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| Voting for Precinct 6 yesterday was at the First Baptist Church. |
Here's how the voters of Nolan County Precinct 6, Roscoe's precinct, cast their ballots yesterday:
Republicans Democrats
US President
Donald Trump* 261 Joe Biden 14
Other 10 Bernie Sanders 13
Pete Buttigieg 5
Elizabeth Warren 3
Tom Steyer 3
Amy Klobuchar 2
Michael Bloomberg 2
US Senator
John Cornyn* 187 Mary J. Hegar 7
John Castro 23 Annie Garcia 5
Mark Yancey 11 Michael Cooper 4
Cristina T. Ramirez 3
Amanda Edwards 3
Chris Bell 3
Other 5
US House District 19
Jodey Arrington* 224 Tom Watson 33
Vance Boyd 40
Nolan County Sheriff
David Warren* 151
Ray Cornutt 131
* = Incumbent
State Senator District 28 Charles Perry and State Representative District 71 Stan Lambert ran unopposed, as did others.
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PLOWBOYS OPEN TRACK SEASON IN BIG SPRING
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| Jaythan Coale finished first in the Pole Vault at 12' 6". (Photo by Ryan Dillon) |
Jaythan Coale finished first in the Pole Vault with a vault of 12’ 6”, and Brayan Medina was third in the 400 meters with a time of 56.83 seconds. The Plowboy relay teams also did well, finishing second in the 4 x 200 meters, fourth in the 4 x 100 meters, and fifth in the 4 x 400 meters.
The Plowboys finished below Wall, Coahoma, Stanton, Colorado City, and Ackerly Sands, in that order—and above Iraan, Grape Creek, Wink, Whiteface, Midland Greenwood, Forsan, Midland Texas Leadership, and Loop, in that order.
The Plowgirls chose to compete in the JV bracket and finished third there behind Wall and Coahoma, and ahead of Grape Creek, Compass Academy, Wink, Colorado City, Forsan, O’Donnell, and Stanton, in that order. Candy Ortega was their big winner, taking first in both the 1600 and 3200 meter races and second in the 800 meters. The 4 x 400 relay team also did well with a second-place finish.
Here are the Plowboys, JV Plowboys, and Plowgirls who finished in the Top Ten of their events:
Plowboys
Event Place Athlete Time/Distance
200 meters 6 Jaythan Coale 24.98
400 meters 3 Brayan Medina 56.83
1600 meters 9 Caleb Reed 5:31.92
3200 meters 7 Caleb Reed 12:29.65
4 x 100 relay 4 Plowboys 45.85
(Antonio Aguayo, Tyler Guelker, Jr. Martinez, Jaythan Coale)
4 x 200 relay 2 Plowboys 1:36.86
(T. Guelker, A. Aguayo. Gunner Helm, J. Coale)
4 x 400 relay 5 Plowboys 3:48.90
(T. Guelker, B. Medina, A. Aguayo, G. Helm)
High Jump 6 Tristan Baker 5’ 4”
Pole Vault 1 Jaythan Coale 12’ 6”
Triple Jump 8 Ryan Highsmith 34’ 4½”
Junior Varsity Plowboys
100 meters JV 8 Aidan Hermosillio 12.97
9 Sam Meier 13.16
200 meters JV 10 Sam Meier 27.01
800 meters JV 8 Richard Villa 2:41.16
1600 meters JV 10 Jose Leaños 6:11.06
3200 meters JV 10 Jake Madden 14:28.99
Plowgirls
200 meters JV 6 Anahi Ortega-Solis 31.92
400 meters JV 3 Mia Lavalais 1:15.01
800 meters JV 2 Candy Ortega 2:56.70
9 Jaiden Amador 3:23.97
1600 meters JV 1 Candy Ortega 6:22.63
6 Jaiden Amador 7:38.03
3200 meters JV 1 Candy Ortega 13:43.05
3 Jaiden Amador 15:32.68
100 hurdles 33” JV 3 Carson Greenwood 23.31
4 x 400 relay JV 2 Plowgirls 5:03.62
(Mia Lavalais, Itzel Ortega-Solis, Jacey Rodriguez, Kaylea Perez)
High Jump JV 2 Carson Greenwood 4’ 4”
Long Jump JV 7 Kirsten Welch 12’ 9”
8 Cameron Greenwood 11’ 9”
9 Malejia Munn 10’ 5”
Complete meet results can be found by clicking here.
Next up for the Plowgirls and JV Plowboys are the Tiger Relays in Anson tomorrow. On Saturday the Plowboys are in Brownwood for the Bluebonnet Relays.
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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS SUNDAY
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ROSCOE FFA CELEBRATES NATIONAL FFA WEEK
by Shelley Gunter
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| Addison Strickland colored this picture for the FFA Coloring Contest. |
In recognition of National FFA Week last week, the Roscoe FFA chapter participated in a variety of activities provided by the chapter officer team. Dress up days included: FFA day, Camo day, Farmer day, Western day, and FFA spirit day.
The week kicked off on Monday, February 24, with the chapter officers conducting the opening ceremony for the high school announcements. Throughout the week students were able to get snapshots of FFA member cutouts to see themselves as an FFA member in official dress (the national blue and corn gold corduroy jacket). The high school students were encouraged to participate in a drawing contest. The winner of that contest was 6th grader Gabi Solis.
The early childhood and elementary students were invited to participate in a week-long coloring contest. The winners of the coloring contest for each grade is as follows:
Pre-K - Lillian Muñoz
Kindergarten - Emma Ornelas
1st Grade - Emma Bennett
2nd Grade - Ariana Villa
3rd Grade - Vanessa Solis
4th Grade - Jo-Christian DeLoera
5th Grade - Brynlee Serrano
Honorable Mention - 4th Grade - Addison Strickland
The winners of the coloring contest received coloring/activity books as prizes.
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ROSCOE IN YEARS GONE BY: COTTON GIN GAMES
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| The Acme Gin in 1962 with seed house on the right and truck loading seed. |
In the fall when the farmers harvested their cotton, the cotton gins of Roscoe came to life and ran twenty-four hours a day, not slowing down until after Christmas. During this time, the whole town smelled like burnt cotton burrs, and vehicles pulling full cotton trailers on their way to the gin (or empty cotton trailers on their way back to the fields) were a familiar sight.
At the gins, the ginning process separated the burrs (outer shells of the cotton boll), seeds, and cotton. The burrs were burned or hauled off in trucks, the seeds went from the gin to a big corrugated-metal building next to it called the seed house, and the cotton was processed and compacted into cotton bales.
The finished bales were tagged for ownership and then placed in long rows in a gin lot, a large open area beside the gin that held large numbers of bales in peak season. The cottonseed went directly from the gin to the seed house by way of a rooftop auger conveyer, a turning spiral inside a pipe. The end of this pipe was at the top of the seed-house rafters, and it poured out cottonseed in a never-ending stream into the building below. The seed would pile up there and fill the seed house, sometimes practically all the way to the top in the back (The roof was usually about 16’ tall), more like three to five feet in the front. It remained there until it was loaded into trucks and hauled away.
For boys, these seed houses were a great place to play. You could go to the higher areas of the seed pile and jump into the lower ones, landing all sorts of ways since the fluffy cottonseed was firm enough to stop the fall but soft enough to cushion it. It was almost like having a giant bed to run around on. One of the favorite games was keep-away, usually played with a rag tied in a knot that was thrown from one boy to another while whoever was “it” tried to take it away. The game generally involved a lot of running and jumping, leaping catches, falls into the cottonseed below from higher areas, tackling, and wrestling—all in an effort to keep the rag or get it.
An adventurous element to the game was that it was forbidden, not only by concerned parents but also by the gin manager—because there were dangers. There had been cases, not in Roscoe but elsewhere in west Texas, where boys had managed to knock a great pile of cottonseed on top of themselves and get smothered, and Roscoe mothers were aware of this danger. Also, there was always the possibility of a forgotten pitchfork covered up by falling seed and situated in such a way that you could skewer yourself with it, or at least hurt yourself. But these hazards were generally ignored and the games played with wild abandon. The gin manager was generally way too busy to worry about what was going on in the seed house, and the occasional workers who saw you were also busy and generally didn’t care one way or the other.
Another game that could be played at the gin was “bale tag.” This was played in the gin lot on tops of the cotton bales. The bales were generally set vertically in long rows, one against the other, across the lot. The placement wasn’t always perfect, though, so there were gaps—and there were always bales here and there that had fallen over and were lying over on the ground. Bale tag was played by running and jumping across the tops of the bales, trying to stay away from whoever was “it.” If he touched you, you were “it” and had to tag someone else. The rules were that you had to stay on the bales and couldn’t touch the ground. If you did, you were automatically “it.” The bales were almost five feet tall, and occasionally during the chases you would stumble, trip, or lose your balance and fall or have to jump to the ground. A hard fall from five feet could really jar you, and occasionally there was blood and/or tears. But this possibility was part of what made the game a thrill. Like playing in the cottonseed, it was strictly forbidden by all mothers, but it went on anyway.
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WEATHER REPORT: MILD WITH SOME MORE RAIN
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| Saturday's sunset on the only February 29 for another four years. |
This past week was a little warmer than the ones before it, and this year’s March came in like a lamb with some pretty calm weather. The last three days of last week—and of February—were warm with highs of 65°, 70°, and 73°, and the beginning of March was similar with highs its first three days 73°, 68°, and 65°. Despite the warmer temperatures, though, the skies were generally cloudy with the sun peeking through only now and then.
Yesterday, a norther blew in that cooled things off and brought with it some rain. We got about a half-inch last night and early this morning, but we are getting more now and more is predicted for today with strong north winds gusting over 30mph and a high of only about 50°. Tonight the rains will cease, and tomorrow will be warmer with a high of 69°. Friday and Saturday will be similar with partly cloudy skies and highs of around 65°. On Sunday there’s a 40% chance of another rain, and Monday’s forecast is for a 73° high with partly cloudy skies.
There’s also another 40% chance of rain next Thursday.
--o--Yesterday, a norther blew in that cooled things off and brought with it some rain. We got about a half-inch last night and early this morning, but we are getting more now and more is predicted for today with strong north winds gusting over 30mph and a high of only about 50°. Tonight the rains will cease, and tomorrow will be warmer with a high of 69°. Friday and Saturday will be similar with partly cloudy skies and highs of around 65°. On Sunday there’s a 40% chance of another rain, and Monday’s forecast is for a 73° high with partly cloudy skies.
There’s also another 40% chance of rain next Thursday.
† GARLAND YOUNG HAYGOOD
Garland was born December 18, 1932, in Roscoe to Arnold Guy and Florence Lorene (Rankin) Haygood. He married Lillian Maxine Peterson on June 10, 1953, in Loraine. He was a self-employed farmer and also worked for the Nolan County Courthouse as a maintenance engineer for many years. Garland was a faithful and active member of the First Baptist Church of Roscoe, serving as Sunday School Superintendent. He was also a lifelong resident of Nolan and Mitchell counties.
He is survived by his daughter Charlotte Cave and husband Reid, of Rotan; four grandchildren, Heather Hardman, Jaecob Hardman and wife Hannah, Savannah Cave, and Derek Jacks, and wife Racheal; five great grandchildren, Morgan Hardman, Rayleigh Hardman, Layton Hardman, Cooper Jacks and Haethen Creed Hardman; and sister, Mary Ann Smith of Sweetwater.
Garland was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine Haygood, daughter Melissa Jacks, and parents, Arnold and Lorene Haygood.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 626, Roscoe, Texas 79545.
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† JERRY DON POWELL
A family and friend’s visitation will be from 5:00-7:00pm Friday at McCoy Funeral Home.
Jerry was born April 17, 1943, in Amarillo to the late Eugene Thomas and Helen Nell (Miller) Powell. He married Viva Kay Parker December 8, 1967, in Lubbock. They moved from Big Spring back to Roscoe in 2013. Jerry was a Registered Nurse for 38 years, served as a Captain in the United States Air Force, was a member of Roscoe Church of Christ, member of the National Rifle Association, and loved hiking and collecting coins and model cars.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years; Viva Kay Powell of Roscoe; daughter, Tamara Castleberry and husband Joe of Fort Worth; son, Gerald Powell and wife Karrie of Andrews; grandchildren, Kevin Powell, Brandon Powell, Shaylea Castleberry and Colby Castleberry; eight great grandchildren, two step grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Jerry was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
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