Band Practice Starts Monday, Aug. 13

The Yellowhammer Band will begin practice tomorrow and will be held Monday - Thursday, 1-4:00 p.m. Enjoy the heat of the day, kids! Bring bottled water and snack bars to keep up your strength.

Rotan High School registration begins this coming week. If you did not receive a notice, call the high school office at 325-735-3041.

Roby High School band camp will begin tomorrow at 9 a.m. 7-12 grade students who might be interested in being in the Lion Band are encouraged to attend.

Entries are being accepted at this time for the Fisher County Fair and Rodeo Events, to be held next weekend, Aug. 18. Contact the Fisher County Extension office at 325-776-3259.

Here's a skim-through on the Rotan Advance / Roby Star Record issue for August 2, 2007:

• Sixty-Third Fisher County Fair & Rodeo, Aug. 16 - 18
• Main Street Flowers changes hands, Brian & Teresa Harrison co-own with Jessica Flores & Brenda Sheehan (photo)
  
• Thriftway purchased by Mike Holt (photo)
  
• Fisher County 4-H Wins State Team Penning Championship at Horse Show (photo)
• Rotan and Roby School Supply Lists
• Atmos Energy replaces pipeline (photo)
• Third Annual Fisher County Boot Scoot & Wild Hog Fest to begin Oct. 18
• District 4-H Fashion Show Winners (photo)
• State 4-H Barrel Racer (photo)
• Obituaries for Karen Elizabeth Boggs Pope, Joyce Evelyn Moffett Villalobos, and Cheryl Jean Palmer Neves
• Photos from Summer Youth Program
  
• O'Briant 50th Annual Family Reunion (photo)
• Western Texas College in Snyder to begin EMT courses August 27 & 28
• Rotan City Hall drive through window is now open, they do renewals of vehicle registration on vehicles registered in Fisher County, as well as take water payments, 325-735-2251

It's hard to believe that September is just around the corner. We have been granted a reprieve from the intense summer heat this year, so, for that we are lucky. My sympathies go out to all those football widows, as pre-season is in full swing. Thank goodness for DVR & Tivo, it may save some marriages!