Snyder Saturday

On Saturday, we went on a Scurry County excursion that led us from the Sonic to a newly built bridge several miles south of Snyder. Walmart, Towle Park, an abandoned house serving as an owl nest, a collection of defunct pumpjacks, and an interesting guy and his dogs tooling back roads on a gator (John Deere) were all points of interest. My kids were actually having a good time with me. The sunshine was wonderful, despite the wind and cooler weather. Sometimes life is very good.

The photo today is of the new pavilion in Towle Park. There are many new additions and upgrades at the park. The removal of the fence around the pond was one of the best things that has happened there, and the addition of a nice fishing dock.

You can still go see the prairie dogs and feed the ducks and geese. Both are lifelong traditions for me and I'm not sure what I think about how long that is. I'm starting to realize that things I think of as new are at least 40 years old.

You can find out more about the area by reading The Handbook of Texas Online, the Scurry County Chamber of Commerce digital booklet on
Olive, or checking out the TxGenWeb Project for Scurry County.

Okay, pulling back into Fisher County, here are the headlines for The Roby Star Record / Rotan Advance, Feb. 26, 2009 newspaper issue:

• Roby Lady Lions basketball team capture Area Title (photo)
• Roby Lions basketball team earns Bi-District (photo)
  
• Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Project could be a reality in 2010 (photo)
• First Monday Missions benefit for girls softball, Mar. 2
• Shanna Spikes places ninth in San Antonio Stock Show (photo)
• County receives drug forfeiture money (photo)
• Veteran benefits seminar Mar. 14
• Carrion files for re-election; Pache Parks, Randy Sharp & Roy Rivas file for city council
  
• Obituaries for Betty Lou (Hull) McDaniel (photo), Wanda Warren (photo), Ida Kate (Kitty) Williams (photo), Jack Rister, Robert Walter Wright III
  
• Hospital board to hold meeting Mar. 6
• Hospital board meeting minutes for Feb. 23
• Pastor's Column: Charles C. Glidewell, Cross Roads Baptist Church
• Senior Citizens Valentine Banquet sweet success (photos)
• News Briefs: join Team Huck; hiring seminar
• Rotan High weekly bulletin
• Letter to the Editor from Cathy Posey, thanking 4-H members for Valentine Banquet involvement
• Fisher County Roundup by Joy Walker
• Tumbleweed Smith: Little Bitty Rugs
• Sheriff's report
• U.S. Senator John Cornyn: Wasteful spending dressed in Stimulus clothing
• Roby CISD weekly announcements
• Roby CISD honor rolls
• Mrs. Florence Wilburn's 96th Birthday Celebration today at Big Country Electric, everyone invited
• Roby schools track meet schedules
• Fisher County school sports reports, Yellowhammer tennis & track schedules (photos)
  
• National FFA Week photos - two-page spread
• Birth announcement for Gabriel Isaac Enriquez (photo)
• Randy's Roundup: Fiscal Irresponsibility; President Obama's Housing Plan; District Wrap-Up
• Bridal registries for Sunny Riggan & Lance Moore; Laney Marley & Trent Weesner at The Yellow Rose, located inside The Newspaper Office, Rotan
• Rotan FFA results at recent Ft. Worth Stock Show
  

I heard from Denny Cox that the Roby girls won against Strawn yesterday, so they will be heading to Austin on Thursday to compete for the State Championship title. Read about Saturday's game in the Abilene Reporter News.

The UIL website provides championship game schedules and other handy information.