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| Cheerleaders and bonfire at the 2013 Homecoming. |
It's not too early to
start making plans to attend this year's RHS/RCHS Homecoming in
September. Here's what the Homecoming Committee has come up with so far.
It's still tentative with some tweaking possible, but should be
accurate for the most part.
IT'S TIME FOR ROSCOE HIGH HOMECOMING 2015!
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sept. 17-19
“Lots of things have changed, but Plowboy Pride remains the same!”
THURSDAY:
7:00
Bonfire, Tailgating, & Fireworks--North of Railroad Tracks—Come
cheer with the Plowboy Cheerleaders and Band. Food and glow items for
sale! Bonfire will begin at sundown, approx. 7:30. (Feel free to add
wood/brush to the designated area starting August 10th) Call Max at
575-799-0812 for questions.
FRIDAY:
1:30 Exes Reception at Special Events Center lobby—Registration, refreshments, visit with exes, meet students, tour the school.
2:50 Pep Rally—in old Gym—Former Cheerleaders and all Exes will be recognized.
You are invited to bring your instrument and play along with the band.
4:00-7:00 Potato Bake in Cafetorium benefiting Girls' Athletics.
6:30 Meet and Greet for all ex-Cheerleaders in Special Events Concession Room.
7:30
Plowboys vs. Jim Ned Watch as Roscoe ex Jake Freeman coaches the
Plowboys to a Big Win against the Indians!! Homecoming Court will be
announced and the band will perform during halftime.
7:30-8:30 Registration at front gate
8:30-9:30 Registration, coffee, refreshments Special Events Concession Room
*** Check sites below for after-game activities—SCHEDULE YOURS NOW!
SATURDAY:
9:00
Coffee & Donuts at the Community Center on Broadway—registration,
and morning reception—join the parade after the last parade entry &
continue the route to RCHS! Museum will be open Saturday.
10:00
Parade—THEME: PURPLE POWER! Entries line up behind The Lumberyard at
9:15—Parade begins at Highway 608 on Broadway, then west to Oak St.,
then south to RHS!! All entries welcome! Categories: walking groups
(scouts, dance, ball clubs etc.), horse groups, music groups, favorite
pets, bicycles, floats, vehicles (inc. golf carts), and large machinery.
Call Max (above) if questions. LET’S SEE PURPLE!!!
11:00 ALL
Plowboys converge at RCHS in the cafetorium for door prizes, tours,
presentations, Roscoe history slide show, & visiting in Decade Theme
Classrooms for pictures/videos of the past, memory board, yearbooks,
etc.
11:00-2:30 STEM Academy Tour. See why RCHS leads in
education with the addition of this program for science, technology,
engineering, and math!!
11:30-1:30 Lunch Plan to eat at RCHS cafetorium (menu and price to be announced).
Check sites below for Saturday Evening Parties & Events.
ATTENTION!! SEND YOUR CLASS PARTY INFO ASAP TO THE WEBSITE BELOW:
Website:
https://sites.google.com/site/roscoehomecoming/ Twitter: @rchsevents
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/roscoehomecoming
Snapchat: rchshomecoming
Instagram: rchshomecoming
E-mail: rchsevents@gmail.com
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CAMDEN BOREN, MURISSA HORTON WIN STATE FFA COMPETITION
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| Pictured
from left to right (back row): Camden Boren, Dr. Dan Hunter, Logan
Wicker, Kenneth “Ray” Bohall, and Nolan Reeves. Left to right (front
row): Murissa Horton, Samantha “Sammi” Stewart, Brena Robison and Mrs.
Shelley Gunter (Ag Science Teacher). |
The
Roscoe Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter brought home a state win
in the Junior Team Division in Animal Systems in the Agriscience Fair
at the 87th Annual Texas FFA Convention held in Corpus Christi week
before last. Camden Boren and Murissa Horton (both classified as
freshmen at the time of the contest) brought home the state win. They
have qualified to compete in the National FFA Agriscience Fair contest
(pending summer judging advancement) in Louisville, Kentucky in October
of 2016. Kenneth “Ray” Bohall also competed at the state level in the
Senior Individual Division in Animal Systems.
Dr. Dan Hunter,
Assistant Commissioner for Water and Rural Affairs for Texas Department
of Agriculture (TDA), was the keynote speaker at the Agriscience Fair
banquet when Boren and Horton received the award. Dr. Hunter has an
extensive background in agriculture, is an enormous supporter of FFA,
grew up in Roscoe, and graduated from Roscoe High School.
Congratulations!
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ROSCOE POLICE MAKE ANOTHER I-20 MARIJUANA BUST
On
Wednesday, July 15, at approximately 4 p.m., Sgt. Steven Spencer
stopped a vehicle on Interstate 20 at the 236 mile marker post. During a
routine questioning of the driver and passenger of the vehicle, he
detected the possibility of criminal activity. Chief Felix Pantoja was
called to the scene to assist Spencer in watching the individuals as he
performed a search of the vehicle. During the search Spencer located in
undisclosed locations three separate bundles of marijuana. The driver, a
man from Georgia, and the passenger, a woman from Odessa, were taken
into custody and booked into the Nolan County Jail for felony possession
of marijuana over 4 ounces but less than 5 pounds.
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JOHN SPAULDING IS WINNER OF RVFD RIFLE RAFFLE
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| John Spaulding with his AR-15 beside RVFD Fire Chief Gary Armstrong. |
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John Spaulding is the winner of the AR-15 rifle in the Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department raffle held on July 4.
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ROSCOE BASEBALL TEAMS FINISH SEASON
Baseball
season is over for Roscoe’s little league teams, who went to the state
playoffs but were unable to come home this year with the gold.
The
Freshman League Astros (ages 10-12) finished fifth at the playoffs in
Presidio. They lost their first game to Cross Plains 7-2 before beating
Harker Heights by a score of 24-2. Unfortunately, however, they were
eliminated when they lost their next game to Comanche 6-2.
The
Midget League Tigers (ages 9 and under) finished seventh at the playoffs
in Bangs, losing their first game to Presidio 15-5. In their second
game against Ballinger, they overcame a 7-0 deficit in the last inning
to take the lead 8-7 but then lost when Ballinger scored two runs in the
bottom of the inning to beat them 9-8.
Even with the playoff
losses, though, both teams had successful seasons overall with the
Astros finishing with a 9-3 record in the Colorado City league, while
the Tigers wound up at 8-4.
(I was unable to get the results of Roscoe’s playoff team at Colorado City in time to include in this posting.)
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WADE BOWEN, SHINYRIBS AT LUMBERYARD FRIDAY NIGHT
Two
great bands are featured Friday night at the Lumberyard when Shinyribs
opens for “Red Dirt” singing star Wade Bowen and Band.
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| Kevin Russell of Shinyribs |
Shinyribs
is one of the fastest-moving bands in the Texas scene right now. They
exploded onto the Austin scene at Ray Benson’s club, The Rattle Inn, and
have been drawing large crowds ever since. Led by Kevin Russell, their
most recent album,
Okra Candy, follows their first two,
Well After
Awhile, and
Gulf Coast Museum.
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| Wade Bowen |
Bowen, originally from Waco and a
Texas Tech grad, has grown in popularity over the years and now has a
large following. His albums include
Try Not to Listen (2002),
The Blue
Light Live (2004),
Lost Hotel (2006),
If We Ever Make It Home (2008),
Live at Billy Bob’s Texas (2010), and
The Given (2012). Top singles
include “Saturday Night,” “To Live is to Fly,” “Trouble,” “God Bless
This Town,” and “Songs About Trucks.”
Shinyribs will open at 8:00, and Wade Bowen and Band will take the stage at 10:00.
Saturday
night’s show will feature Two Tons of Steel. For more information and
reservations, contact the Lumberyard at 325-766-2457.
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WEATHER REPORT
I
was out of town for 12 days starting on Sunday, July 12, and I noticed
the difference in the weather as soon as I got back. Instead of the mild
highs, such as 89° or 90°F, which we had in the first part of July, the
temperatures had ratcheted up to 95°- 98° in the afternoons and about
75° instead of 71° or so for the early morning lows.
The current
weather pattern should continue for at least the next week or so—highs
in the mid to upper nineties and lows in the mid seventies. There is a
slight chance of rain on Saturday, but other than that just more of what
we’ve been getting—plenty of sunshine with clear to partly cloudy skies
and winds out of the south—in other words, typical summer weather.
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† FAIRY LYNN WRIGHT
Funeral
services were held at Champion Baptist Church on Saturday, July 18, for
Fairy Lynn Wright, 88, who passed away on July 13 in Lewisville.
Interment followed at Roscoe Cemetery.
She was born in Loraine on
September 10, 1926, and was a lifelong resident of the Roscoe area
before moving to Lewisville in March 2014. She was a member of Champion
Baptist Church and a graduate of Highland High School. She graduated
from Hardin-Simmons University with a degree in Education and was a
member of the Hardin-Simmons Cowgirls. Fairy's first teaching job was at
Ira, then Highland and Roscoe Schools. She was also a Paul Harris
Fellow of Rotary International.
Survivors include her sons, Jimmy
Greg Wright and wife, Cherry, of Highland Village and Mark Daniel
Wright and wife, Diana, of Roscoe; daughter, Maxi Lynn (Wright) Houser
and husband, Donald, of Sinton, Texas; brother, Douglas Mahon of Snyder;
six grandchildren; and fourteen great-grandchildren.
She was
preceded in death by her parents, E.O. and Mozell (Newton) Wright; her
husband, Max Wright; granddaughter, Allison Wright; and a baby sister,
Lucy Mahon.
Pallbearers were her grandsons: Greg Wright, Channon
Cain, Aaron Wright, Dax Davila, Jason Martin, and Raef Wright. Honorary
pallbearers were Daylon Althof, Herbert WIlliams, Rudy Raughton, and
Doyle Sanders.
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† ANNA JOYCE FREEMAN BUCKNER
Funeral
services were held at Roscoe Church of Christ on Tuesday, July 21, for
Anna Joyce Freeman Buckner, 88, of Sweetwater, who passed away Sunday,
July 19, at Nolan Nursing and Rehab. Interment followed at Roscoe
Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
Anna was born
to Lula Mae Stevens and Joseph Roy “Jack” Freeman in Trent on April 7,
1927. She lived and attended school at Trent until 1943, her sophomore
year, when the family moved to Hale Center. She attended the last half
of her sophomore year and her junior year there. She then moved to
Roscoe with her family, where she attended her senior year, graduating
in 1946. She attended schooling for Western Union in Springfield,
Missouri, and worked for them in Corpus Christi. Then transferring to
Silver City, New Mexico, she worked until returning to Roscoe and
married Douglas Lynn Buckner on February 14, 1948. In 1952 she moved
with her family to Hobbs, New Mexico, where she was a wife and mother.
They moved to Carlsbad, New Mexico, in 1957 when Doug was made Manager
for Tootie’s Cashway Super Markets. They moved back to Hobbs in 1958.
Then they moved to Odessa, where Doug worked as Assistant Supervisor for
Tootie's . In 1969 they moved to Martin, Texas, when Doug went to work
for Allsup’s 7-11 convenience store. In 1971, she started to work with
Doug at Allsup's 7-11 in Martin. In 1972 they moved to Roscoe, where
they owned and operated Doug's Town and Country Grocery and Market until
1978. They sold and moved to Lake Brownwood, building a convenience
store, which they owned and operated, until selling in 1991, after Doug
suffered a stroke in October 1990. Joyce and Doug came to Sweetwater in
1992 to help in Buck's Restaurant, for her son, Mike and wife Sandy. She
retired in 1997 and went home to Lake Brownwood. In 1992 they sold
their home and moved to Sweetwater. Joyce was a Christian. She was a
member of May Church of Christ in May, Texas, until moving to Sweetwater
in 2002. She was a member of the Roscoe Church of Christ.
Survivors
are children, Jerry Lynn Buckner and wife Margery Buckner of
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Danny Wayne Buckner of Lake Brownwood, Michael
Douglas Buckner and wife Sandy of Sweetwater, Jack Allan Buckner and
wife Jennifer of Amarillo, and Donna Kaye Sharp of Lubbock;
grandchildren, Ron Hines of Sweetwater, Michael Joe Buckner of
Sweetwater, Jack Allan Buckner II and wife Jennifer of Amarillo, Randal
Charles Buckner and wife of Memphis, TN, David Sharp and wife Evalena of
Lubbock, Daniel Sharp and wife Emeral of Alpine, Christye Michele
Buckner Whitmore of San Diego, CA, Winona Michele Buckner of
Albuquerque, NM, Jennifer Lynn Buckner of Phoenix, AZ, and Mollie
Blackburn of Amarillo; sisters, Maretha Myrle and husband Donald Kelley
of Abilene, Melba Faye and husband Garland Marth of Roscoe, and Billye
Ruth and husband Odis Sessions of Seven Points, TX; along with numerous
great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was
preceded in death by her parents, Lula Mae Stevens Freeman and Joseph
Roy “Jack,” and brothers Jerland Fred Freeman and Luther Warren Ashford,
three nephews, and two nieces.
Pallbearers were Ronald Hines, Steve Hagerman, Kenny Kelley, Stanley Kelley, Ricky Kelley, and Tim Kelley.
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