Buzzard and Snake Spotted, Algerita Blooms

Last Thursday I spotted a buzzard and a snake and the Algerita is blooming like crazy, so now we only have to see a Scissortail and Mesquites budding to know that Spring is truly here.

Here are some newspaper updates for the Rotan Advance / Roby Star Record:

March 1, 2007:

• 320 Landowners Attend Fisher County Wind Energy Meeting (photos)
• Wind Damage from Feb. 24 Duster (photo of Terry Coker's crushed Corvette)
• First United Methodist Church Holds Centennial March 4th (photo)
• Roby CISD to Receive Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
• Chet Johnson Named as Rotan Health Administrator (photo)
• Letter to the Editor from Mike Wilks Praising Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples
• Tarleton Distinguished Students List
• A'Lora Weatherman Makes Weatherford College Dean's List
• Texas Tech Fall Dean's List Announcement
• 16th Annual Spring Swing Golf Scramble May 5th
• Heather Renae Jones Engaged to Brenton Ray Douglass (photo)
• Mary Spencer and Joe Lewis Crowned Valentine King and Queen (photo)
• ACT Late Registration March 23rd
• Roby Students Receive Superior Rating at UIL Band Contest (photo)
• DAR Feb. 19 Meeting Minutes
• Eli Sepeda, Scott Thomson File for Mayor of Roby; Candidates file for Reelection for Rotan Council & Roby School Board
• Lots of Jobs & Garage Sales in the Classifieds!
• Obituaries for Helen B. Thornburg and Opal Barrington Miller
• Texas Big Game Awards Deadline Ended March 15th
• Fisher County Basketball (photos)
• Rotan ISD & Roby CISD Photo Montages to Celebrate Texas Public Schools Month
• Joy Walker's Fisher County Round-Up

February 22, 2007:

• Truck Rollover (photo)
• Van Rollover (photo)
• Dr. Jerry Marshall Files for Reelection, Karen Tankersley Files for Mayor of Rotan, Candidates File for Reelection for Rotan Council, Roby School Board
• Rotan City Council Minutes, Animal Control Discussed
• Rotan ISD School Board Minutes, Extended One Year Contracts to Bob Spikes, David Hargrove, Russell Lucas
• Roby Lions Win Area Championship (photo)
• Dr. Jerry Marshall Receives AMCC Award (Associaton of Mayors, Councilmembers and Commissioners
• Captain David Seth Nowlin and Dr. Rachelle Marie Smith Announce Engagement (photo)
• Birth Announcement for ShiAnn Rae Messick (photo)
• WTC Nursing Graduates Announced (photos)
• Chris Buckner Wins 1st in Taekwondo Tournament (photo)
• Real Estate Listings in the Classifieds!
• Joy Walker's Fisher County Round-Up
• Fisher County Hospital Board Minutes, Local Election Location Changed to Rotan Library
• Fisher County Basketball (photos)
• Neugebauer Voices Support of Troops During Debate on the House Floor
• Rotan & Roby Celebrate National FFA Week Feb. 17-24 (photos)

February 15, 2007:

• Lisa Donham Receives Essay Competition Award (photo)
• Roby School Board Minutes, Principal Heath Dickson Rehired
• Rotan Volunteer Fire Dept. to Receive $30,305 Grant
• TxDOT Beautification Project in Roby (photo)
• Angelo State Dean's List Announcement
• Commissioners Court Minutes, Full House Attends
• Roby City Council Mintues, GPS Antenna to be Placed on Water Tower
• Engagement Announcements for Stacy Renee Head to Justin Dean Roddy, Laura Kathleen Blackwelder to Laramie Clay West, Lori Dorn Griffin to Michael Dane Mullins (photos)
• 4-H Valentine Banquet Queen, King & Sweetheart Couple Announced (photos)
• Lots of Miscellaneous for Sale in the Classifieds!
• Obituary for Charles "Chuck" Hutto
• Fisher County Round-Up by Joy Walker
• Fisher County Historical Commission Minutes, Tuesdays Named as Museum Workdays (photos)
• Roby CISD National Honor Society Inductees Named
• Fisher County Basketball (photos)
• Local Offices Opened for Filing Feb. 12th

As always, I would like to suggest that you subscribe to the Rotan Advance / Roby Star Newspaper. What I list is just the tip of the iceberg. There is also Tumbleweed Smith, the Sheriff's Report, Public Notices and much, much more. Call 325-735-2562 or 325-735-2278 to get your subscription.