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Balancing Care and Costs:

Jeff Hurt I
Thursday, August 22, 2024
The Stonewall Memorial Hospital District Board of Directors met early last week, where officials discussed a proposition to consider partnering with the community’s daycare facility to aid employee retention and generate a return for the district.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

News Staff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
- Thursday• Roby City Council Meeting 12 pm at City HallAugust 16th17th-Friday - Saturday• 2024 Rotan High School Classes of the 1950’s decade Reunion, August 16th and 17th, MCM Elegante Suites, Cancun room, 4250 Ridgemont Dr., Abilene, TX. 79606.
Members of the Roby Ex-students association presented their schlorship check to Dawson Kiker Shipp, son of David and Kim Shipp of Roby. Dawson will be attending Tarelton State. L to right Ginger Jones,Dawson Shipp, BJ Vaught, Dianne Feagan, and Gay Nell Cherry.

Members of the Roby Ex-students association presented their schlorship check to Dawson Kiker Shipp, son of David and Kim Shipp of Roby. Dawson will be attending Tarelton State. L to right Ginger Jones,Dawson Shipp, BJ Vaught, Dianne Feagan, and Gay Nell Cherry.

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Shipp receives Scholarship from Roby Ex-Student Association just in time to head-off to TSU

News Staff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Shipp receives Scholarship from Roby Ex-Student Association just in time to head-off to TSU

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DEBBIE'S CORNER

Debbie Toliver
Thursday, August 15, 2024
When someone is unkind to me, Lord, please let me see them through your eyes.Open my heart and mind to see their hidden pain.Help me to show compassion where none was shown to me.Lord, when I see someone doing something I wouldn't do, Let me stop and pray and leave the judging to you.
Fisher County Commissioners Preston Martin and Micah Evans discuss financial and operational expectations with Chief Deputy Jarod Smith and Sheriff Tom Pohlman during Monday's budget workshop

Fisher County Commissioners Preston Martin and Micah Evans discuss financial and operational expectations with Chief Deputy Jarod Smith and Sheriff Tom Pohlman during Monday's budget workshop

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6 HOURS, 0 SOLUTIONS:

Jeff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Fisher County Commissioners wrestle with numbers while the clock ticks on tough decisionsThe Fisher County Commissioners convened on Monday for the first time since Judge Ken Holt submitted his proposed budget late last month, which significantly reduced funding to the county jail.
AISD Superintendent Zach Morris shares information regarding the condition of the existing campus buildings and how bond funding could be used to upgrade facilities.

AISD Superintendent Zach Morris shares information regarding the condition of the existing campus buildings and how bond funding could be used to upgrade facilities.

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INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION

Jeff Hurt I
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Upgrades to aging facilities and ADA Compliance at stakeAfter months of discussion and numerous calculations of tax valuations and potential revenues needed to upgrade the school’s aging facilities, on Monday, the Aspermont ISD Trustees officially called for a bond election this November, where...
Tax appraisal experts Gary Zeitler and Rodney Kret speak to Rotan ISD officials, hoping to explain tax value fluctuations the district has experienced during recent years. PHOTO BY MARK

Tax appraisal experts Gary Zeitler and Rodney Kret speak to Rotan ISD officials, hoping to explain tax value fluctuations the district has experienced during recent years. PHOTO BY MARK

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Rotan ISD trustees debate calling for potentional bond election

Jeff Hurt I
Thursday, August 15, 2024
The Rotan ISD Board of Trustees met with tax experts and legal counsel with the Fisher County Appraisal District on Monday, leaving officials just one week left to consider the financial impacts associated with a potential bond.

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84-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING DOG

Jeff Hurt I
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Jim Bynum (84) from Rotan was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 6 after shooting and killing a dog that he encountered while walking his neighborhood. Following the report of the shooting, Fisher County Deputies arrested Bynum on charges of Cruelty to Non-livestock animals and resisting arrest.