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The Texas Secretary of State has the current sheriff, Tom Pohlman, registered as an official candidate.
Pohlman was appointed as sheriff last March. This was after the former sheriff, Simon Wade, resigned, when it became certain Wade would be ousted for licensing issues.
Wade is still on the ballot under the Republican Party, while Pohlman is designated as a write-in.
Perdue Brandon doesn't have any local sheriff sales this month. Mitchell County has some parcels in Colorado City, Loraine and Dunn. One parcel is listed as 6,817 acres, but a double-check with Mitchell County Appraisal District shows it to be 6.817 acres, at Lake Colorado City, on the lakefront.
Nolan County: Foreclosure sales for 707 East Louisiana and 806 East New Mexico in Sweetwater.
Jones County: Foreclosure sales for 1401 12th, Anson; 336 SW Ave D, Hamlin; 17246 CR 467, Merkel.
Sales this month will be on October 1.
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Jacob Martin is the engineer for the project. Bids for service on the JM site give an idea of what costs are for labor, materials, and equipment. The work will be carried out in four segments.
The TWDB shows the construction site to be near Midway, on Farm to Market 1614, in Scurry County, where water for Rotan is transported by a network of pipes after purchase from the City of Snyder.
The city awarded the job to Whitewater Construction. Their company office is in Waco.
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| - Sept. mud bog - |
There are a few things going on this weekend to take pleasure in and enjoy the fresh weather we're having.
It is Rotan Homecoming Week and the Yellowhammers will play against the Rule Bobcats Friday night, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m. The parade and bonfire will be on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
There will be a mud bog at the rodeo grounds west of Rotan on Saturday, Sept. 14. Gates will open at 11:00 a.m. General admission is $10. That evening there will be a dance at the pavilion featuring singer Robert Sullivan.
In Nolan County, the Sweetwater Jaycee Roosters will have their annual fall motorcycle rally. The event will begin Friday night and last through Sunday. That will take place at the Sweetwater Lake Park, by the amphitheater below the dam.
The Snyder Downtown Farmer's Market will be going on this Saturday. After this weekend, there are only two more left for the 2024 season.
The West Texas Fair & Rodeo is going into its second week and will finish off Saturday night with a concert by Isaac Cole in the H-E-B Pavilion at the fair grounds in Abilene.
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| - Fisher County Jail - |
In budget talks, there were a lot of numbers tossed around confusingly. A declaration from one commissioner that he would not approve a budget in deficit, then going on to approve the budget, did not make anything clearer.
It seems the jail has been left out, but I couldn't tell you for sure. I would recommend money for them to buy a case of Round Up. There are tumbleweeds as big as cows in that yard.
Aesthetically, I wish they would turn the commissioners tables around so they didn't have to talk over their shoulders to address the judge and the clerks.
Whoever is clicking a pen throughout the meeting should be suppressed, Alice in Wonderland style.
I wonder, do these people talk to each other before meetings? Everyone except the auditors are ill prepared. The judge seemed angry that members did not know about a Nolan County attorney he was going to propose for Fisher County usage, despite his having told no one of the plan.
I don't understand the justification for raising tax rates by any of the entities. They are begging poor, but people have paid more taxes in the past two years to the county than in their whole lifetime, due to oil royalties. Multiply that by however many people are on a lease and that adds up to a lot of money. Those amounts are easily verified on the appraisal district site, in case you think I'm exaggerating.
But, what do I know? I'm just an observer. You can be one, too. The Double Mountain Chronicle broadcasts the meetings live on facebook, and the county places video of the meetings on the home page of their website. Just look up to the right and click on youtube.
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Next week is going to be busy with meetings. Here are dates, times and places of some of them:
Fisher County Commissioners Court, Monday, September 9, 9:00 a.m.
Clear Fork Groundwater Conservation District will meet at noon on September 9, at the USDA service center in Roby, located on Lyon Street, west.
Fisher County Appraisal District Board of Directors meeting, Tuesday, September 10, 7:00 a.m., at the CAD office across from the courthouse, north side.
The Fisher County Historical Commission meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the museum in Roby. That would be September 10, on Concho, just north of the red light.
Fisher County new grand jury, Wednesday, September 11, 9:00 a.m., Fisher County Courthouse.
Also next week, if going by the default schedule, Rotan and Roby City Councils will meet on the second Thursday of the month, September 12. Rotan meets at 7:00 a.m. at Rotan City Hall on west Sammy Baugh, and Roby meets at noon at Roby City Hall on Lyon Street, just west of the red light.
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement has established a License Lookup page. You have to make an account to access the information, but searching is free. The page can be found by going to TCOLE>Online Services>Public License Lookup.
The Double Mountain Chronicle has a new podcast, called The ShortCut, an audio digest of their latest headlines.
DMC primarily reports Fisher County news, for the cities of Rotan and Roby. They also write about Stonewall County events, where Aspermont is the county seat.
Get The Shortcut wherever you listen to podcasts.
I kept thinking someone was knocking on the side of the house. I went outside to see what was going on and heard bangs coming from all directions. That was my clue that it must be the start of one of the hunting seasons.
Texas Parks & Wildlife has a list of all hunting seasons and bag limits. Fisher County is considered to be in the North Zone.
The regular dove season is September 1 - November 10, 2024 and December 20, 2024 - January 7, 2025.
The Nolan County Sheriff's Office is selling three vehicles through René Bates. The auction ends September 12.
Up for bid are a 2017 Ford Police Interceptor Explorer, a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe, and a 2006 Pontiac G6.
The Sweetwater Reporter blotters revealed that Kyler Lane Covington was arrested by the Nolan County Sheriff's Department. In the August 29 issue of the newspaper, the charges listed were "Fisher Co Warrants - Capital Murder of Person Under 10 YOA and (2x)/Agg Assault W/Deadly Weapon".
Vinelink custody details show that Covington was booked August 27 and bonded out.
Covington was the subject of a high speed chase in Fisher County on July 5. According to the Double Mountain Chronicle, July 11 issue, he was charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and evading law enforcement. He bonded out the next day.
Covington has an arraignment set for September 11 at the Fisher County Courthouse.
No life was lost, the charge should have been printed as Attempted Capital Murder in the newspaper.
