games, the first on Tuesday, November 12, with Eula and the second with Winters on Friday, November 15. Start times for both are 5:00pm for JV and 6:30 for Varsity.

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VETERANS DAY PROGRAM AT SCHOOL FRIDAY

Roscoe Collegiate ISD’S Veteran's Day Program is this Friday from 8:50-9:30am in the school cafetorium. All local veterans will be recognized and honored. We welcome anyone who would like to attend.

The program includes flag presentations by Boy Scout Troop 140 and music by the Plowboy Band, the Roscoe Elementary Choir, and the Roscoe Collegiate Teacher's Quartet. Winners of the essay, art, and poetry contests will be announced, and the guest speaker will be Andy Wilson.

If you are a veteran, come early for coffee and cookies at 8:30 am. We would also like for you to sit on the gym floor for the program, so we can honor you.

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WEATHER REPORT: FIRST HARD FREEZE, THEN MILD

Saturday's sunrise.

Our first hard freeze of the fall came on Thursday morning when the temperature dropped all the way to 20°F, which set an all-time record for the day by six degrees. The low reading was accompanied by a stiff north breeze that made it feel even colder than that, and it seemed that winter had suddenly arrived in October. 

However, Friday afternoon was much warmer at 71°, and since then we’ve had relatively mild weather typical for this time of year. Saturday’s high was 60°, Sunday’s 74°, Monday’s 82°, and yesterday’s 61°, while the lows ranged from Friday’s 33° to Monday’s 50°.

Daylight savings time ended early Sunday morning, and since then darkness has seemed to arrive much too early in the afternoons. I guess I’ll get used to it in a couple of days, but for right now I’m waking up too early in the mornings and getting sleepy too soon at night.

The weather has generally been cooperating with the cotton harvest this year by staying sunny and dry. However, we haven’t had any meaningful precipitation for a long time now, and unless the pattern changes soon, we may not have much ground moisture for next year’s crops.

The dry spell could begin to change as soon as today. There’s currently a 40% chance of scattered thundershowers, which will increase to 90% tonight and continue into tomorrow with a quarter of an inch or so of rain expected. Winds will shift to the north tomorrow and gusts could reach over 40mph as the temperature drops to a high of only 47° and a low of 33°. Friday will be overcast with a high of 53° but with almost no chance for rain, and with only light winds, the football game should be chilly but not bad. On Saturday the sun will come back out and the high climb to 67°. 

Sunday should be nice for Christmas Open House with sunny skies, light southerly breezes, and afternoon temperatures in the seventies.

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