The sale is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. September 2. One property is east of Sweetwater, the rest are in town.
I'm reading a book where, after his mother's death, the author relates dreams about carrying her through unfamiliar streets, not being able find guiding signs or landmarks that might lend a clue to where they're going, and it reminded me of the dreams I used to have after my mother died. It's coming up on fifteen years since she's been gone.
I would dream that I would be caring for her and she would slip down in a split between two mattresses and disappear, or that I would forget about her for weeks, or even years, and go into a panic, fearing she had starved in my absence.
Thankfully, those dreams don't come to me now. I guess time and life have knocked the edges off my feelings of guilt, and slowed down my mental rearranging of events in the the last year of her life, trying to think of things I could have done to make her more comfortable, to help her rest easy.
There was one powerful dream I had about her that was fitting and satisfying. In it, I had driven up to the house that I live in now, which belonged to my parents back in the 1960's. There was a crowd in the yard, a party going on. People were holding drinks, talking to each other and laughing. There were a couple of shade tents set up, with coolers and food sitting on tables beneath them.
I saw my mom come edging through the people, holding a glass high above her head, and laughing as she tried to part the crowd to hand someone a drink. I called out "Mom! Mom!" to get her attention, but she couldn't hear me over the sounds of merriment. I could see she was having a good time, and it made me feel happy for her.
She still shows up in my dreams, but now it's just to say some everyday thing like "We need more corn" or "I'm going to town". She's not lost or forgotten, and I'm not riven with guilt. Of course, she's always with me. I stood in Goodwill just the other day with tears rolling down my face because a song was playing that reminded me of her. "Now that she's back in the atmosphere, with drops of Jupiter in her hair, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh..."
When she first died I could only think how ridiculous it was, how stupid, how unbelievable. The strongest person I know, the one who knew me so well, had just vanished.
Now memories of her are woven into the context of my everyday life, as constant and un-intrusive as a clock on the wall or a hand towel next to the sink. Well, I'm kind of lying, because she could never be that ordinary. To tell the truth, I'm still learning to live without her.
Here's a list of some local casual (no college degree needed!) employment opportunities:
Texas Department of Transportation
Western Texas College - Snyder
A couple of other sites to browse for jobs:
Some of them expire soon, so get a move on if you're interested!
The notice was published in the Double Mountain Chronicle July 11 issue.
Property - Half interest in 224.8 acres in parcels 3035 and 3352, address listed as 1025 East US 180, McCaulley, TX.
Sale 10 a.m. August 5 at the north door of the court house.
These lists were published in the July 16 issue of The Snyder News.
Hermleigh has 8 tracts of real estate:
Snyder has 4 tracts of real estate and 8 tracts of minerals:
Tracts may be sold in groups or individually.
Sites used for researching properties: Scurry County Appraisal District, Railroad Commission Map, Texas General Land Office Map, Scurry Self Service and Google Earth
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| - July 2025 agenda - |
Items on the agenda include approval of payment for vehicle radios and a new tractor with shredder, and an agreement with Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases.
There will also be a budget workshop.
The agenda can be found on the Fisher County website.
If you want information, you must seek it.
This is a list of the places I look for it.
Fisher/Nolan Co Clerk search - official records for Fisher and Nolan Counties - Guest>Continue>County
Fisher County - county website - commissioners court agendas, burn ban, posted notices
Fisher CAD - appraisal district- when searching, run last name, first name together: JonesFred; interactive map is under Services tab; meeting agendas are under Resources tab>Records/Data/Reports>scroll down
Nolan CAD - appraisal district
RRC Online Research Queries - Texas Railroad Commission: Drilling Permits
The Portal to Texas History - newspaper archives and a whole lot more; there are no Fisher County newspapers included, but old Sweetwater papers have a lot of Fisher County articles in them.
TT Newspapers - Texas Tech has some Rotan newspapers in their digital collection. I've had trouble getting that site to come up lately.*
Texas File - Land Records and County Records - this has the same information as the Fisher County site above and posted a month late, but there is a helpful variation in the search parameters. Many counties are listed, so it's an all-in-one place for research.
I take subscriptions for the Double Mountain Chronicle, the Sweetwater Reporter and the The Snyder News.
I run searches for "rotan" and "sweetwater" on facebook. Results are spotty, but I come across some interesting people/pages to follow and articles pertaining to the areas.
Meetings for the cities of Roby and Rotan are on the second Thursday of each month, and the commissioners meetings are on the second Monday of the month. Mark the calendar.
Commissioners agendas are on the Fisher County website. City agendas can be requested at city offices.
For more sites to search, use the website view (at the bottom of the mobile app page) for Hobbs Holler and look at the list on the right.
*There is an announcement that the Texas Tech newspaper archive went down for maintenance July 10
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| - City council agendas - |
Items on the Rotan City Council agenda include approving rate changes, adopting RV park guidelines, opening water tower bids, holding a hearing on substandard properties, and appointing a city marshal.
Roby City Council will consider minutes from the last meeting.
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| - Grasshoppers - |
The topmost thing I don't miss about summer is BUGS. I'm afraid that when I'm walking through the yard, pulling grasshoppers out of my hair, that one is going to jump up and scratch my eye.
Then, of course, there are mosquitoes, chiggers, ants, moths, etc.
Every morning, before I make coffee, I take a little flashlight and shine it into the water reservoir to make sure a flying ant or tiny beetle hasn't gotten trapped inside. That was a disgusting lesson learned.
I guess I spoke too soon about the burn ban. I'm glad to be wrong.
The local NOAA* weather radio station is back on air as of yesterday. It's been off since right after the big June 8 Rotan storm. I read somewhere they were upgrading equipment.
I'm not sure if KTXS is fully back on air since the station was torn up during that same storm. I kept checking in for a while, but nothing was coming up. I like to tune in when the weather gets bad and see what Mark Rowlett has to say.
* National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The official Texas A & M burn ban list shows Fisher County among the counties that are on it. The Fisher County site banner shows it is off. It's just a matter of time before they are in agreement.
We've been having the crazy, whistlin' winds of summer for three straight days, with huge gusts that seem to lift unplowed fields straight up into the air in a whirling dance.
Frightening storms, plagues of grasshoppers, crazy ass winds: check, check, check. Next up: stultifyingly hot days mixed with the deafening buzz of locusts that will lull us into the summer doldrums.
After Fourth of July, it's a long shot to September. Oh, well. Let's do it again.
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| - Fisher Co centers - |
During the March 20, 2025 Fisher County Commissioners meeting, members talked about getting county properties ready to sell at a live auction; specifically, community centers in precincts 1 and 4.
The community centers at Capitola/Claytonville, Longworth and Sylvester all have new survey sticks around them.
Capitola CC is at the corner of FM 611 and FM 419 in Precinct 4. Longworth CC is in the community of Longworth on FM 57 in Precinct 1. Sylvester CC is in the community of Sylvester, on the corner of FM 57 and County Road 817 in Precinct 1.
There haven't been any posted notices of the sales or deed changes in the county records for the parcels. Fisher County Appraisal District indicates the properties are presently owned by the county.
Keep an eye out.
Links:
Fisher CAD: search by parcels 33182, 32152 and 7339; use owner number R1697 to see all county-owned properties
Fisher County Online Records Search: (click Guest Login and Continue if you don't want to make an account), search by dates or name (Fisher County)
Sheriff Sales are on the first Tuesday of each month. July 1 is the next set date.
The only near-local auctions listed on Perdue Brandon are for Jones and Mitchell Counties.
Nolan County has one foreclosure for 5+ acres.
Jones County has two foreclosures; one in Stamford and one at Fort Phantom Hill.
Scurry County has three foreclosures, all in the city of Snyder.
Other auctions:
The Sweetwater Reporter has a public notice for a store room sale at Santa Fe Self Storage, on July 12 at 10 a.m.
Texas Communities Group has properties to bid on in Archer City, Crosbyton, Jeff Davis County (numerous), Levelland, McLean, Olney (numerous) and Stamford. Check the website for sale dates and purchase contingencies.
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| - Next Dickens binge- |
I've picked up the book pictured here a few times and put it back down. I thought it looked boring and full of old English language that wouldn't let me be immersed in the story.
Man, was I surprised to find out how compelling Bleak House is, and a twisting mystery to boot. In over 800 some-odd pages, it never let up, and, like any good book, I was sad to see it come to an end.
So I started in on Great Expectations and found it to be the same way. This is a book I feel I should have read a long time ago, at least so I could understand pop culture references to Miss Havisham.
About halfway through Bleak House, I noticed a striking similarity in it to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned. Both feature a man seeking a fortune due him and the frustrations he endures that ruin his health and mind. I think Fitzgerald's writings are gloomier and sort of depressing to read. I don't know, maybe I need to re-read that to come to a better comparison of the two. I remember reading Fitzgerald's books with the notion of something to be gotten through, like homework, whereas Dickens's make me yearn for the next word.
I try not to read anything much below 320-350 pages to keep from having to find a new book sooner, but these huge Dickensian tomes keep me occupied longer, and I don't have the anxiety of finding the next book so often.
Now I'm going to meet Nicholas Nickleby and see what he's gotten up to.
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| - Frog friend - |
I was thinking the other day that the way to take the measure of a man is to look at him and ascertain whether or not it is likely that he can change a tire. It's a fun game and separates the wheat from the chaff pretty quickly.
I've got to quit watching the Rotan City Council meetings. I commented about it this morning on facebook, spent four hours typing an email to the newspaper, looked for a document for two hours, then turned around and deleted everything. Just gotta look out my own back door and tend to what's there.
The grasshoppers are crazy out here in the country. Last year it was giant ones, this year it's trillions of tiny ones. I got something called Tempo from Ace Hardware in Rotan, and man, does it work. It kinda made me sick at my stomach to see all those dead grasshoppers.
A little friend joined me in the cellar the other night. It looks like a small frog in the photo, but its head and legs were hanging over my hand when I grabbed it to throw it out. I was sitting in the dark to keep the bugs away and it just plopped right onto that rail. I thought it was a bat until I got the light on it.
Here comes summer after all that rain. I'm surprised every year, even though it's always the same. Good luck to all the tomato and okra growers.
The Nolan County Appraisal District has a break-down on the pricing of the properties that will be sold at the Nolan County Courthouse next Tuesday. I appreciate the CAD for posting this information on their website.
It looks like the taxes on the Bowie Street parcels have been paid, so don't look for them to be offered anymore.
If you're looking for a commercial building on the cheap, Lulu's store on Lamar Street will be up for bid.
Also up for auction is the Red Dawn house on Elm Street.
Three foreclosure sales will be held at the Nolan County Courthouse around 1 p.m. on June 3. Those properties are:
The Nolan County Sheriff's Sale will be held at 2 p.m. the same day. The following properties will be offered:
Complete information for sheriff's sales can be found on the Brandon Purdue website and in the Sweetwater Reporter Weekend Editions.
All parcels are within the Sweetwater City Limits.
My grandmother, Daisy, was deaf. I don't know how she became deaf, or if she was always deaf. I didn't know her until she was 63 or 64, and she was always deaf in my lifetime.
I also don't know why we called her by her name. It's not like our family was progressive or modern. My aunt called her Mother, but everyone else called her Daisy.
She wasn't deaf in a sweet way, where she wore hearing aids or we learned sign language. There was a lot of shouting in trying to communicate with her, sometimes through a paper towel roll.
Daisy was a belligerent old woman who always had one pant-leg rolled up, wore a large men's buttoned shirt most of the time, drank Coors and dipped snuff. A Sweet Garrett drinking glass still makes me feel sentimental.
She called my step-sister Merlody, or some other ridiculous malformation of her name, Melodie. She called my dad's house and never said hello in an inquiring way. She would just start yelling "Mick", supposing it was always my dad answering. She called me Lesluh Ann, Lessie Annie or Ang, short for angel, which I was not.
I don't think she had any deep thoughts or introspection. Not to say she was stupid or anything, she just came from a time when that wasn't done. A time when you didn't navel-gaze because you were worried about getting cotton in or killing chickens.
I don't know when her birthday was. It never came up in any conversation. Mostly we were trying to keep her from killing herself while driving, or grossing out over her spilled spit can.
She died in 1983 while I was away at college.
Even after forty years, I still get a tear in my eye when I think about that shriveled, old, cantankerous lady.
Just goes to show, you don't have to be anywhere near perfect to be loved and held in high esteem.
Sheriffs' Sales, May 6, at county courthouses:
Jones County: 10 a.m.
Knox County: 10 a.m.
Fisher County: 2 p.m.
Fisher County Farm Sale: May 10, 10 a.m., Rotan rodeo grounds
Jones County foreclosure sales: May 6 & 13
Sources:
Double Mountain Chronicle, Purdue Brandon, County Courthouse sites
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| - How YOU doin'? - |
I have a field full of them this year. I don't have a horse or cow that might step into the squirrel burrows, but I do worry about cutting off the little creatures' heads when I'm mowing. You'd think the big hawk that's hanging around would help me out, but it's much more interested in baby chicks than ground squirrels.
The chickens are so traumatized by the hawk that they try to attack dove that come to eat scratch feed I throw in the yard. Dove are bigger than the rest of the birds, the sparrows and such, so it's no wonder the hens go after them. At least they get the satisfaction of feeling like they're one up on the food chain.
I guess I'm too good at raising chickens. They must only need minimal care, since that's all I provide. I have gone from a satisfactory number of five fowl to twenty-five, since two hens now have ten chicks each. I guess I need the hawk's assistance in more than one way.
There will be a sale (auction) at the courthouse May 6, at 2 p.m. Information about properties to be sold was obtained from a published list, the Fisher County Appraisal District website, Google Earth, and the Railroad Commission website. The list was in the April 10 issue of the Double Mountain Chronicle. It will probably be on the Perdue Brandon site before the end of the month.
Cause T2017-0002: Parcel number unknown, 0.034309 royalty interest in a Woodall Unit in the vicinity of TX 92 and FM 540 in eastern Fisher County
Cause T2019-0005: Parcel 21467, a 0.3050 acre lot in the vicinity of 904/906 E 7th, Rotan (CAD lists this as parcel 22368, but the map shows the parcel listed as 21467)
Cause T2021-0005: Two properties - Parcel 5493, a house on 0.2560 acres, 112 Sally Ave, Rotan; Parcel 7914, 0.076900 interest in .23 acres located at 311 W South 2nd, Roby
Cause T2022-0001: Parcel 6600, a house on .3210 acres, 710 E 5th, Rotan
Cause T2022-0006: Two properties - Parcel 6005, a house on 0.4660 acres, 411 S Lincoln, Rotan; Parcel 6397, a house on 0.1610 acres, 501 E Lee, Rotan
Cause T2023-0002: Two properties - Parcel 7803, a 0.1150 acre lot, 600 W South 1st, Roby; Parcel 7805, a .6890 acre RV park, 600 W South 1st, Roby
Cause T2023-0006: Parcel 6384 (two entries for same parcel # on the published list and the CAD, differences aren't apparent), 0.2410 acres with a house, 709 E Lee, Rotan
Cause T5088: Parcel 5624, 0.2580 acres with a house, 607 N McKinley, Rotan
Cause T5115: Parcel 5774, 0.1930 acres with a house, 308 N Harrison, Rotan
Cause T5132: Parcel 504304, 0.006511 royalty interest in a Claytonville Unit between Fisher County Roads 446 and 448 off of FM 611 South
Cause T5143: Two properties - Parcel 5607, 0.3210 acre lot off of N Harrison and W McArthur, Rotan; Parcel 5677, 0.5177 acre lot, 309 W McArthur, kitty-corner to the first lot
This is a loose interpretation of the list published by the county and is not official in any way. Consult the original notice filed with the county clerk for legal descriptions. Contact the CAD for specifics.
The default date for city meetings is the second Thursday of the month. If that holds true, Rotan will meet at 7 a.m., Roby will meet at noon, this week.
The City of Rotan is on a boil water notice.
The burn ban for Fisher County has been rescinded. Over two inches of rain fell west of Hobbs and dry creeks ran.
Commissioners court is scheduled to meet next Monday.
Update 4/11/2025: The City of Rotan boil water notice has been lifted.
The City of Abilene has an auction opening with Rene Bates Auctioneers, today at 2 p.m., and ending on March 28. 104 vehicles are up for bid. I'm assuming it's online, as it lasts four days.
The closest Perdue Brandon sheriff sale listed is in Mitchell County, on April 1, 10 a.m. This sale is in-person. There are a few Loraine properties to be sold.
Jones County has six foreclosure sales scheduled for April 1, at varying times. The properties are in Anson and Stamford.
Scurry County has two foreclosures up for auction at various times on April 1. One is out by the prison, between Camp Springs Road and US 180. The other is for three lots in the Deep Creek Estates addition.
Another way to purchase tax foreclosed properties is to search appraisal district websites for properties that local entities own (City of -, - ISD, etc.), then use the contact listed to inquire about them. If Texas Communities Group is the agent, email them and ask them to put the property up for auction on their website.
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| - Cleaned last week - |
Last night I couldn't get the grit out of my throat, because, after coughing, I had to suck in the air that was hanging with more grit. I put in the AC window unit the day before, so it was cool grit. The electric threatened to go, on and off, but it held. Dusty but comfy!
I got dinged by Texas Communites Group and the City of Rotan about a vacant building they want me to tear down. I've called someone to help, but I wish I could do it myself. I've gone to check it out, but I end up standing and staring at it for a few minutes, picking up some trash, then motoring off. I thought I could at least pull some of that flapping tin off the roof, but the labor is beyond my physical and mental capacity. Let a pro do it.
Some new signs of spring I've seen are a positive sighting of ground squirrels, buzzards, lilacs budding and a batch of chicks. I try to pick up the eggs before the hens get to sitting, but miss one day and suddenly they have 14 eggs under them and a look in their eye that tells me I might lose an arm if I try anything funny. At least 10 hatched. They are very cute, as usual, and just ready to break my heart when they get caught under a board and die, or are eaten by a fox or coyote or raccoon or skunk or bobcat, etc.
Well, I've got to go get a load of laundry out of the dryer before the wind gets too high (the dryer is outside. I'm a hillbilly!). I'll hold off dusting until mid-May.
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| - Hobbs, TX sunset - |
The name of this community here on the west side of the county is Hobbs, but if I'm trying to find any news online, I can usually only find information about that other Hobbs. The one that's not in Texas.
And the Fisher County Hobbs isn't the only Texas one. There's another one out by Temple. I bet they can get delivery pizza there. That's the one thing I wish I could have out here. I'll pay mileage! Oh, it's probably better that I don't, I'd weigh 500 lbs. before I knew it.
Looking at weather, the forecast for Rotan (San Angelo area with the National Weather Service) talks about I-10, north and south, 350 some-odd miles south of here. Snyder forecast will peer way over the mountains to the west and north, referencing the four-corners: Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. That's a little ways from here (650 miles or so). The local news is mostly Abilene-centered - that's about 60 miles south east of here. So, to live in this little outback, it's best to have a few radars and a few forecasts and to look out the door to keep up with the weather.
It is pretty funny that if I want to go to that other, non-Texas Hobbs, I just take a right out of my driveway and keep driving west for 160 miles. There may be a few jigs here and there, but mostly west.
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| - FM 611 IREN site - |
Fisher County ACE Hardware in Rotan has opened. It is now possible to buy whatever you need in Fisher County. A trip to Dollar General, Comprehensive Land Management (chicken scratch), Ace and Thriftway will get the groceries.
There's been a lot of work going on in downtown Rotan on the median islands. They've been cleaned out and cleaned up, ready for new installments of electricity and artsy figures.
Nolan County will be having their yearly tax foreclosure sale tomorrow, March 4, at the courthouse in Sweetwater. Start time is 2 p.m.
Rattlesnake Round Up is coming up. This year it will be the weekend of March 14.
I've seen some spring time creatures moving around, either prairie dogs or lizards; they're too fast for me to identify. If they're moving, then rattlesnakes are bound to be, too.
My water bottles are piling up. Those empty gallon jugs that I haul around with me every time I leave the house.
A thought occurred to me today: why am I paying .25-.35¢ more per gallon over my water bill? I pay about .024¢ for municipal water, which is a really good deal! Why would I pay more? It's cheap and convenient, and it comes right out of the tap!
Thinking back, I can trace my first use of filtered water back to the fires of 2011. The drought was so severe at that time that the City of Snyder, where my water originates from, had to use reserve wells for residential water. That water reeked of dirt, with a cellar-like smell. While I appreciated that I had water for washing clothes and bathing, I would not drink it.
The tea made from the filtered water is so clear and pretty. That advantage was another factor, besides the smell, that convinced me that the decision to gather drinking water from a kiosk was worth the effort.
These days, I don't make tea that often. There isn't a household full of people to serve. It goes bad before I can drink a whole pitcher. Back when the kids were still home, I had to keep two pitchers of tea going; one sweet, one unsweetened. It was a never-ending task to keep up with a family tea drinkers.
The city water ceased to be odoriferous quite a while back, years ago. Clear, pretty tea is no longer a goal of mine. I drink coffee all day long. It tastes and looks the same with or without the extra filtration.
I've been perpetuating a long held habit that is no longer sustainable due to a change of circumstances.
I think I'm going to chance it and save myself the extra effort by going full tap.
I have missed the old Twitter. I used to have it embedded on the home page of Hobbs Holler and I could quickly post thoughts, observations and photos.
It changed when ownership changed. A person had to be logged in to see the posts and then it kinda got weird in the feeds, so I cancelled my account.
I tried BlueSky, which worked much the same way as old Twitter, but there was a mind-reeling amount of pornography in my feed. I cancelled that account the same day I opened it.
Thought bubbles (notes) in Messenger are sort of a satisfying substitute. I can't add them on my HH page, but I like the idea of posting something without expectation of response or comment. There's a large collection of music on Messenger where you can choose little snippets of songs to play in your bubble. Right now I'm using it to purge the music that is constantly playing on my internal jukebox. I'm finding it's a good way to get rid of an earworm.
It's a cool little gizmo, but it doesn't have all the songs that pop up in my head. Where's Donnie Iris's Love Will Rock You? Oh, well, can't have everything, right? Not too much of a loss. I'll just wait for the next song to play.
The 32nd Judicial District Court will convene Wednesday morning at the Fisher County Courthouse.
The following cases are on the docket for Fisher County:
Perdue Brandon doesn't have any local tax sales for the upcoming month.
The City of Snyder is accepting sealed bids for 3102 El Paso in Snyder. The deadline is February 14.
Jones County has three foreclosures: PR 4286, Hawley; 10 acres located at 2306 CR 475; and 1432 Avenue K, Anson. These will be disposed of by sheriff sales at the courthouse in Anson on February 4.
Texas Communities Group has one property for sale, 631 Ave H in Anson. Bidding ends February 4.
Rotan Self Storage will be auctioning off the contents of a unit on February 3. There's more information about that in this week's issue of the Double Mountain Chronicle.
Love's is supposed to be posting some storage units from their Sweetwater site on Storage Auctions. The Sweetwater Reporter is running a classified ad with specifics on those sales.
The 32nd Judicial District Court will convene Wednesday morning at the Fisher County Courthouse to choose a new grand jury and to hold council for relevant hearings.
The following cases are on the docket:
Here's a tip on how to view the Hobbs Holler website. While the mobile version is fine, it does not show the links and information on the right-hand side of the full site.
On the desktop/PC version, everything shows up. To get the same experience on a mobile device, go all the way to the bottom and click on "View web version". Then you won't miss a thing.
Thanks for reading!
Since I was on a Larry McMurtry redux this week, I decided to look up his book store in Archer City to see how it was faring.
Booked Up is no longer a physical store front, but books are available online.
Khristal Merklin, McMurtry's book-selling partner, sold the buildings and books that were left to her after his death.
She brought the store name back in virtual form in 2022. It looks like a good source for researchers and readers alike.
Of course, you can also find McMurtry's books for sale there. Personally, I would like one of those t-shirts Merklin is wearing in her photo on the About Us page.
According to the Archer County Appraisal District website, the current owners of the former stores on South Central are the First Baptist Church, on the west side, and The Archer City Writers Workshop on the east.
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| - Cats rule - |
It was so cold this morning that the cat was hogging the heater. She sat her little chin on the bar and gave no thought to my comfort.
I went out to the mailbox to post a letter just as a fellow working for the appraisal district was slowly driving by in the barditch. He got out and introduced himself, but I didn't catch his name. It's too bad he had to see me in my pajamas.
The commissioners meeting yesterday was a two part deal, both very short. Stuart Posey, the new commissioner for precinct three, had his first day with the court.
It was good to see that Jeanna Parks, county treasurer, was there.
The quorum went into a closed session about 10 minutes into assembly, then returned for about six minutes before adjourning.
One thing that caught my interest was something said by Micah Evans, the commissioner for precinct four. The meeting had resumed after the closed session and a motion was made by Judge Ken Holt for approval on a professional services contract with Sterling Burleson, agenda item 12.
Right before a unanimous vote of yes was given, Evans said, "This is just in regards to the case that's...".
I wonder what case that is. I'm hoping to see some clues in the next issue of the Double Mountain Chronicle.
Fisher County Commissioners held a meeting at 9 a.m. this morning. The agenda and the meeting (2 part) can be accessed from the home page of Fisher County, Texas. Click the YouTube link in the upper right hand corner for the videos.
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| - Scott's Corner & Rotan - |
The water line project has gotten to Scott's Corner. Further lines have been staked out along FM 611, going east towards Rotan.
Now that Dollar General in Roby is open, I can make a little drive to Rotan to get .25¢ gallon jugs of filtered water from the kiosk next to Dairy Queen, then on to Roby for shopping. It's nice to wheel a cart around a brand-spanking new store and pick up some essentials.
The Rotan DG looks finished and the lights are on, but the building is sitting empty at this time.
Ace Hardware is coming along. There are a lot of workers there finishing up the store.
The condemned house is still standing on the corner lot of Sammy Baugh and North Richard in Rotan. City council talked about getting someone to tear it down in their meeting this week.
The old hospital hasn't had any work on it since the city sold it, but the grass is cut and foliage is trimmed.
The photos are of Scott's Corner, Ace, the condemned trailer house and the Callan Hospital building.
During a special meeting, called for December 31, Fisher County Commissioners voted unanimously to appoint John "Pat" Dickson as sheriff.
Commissioner Micah Evans, Precinct 4, advised Dickson that his duties would be administrative. This is due to Dickson not holding a peace officer license.
Officers who have been appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office have two years to get licensed.
Commissioners also voted unanimously to accept Sheriff Tom Pohlman's resignation.