Folks might deem this a strange time to plant oaks, but the Roland brothers have faith at least some will take root, even with summer looming. Certainly, the Rolands' hearts are in the right place, regardless of whether their scraggly oaks are or not. Many family memories arose at Elm Creek Reservoir during the handful of years they lived in Winters. Because of Vernon's penchant for picking up suddenly and taking jobs elsewhere, he, his wife and their brood of five never stayed anywhere long. He was put in a reform school as a teen-ager and later went to Leavenworth for printing counterfeit money.
Family tradition has it the loot was printed up solely for friendly poker games.
They'd never had anything like that happen in their town. But they sure made an example of him. They sent him to prison and let two others in on the deed off. For a time, he worked at the Winters Enterprise as a printer and sometime reporter. After their father's death, which occurred when Terry was about a year old, the family moved on and both Terry and his brother Ken later made careers in California.