Not Quite Hank

Sue and Earl had a lovely time eating grass this morning. If you've seen the Sue & Hank photo, Earl looks like a bad stand-in. He's a little different and will take some getting used to, but he's pretty sweet.

Well, all the signs of spring are presenting themselves. I heard a mockingbird last Monday, saw hundreds of buzzards ride into Snyder yesterday, weeping willows are budding, and I'm painting at the neighbor's. I know spring is right around the corner when I have red, white and blue paint in my hair. This usually also marks the first sunburn of the year.

Onto the Rotan Advance / Roby Star Record headlines for the week of March 13, 2008:

• Rotan school board renews all personnel contracts, meeting minutes
  
• Commissioners lift burn ban, meeting minutes
  
• Sheriff's posse votes to give Rotan rodeo grounds to county
• Rotan grad selected 8th Marine Corps district recruiter of the year (photo)
• Run-off election set for April 8
• Filing closes for hospital board, Rotan ISD school board & Rotan Water Authority
• Roby CISD 4th six weeks A/B honor roll
• Obituaries for Peggy Ann Cranfill (photo), Neva Ruth (Morrow) Carlton (photo) and Joel Rains
• Recipe Corner: Bacon & Tomato cups
• Newsbriefs: Fisher County Democratic Convention ; Weather Spotting School; Men's Breakfast
• Engagement announcement for Megan Rae Fletcher & Aaron Gene Greene
• Roby City Council fields reports from City Manager Mickey Kelly
• Kim Porter's New York Life Insurance Column: Feathering a nest of your own
• Sheriff's Report
• Tumbleweed Smith: Ugly Crust pies on Route 66
• Birth Announcement for Keegan May McWilliams (photo)
• Fisher County Schools sports report (photos)
• Big Country Electric sponsors 2 to D.C., announces scholarship winners (photo)
• Fisher County Roundup by Joy Walker
• Livestock risk management workshop to be held
• Notices for impoundment and sale of of estrays
• Randy's Round-Up
• Fisher County Historical Commission report
• Texas Public Schools month, photo collages of Rotan & Roby students

Ya'll do understand why I don't give details of the stories, don't you? First of all, it would be plagiarism, a very dirty word in the journalism world, and secondly, I want to promote the newspaper and tease you with these tidbits! You can get your own subscription by clicking on the Rotan/Roby News Info link to the right, under Connections.

Hold onto your hats, the wind is working hard today. Once again, looking for some rain tomorrow & Tuesday. I think I'll have to delay painting for today, or risk looking like a speckled Easter egg!