The RCISD School Board election is in two parts. The first is for four regular four-year positions. Six candidates are running, but only four will be selected. Voters may choose up to four candidates from the following group:
James Arnwine
Kenny Hope
David Pantoja
Eloy Herrera
Allen Richburg
Jose Ortega
The second group is for three two-year positions. Four candidates are running, but only three will be selected. Voters may choose up to three candidates:
Jerad Alford
Jason Freeman
Cheyenne Smith
Aaron Brown
Three candidates are running for two three-year positions on the Roscoe City Council. Voters may choose up to two:
Edwin Wilson Duncan
Larry John Clements
Robert Ray McBride
For more information about the School Board Election, contact the Roscoe Collegiate ISD Office at 325-766-3629. For more information about the City Council Election, contact City Hall at 325-766-3871.
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CHARLEY CROCKETT, SHINYRIBS AT LUMBERYARD
Downtown Roscoe will be rocking this weekend with two big shows at the Lumberyard. Shinyribs will put on Friday night’s performance, and Charley Crockett will make his first appearance ever here on Saturday night.
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| Shinyribs |
The band’s originator and lead performer is Kevin Russell, originally from Beaumont but now based in Austin. He originally became known there with his band, The Gourds, before going solo as Shinyribs. Later, he formed the band, which now goes by the same name.
Winners of the Best Austin Band in 2017-18 and 2018-19 at the Austin Music Awards, Shinyribs has been featured at South by Southwest and on Austin City Limits.
Russell describes their music as country soul, swamp funk, and tickle with his own versions of songs by such artists as George Jones, Leadbelly, Burl Ives, and Hank Williams, Jr. If it’s a good time you’re looking for, you’ll get it from Shinyribs Friday night at the Lumberyard.
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| Charley Crockett |
West Texas country music fans get a special treat on Saturday night when singer/songwriter Charley Crockett brings his act to town. Originally from the Rio Grande valley, Crockett was born in San Benito, but also lived in Dallas while growing up and now works out of Austin. He has sung on the streets of New Orleans, New York, and Paris, France, and traveled extensively in Europe and the US. He has also sometimes been on the wrong side of the law.
His recent rise to fame has been both unusual and phenomenal. From singing in the subway to being featured in this month’s Rolling Stone, Crockett has done it the hard way, but he is now getting his due as his single “I Can Help” has just hit a million streams on Spotify.
He began his professional career with the release of his debut album in 2015, A Stolen Jewel, and in 2016 with In The Night, both blues albums. Lil G. L.’s Honky Tonk Jubilee, his third, is a collection of country classics and blues, which peaked at 10 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. Since then, he has released two more, The Valley, in 2019 and his latest, Welcome to Hard Times, in 2020. His popularity has steadily grown, and he now has a large following of fans.
Popular singles include “Welcome to Hard Times,” "I Can Help," “Fool Somebody Else,” “Borrowed Time,” “Don’t Cry,” “Lily My Dear,” as well as such covers as “Jamestown Ferry,” and “Good Time Charley’s Got the Blues.”
The Rolling Stone article on Charley Crockett is available online by clicking here.
For more information or to make reservations, contact the Lumberyard at 325-766-2457.
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RCHS TRACK SEASON ENDS AT REGIONAL MEET
The Plowboys scored personal bests in two events Saturday. Antonio Aguayo ran a 23.03 in the 200 meters to finish in seventh place after finishing fourth in the preliminary heat, and the Plowboys’ 4 x 200 meter relay team, which finished sixth, ran a year’s best at 1:32.63.
Caleb Reed finished 15th in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:19.41, and Kaidy Ornelas finished ninth in the Girls’ 1600 meters with a time of 5:57.63.
Congratulations to all the athletes who made it to the Regional Meet. That’s quite an accomplishment!
Plowboys
Event Finish Athlete(s) Time
200 meter dash 7 Antonio Aguayo 23.03
4 x 200 meter relay 6 Plowboys 1:32.63
(Julian Cuellar, Antonio Aguayo, Seth Wilcox, Tyler Guelker)
1600 meter run 15 Caleb Reed 5:19.41
Plowgirls
1600 meter run 9 Kaidynce Ornelas 5:57.63
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COVID-19 REPORT: WORLD BAD, U.S. OK, WEST TEXAS GOOD
In the US, the numbers are little changed from last week. They are slowly beginning to decline in Michigan, New York, and New Jersey but increasing in Oregon and Colorado. Deaths and hospitalizations are slowly lessening. The national number of vaccinations is also decreasing as demand diminishes. It is now under 3 million per day, with 29% of the adult population fully vaccinated and 42% with at least one dose.
In Texas, the numbers remain low. Hospitalizations have dropped slightly from 2,967 last week to 2,718 yesterday, and new cases also remain below 3,000 per day. Yesterday had just 1,390. Fatalities averaged 49 daily this week, a drop of 9 from last week’s 58.
Numbers remain low in the Big Country but growing some in Abilene. The number of active cases in Taylor County has grown to 214, a gain of 62 over last week’s 152, and Covid-19 hospitalizations in Abilene are now at 16 patients compared to 9 last week. Also, 2 more deaths were reported, so the total for Taylor County now stands at 401. The percentage of Covid-19 patients in the Abilene trauma service area is at 1.43% after last week’s 0.90%.
In our four-county area, the numbers are still quite low. Nolan County reports 0 active cases for the third consecutive week. Fisher County now has only 2 after 4 last week, and Mitchell County reports only 1 after last week’s 2. Scurry County has 19 active cases compared to 15 last week, but that’s still considerably lower than its 46 two weeks ago. Once again, none of the four counties report any Covid-19 deaths this past week.
Here are the Big Country’s estimated active cases (with last week’s in parentheses): Howard, 45 (47); Scurry, 19 (15); Brown, 18 (6); Coke, 7 (13); Coleman, 4 (0); Erath, 4 (7); Eastland, 3 (1); Comanche, 3 (2); Jones, 2 (34); Fisher, 2 (4); Shackelford, 1 (3); Mitchell, 1 (2); Haskell, 0 (0); Callahan, 0 (0); Stephens, 0 (0); Runnels, 0 (0); Nolan, 0 (0); Kent, 0 (0); Stonewall, 0 (0); Knox, 0 (0); Throckmorton, 0 (0). The total of all these counties for this week is 109, 27 fewer than last week’s 136.
Selected west Texas counties’ estimated active cases (with last week’s in parentheses): Ector (Odessa) 249 (245), Midland 237 (215), Lubbock 92 (79); Tom Green (San Angelo) 77 (88); Wichita (Wichita Falls) 44 (38). This week’s total for these cities is 699, 34 more than last week’s 665.
Texas now has had a total of 2,461,831 cases (2,444,933 last week), 62,206 active cases (62,555 last week), and 49,022 total deaths (48,677 last week).
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WEATHER REPORT: FINALLY, A BIG RAIN
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| Eden Baker took this photo of yesterday's approaching storm. |
The rain lasted twenty minutes or so and then stopped until about 1:20am when it resumed, and this time it lasted over half an hour. Then, I heard a sound that is music to the ears after the dry spell we've had this spring--the croaking of frogs. It also rained some more after that, but I didn't check the time.
This morning, I checked
my rain gauge and found just over 3.5 inches in it. Roscoe weatherman Kenny Landfried reported an official 3.58" at his home in east Roscoe. Other reports from the local area varied. Allen Richburg got 3 inches west of town, Randall Bankhead got 1.75" south of Champion, Jason Freeman got 2.6" a mile southeast of town, and Josh Boston got 3.6" in south Roscoe.
This past week has included a wide range of weather—from last Wednesday morning’s freeze to Monday afternoon’s sweltering 96°F, from clear blue skies to completely overcast, from dead calms to high winds from multiple directions, and from dry, dusty southwest winds to last night’s downpour accompanied by lightning, thunder and hail.
The freeze of last Wednesday morning didn’t seem to do much damage here in town, but I heard from both Craig Diddle and Randall Smith that there were places here and there, especially in and around Fisher County, where the mesquite trees were damaged by the cold. As we native west Texans know, that’s not supposed to ever happen to the mesquites, which are always the last trees to bud out—but apparently this year it did.
And maybe it’s just me, but it seems that this spring has been unusually windy, including this past week, when winds of 20-25mph are the norm and gusts of 35-45mph were occurring just about every day.
Today’s forecast is for a 40% chance of more scattered thunderstorms, winds from the northeast at 10-15mph, and a high of 79°. Tomorrow, winds will be from the north with a 60% chance of showers, strong north winds, and a high of only 65°. Friday’s chances for precipitation drop to 25% with wind from the north, cloudy skies, and a high of 72°. Saturday will be partly cloudy with a light southeast breeze, a high of 75°, and a 25% chance of rain. Then on Sunday, the heat returns with a southwest wind and a high of 87°.
Sunny skies are predicted for all of next week with little chance of rain.
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† GAINES HUNTER PRICE
Gaines was born January 9, 1955, in Nolan County to the late Garland Gaines and Myrtle Jean (Hunter) Price. He was a lifelong resident of Nolan County. Gaines was a graduate of Highland High School and farmed the Roscoe area all of his life.
Gaines is survived by his son, Tyson Price and wife Riley Ann of Roscoe; daughter, Callie Jones and husband Casey of Fort Worth; three sisters, Letha Fullwood and husband Eugene of Roscoe, Jerita Richburg and husband Walter of Fredericksburg, and Garla Allen of DeLeon; grandchildren, Tyleigh and Tatum Price of Roscoe and Carsten and Callen Jones of Fort Worth.
He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter Laura DeLynn Price on January 28, 1985.
Pallbearers were Keith Johnson, Kenneth Reed, Michael Herrera, Josh Stansell, Eliseo Lopez, and Frankie Stewart. Honorary pallbearers were Billy Monroe and Zach Wilcox.
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Here's hoping for a good slow 3" rain again this week.
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