Happy Sunday! Newspaper Update for Dec. 7 Issue

- Hobbs School campus -

Good Morning! Good News! Rain is on the way, and it is sorely needed. The forecast is calling for chances of rain next Monday through Friday. They've increased percentages gradually all week, so maybe this will really happen.

The image that is posted today is an aerial view of the Hobbs School Campus.
Mapquest has a choice of aerial map photos as well as the conventional map view.

Here are the highlights for the December 7, 2006 issue of the Rotan Advance / Roby Star Record:

• Tyler Ward of Roby Stars in Christmas Movie (Photo)
• Downtown Christmas Lighting Dec. 7th
• Roby Band Members Make All Region Band
• Time for Newspaper Subscription Renewals
• Photos of Christmas Parade Winning Entries
• Medicare Prescription Open Enrollment through Dec. 31
• Birth Announcement for Emma Grace Schulz
• Judy Davis' Recipe for Mexican Cornbread Casserole
• Obituaries for Clyde Athello "Buzz" Taggart, Lenora Morton, Shirley Ann (Bridges) Montgomery, Ernest Ray "Lefty" O'Donald, Pauline F. Helms, H.W. Grady
• 4-H Food & Nutrition Quiz Bowl (photos)
• Fisher County Basketball Review
• Rotan & Roby All District Football Selections (photos)
• Haskell Livestock Auction Prices

Be sure to check out the official Hobbs Holler website. Good luck with your Christmas shopping and Happy Holidays to you all!

Camper for Sale

This camping trailer is for sale and is located across from the Hobbs Cemetery. Click here to send inquiries by email.

Vehicles for Sale

We have three vehicles for sale at Hobbs, all for parts, none of them run. A 1999 Ford Ranger, a 1991 Buick Century and a 1980 Chevrolet El Camino are all on the block. Email me for more info.







If any of you would like to trade, sell or buy something in or around Fisher County, drop me a line and I'll put it up here. Have a good work week!

Since it is Sunday, it seems appropriate to post this photo postcard of the Rotan First Baptist Church. I'm thinking it burned down long ago. I believe this is from the early 1900's.

The weather has been surprisingly cold lately. Perhaps it's just that the summers are so hot they make one forget all about any winter days that have happened. The summer heat just melts those memories.

Here are the highlights from the Rotan Advance/ Roby Star Record for November 30, 2006:

• DAR Good Citizens Honors Sophia Scott & Adrian Daniel (photos)
• Hospital Board Minutes, P. A. Judy Niell to Begin Practice
• Greg Redden Home Totaled in Damaging Fire (photo)
• Sweet letter to the Editor from Joyce Trott Sweek & her Recipe for Egg Custard Pie
• Micaela Brooke Garner Bags Two Deer
• USDA NCRS Announces Environmental Quality Program, Apply by Dec. 15
• Recipe for Helen Noles Lemon Cheese Bars
• Fisher County 4-H News (photo)
• Fisher County Basketball News: Lions Collect Wins Over Large Schools, Rotan Roundballers Split with Knox City (photos)
• Roby Exes Addresses Needed, email to gpc8268@sbcglobal.net

Regular columns that are in each issue are The Editor's Column, Randy's Round-Up by Congressman Randy Neugebauer, Tumbleweed Smith and Joy Walker's Fisher County Round-Up. All of these articles give tidbits of news from close to home for this area.

There are lovely gifts for sale, as always, at The Newspaper Office. Featured at this time are Teapots & Miniature Tea Sets, Fenton Lamps and Christmas Red Bird Gifts. Fall items are 1/2 off.

Old Santy will be making his rounds soon, so be good all you kiddies! Ho, ho, ho!

Dashing through the Snow...

...Because if you don't, you'll freeze! Of course, there's no sign of the white precipitation today, two days after, but it has left us with great weather. Nice crisp days that are good for getting outside and working in. Or playing in, whichever you prefer.

I'm sure you have noticed that I've gotten way behind on the newspapers, so let's just dive right in. We'll start with the last one and work our way back. Here goes!

Rotan Advance/ Roby Star Highlights for November 23, 2006:

• Ladies Societies Place Gravestone Insignia for Miss Josie Baird (photos)
• Vandals Attempt Arson at Rotan Library
• Faith in Action Concert Dec. 3, Monte Morrow & Crossfire at the old Lance Theatre
• Rotan Christmas Parade Dec. 7, Roby Parade Dec. 9
• Rotan City Council Minutes, Backhoe Purchase Approved
• Region 14 Education Service Certificate Opportunity for Math and Science Teachers
• Susan Leigh Vernor and John Talmadge McKelvy III to Marry
• Rotan Economic Development Approves Sale of Locker Plant
• Former Centers Club Members Luncheoned in Roby Nov. 14
• Billie Lou Holcomb 75th Birthday Celebration today at Roby Community Center
• Obituaries for Saragosa DeLeon, Voncille Armstrong Driver, Dorrene "Tootsie" Browning Acker
• Lone Star Land Bank 3rd Quarter Report
• Basketball Scores for Rotan Yellowhammers and Roby Lions
• Lady Hammers 8th Grade Volleyball Team Deemed District 5-1A Champs

Rotan Advance Roby Star Record Highlights for November 16, 2006:

• Rotan 4-H Food Drive through Dec. 8, Drop-Offs at Thriftway, Rotan City Hall, Rotan Elementary and Junior High Schools
• Texas Farm Bureau Meeting Dec. 2-4 in Arlington
• Roby City Council Minutes
• Fisher County Historical Commission Meeting Minutes
• Rotan Honor Roll 2nd Six Weeks
• Rotan Schools Presented Veterans Day Tribute (photo)
• Gamma Tau Style Show Luncheon (photos)
• Monthly Climate Survey Chart for Oct. 2006
• Recipe Corner: Grace Kemp's Cream Cheese Salad
• Pecan Show Dec. 5, Nolan County Courthouse, Bring Entries to Fisher County Courthouse
• Football: Roby Lions 18, Hamlin Pied Pipers 47 - Rotan Yellowhammers 34, Baird 6
• Basketball: Lady Lions Shock Two State Contenders, Lady Yellowhammers Action Photos
• Fisher County Commissioners Court Meeting Minutes
• Roby CISD Regular Board Meeting Minutes
• Roby CISD Honor Roll

Rotan Advance Roby Star Highlights for Nov. 9, 2006:

• Lady Hammers Volleyball Girls Receive District 5-1A All-District Honors
• Johnny Whitefield State Bound Yellowhammers Track
• Fisher County Voters Favor Chris Bell for Governor; Election Results
• Recipe Corner: Larue Vann's Meatloaf
• Football: Roby Lions 12, Winters Blizzards 22 - Rotan Yellowhammers 12, Albany Lions 36
• Veterans Day Articles and Photos
• Fisher County RV Group Get Together
• Hamlin FFA Fun Day December 2

Be sure to stop by the Newspaper Office if you're in Rotan and look at all the Christmas items they have for sale. Happy Holidays!