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| Mike and the Moonpies |
The live music lineup for this year’s free concert and street dance in downtown Roscoe will feature three great bands. Local favorites Lyndall Underwood and his Dusty Creek Band will kick off the show with their trademark traditional country sound. They will be followed by up-and-coming singer Kody West, who in turn will open for the evening’s headliners, Mike and the Moonpies.
Mike and the Moonpies, led by front man Mike Harmeier, got their start in Austin over a decade ago as a house band for the Hole in the Wall and later the Broken Spoke. Since those days, their music has become more sophisticated and is now what they describe as neotraditional country and Americana.
They have produced three new albums in the past three years, and one, Cheap Silver & Solid Country Gold, was recorded with the help of the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London, where the Beatles recorded Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Since 2010, they’ve produced seven albums, the most recent being Touch of You: the Lost Songs of Gary Stewart.
Notable singles include “You Look Good in Neon,” “Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em,” “Steak Night at the Prairie Rose,” “Road Crew,” and “Danger.”
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| Kody West |
Popular singles include “Love Me Too,” “Million Miles,” and “For the Last Time."
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| Lyndall Underwood |
Lyndall Underwood and the Dusty Creek Band are well known in the Big Country, frequently playing in area venues in Abilene, San Angelo, Sweetwater, Snyder, Roscoe, and elsewhere. They have been around for several years now and have a dedicated following for their traditional country dance music. Lyndall is a graduate of Roscoe High and a local cotton farmer.
Besides the free concert and street dance, the July 4th celebration will include the annual July 4th parade in the morning, the Plowboy Mudbog in the afternoon at the baseball field, street vendors on Cypress and Broadway, and conclude with the ever-popular fireworks show.
So, if you're in the area on Saturday, July 3, make plans to attend, bring lawn chairs and coolers, and help us celebrate the country’s independence in downtown Roscoe.
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ROSCOE COLLEGIATE ISD NEEDS YOUR INPUT
Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey (https://forms.gle/MTmSrTGFzYZxMJBJ7) and/or join us at 6:30 on Monday, June 14th, for a short community meeting to discuss the use of these funds. The meeting will take place at the district admin building at 7th and Ash, or you can join via Zoom:
Roscoe Collegiate is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82251677093
Meeting ID: 822 5167 7093
Passcode: roscoe
Survey Link: https://forms.gle/MTmSrTGFzYZxMJBJ7
Roscoe Collegiate is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82251677093
Meeting ID: 822 5167 7093
Passcode: roscoe
Survey Link: https://forms.gle/MTmSrTGFzYZxMJBJ7
Andrew J. Wilson
Superintendent
325-766-3629
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CITY COUNCIL HEARS REPORTS, PASSES AGENDA ITEMS
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| City Manager Cody Thompson addresses the City Council yesterday. |
City Manager Cody Thompson reported that all the problems at the City Swimming Pool created by the winter blizzard were successfully taken care of, and the pool is now open for the summer with Inez Leanas as manager. Pipes and fittings have been replaced and new sand put in the sand filter, and everything is working properly.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Water Development Board delays in waterline improvement plans for south Roscoe might possibly work out to Roscoe’s advantage if the federal government’s infrastructure plan is passed. If it is, first funds will go to shovel-ready projects and Roscoe’s water improvement project would be one of those.
The R. O. water treatment plant is running as designed and city workers are doing a good job with its day-to-day operation.
Recent rainfall has created rapidly growing weeds and grass, and mosquitos are proliferating. Residents are urged to eliminate pools of standing water, and city workers have already sprayed once for mosquitos and plan a second spraying by the end of this week.
Planning is underway for the July 4 celebration on Saturday, July 3.
Police Chief Felix Pantoja gave the Police Department report for the month of May. He said the Department had handled 80 to 90 calls and issued a number of citations, including one for operating after hours at the game room on Broadway. Indictments included one for a recent robbery at Stripes, but the Yesway holdup in March is still unsolved. The Department has also obtained a new police vehicle to replace the old one that was totaled while parked on the roadside of I-20 during a winter storm.
The Council then passed a number of routine agenda items and approved the addition of Coilla Smith to the Roscoe Community Development Board.
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NEW ROSCOE CITY POLICE VEHICLE
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| Roscoe Police have a new Chevy Tahoe. Decals are on the way. |
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WEATHER REPORT: SUMMER HEAT ARRIVES
The rainy weather of May continued until last Thursday. I had .3” in my gauge when I got up that morning, and another shower added .3” more that afternoon. I was in Abilene and wasn’t here for the afternoon rain but was told that golf ball sized hail fell in south Roscoe but not downtown or in most other places in the area.
The first five days of June were also temperate with highs of 79°. 84°, 80°, 82°, and 86° last week with lows in the upper 50s or low 60s. But that will have to be just a pleasant memory with the summer heat we’re facing now. Saturday is predicted to reach 105° and Sunday 102°. So, it appears that the farmers who were praying for some sunshine to dry out their wet fields have got their wish—and then some.
A look at the Weather Channel’s forecast for the rest of June shows no more daily highs of less than 90°--and no more rainy days.
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Sounds like summer has arrived. Hope for a good 3 inch rain about the 25th of July.
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