COUNTY LIFE
By BARBARA GREEN
It was somewhat of a political surprise around the three-county 97th Judicial District when the incumbent district attorney was defeated by her former assistant DA.
However, incoming DA Casey Polhemus feels ready for the opening criminal docket on Jan. 3, 2017.
The party primary pitting Polhemus again her former boss, Paige Williams, was hotly contested across Montague, Clay and Archer Counties, which make up the 97th Judicial District.
Williams, a hometown girl from Nocona, was defeated by the relative newcomer who won by 336 votes taking both Archer and Montague Counties.
The 30-year-old is beginning a new chapter in her professional life at 9 a.m. on Jan. 1 when she takes the oath of office during ceremonies in the courthouse annex. All newly elected officials will be sworn in.
Entering law school Polhemus laughingly recalls she told everyone she did not want to be a trial attorney or prosecutor, but that ended up being what she truly enjoyed at school. Criminal law became her focus during the last half of law school.
Read the full feature on the incoming district attorney in the weekend News.
The tap dance countdown is on as many local celebrities will be strutting their stuff on the dance floor on March 25 to help raise scholarship money for Montague County students to attend North Central Texas College.
The Rotary Club of Bowie and the North Central Texas College Montague County Foundation have teamed up to bring back their popular fundraiser, a Dancing to the Stars Competition.
Doors open at the Bowie Community Center, at 6 p.m. with social networking. A catered dinner will be served in the gym.
Tickets are $50 each at the door.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Things are going to get Western during the Sixth Annual Real West Symposium, April 28-30, in Saint Jo.
The Real West Symposium explores what the West was actually like in the 1800s. An authentic 1850s’ cowtown, Saint Jo, is located on the storied Chisholm Trail. With a tree-covered town square and authentic 1800s’ store fronts, it’s the perfect place for Western history to come to life.
This year’s noted speakers include:
•Michael Grauer, director of the Cowboy Hall of Fame
•Dr. Jody Guinn, director of the Texas Rangers Museum/Foundation
•Dr. Richard McCaslin of the University of North Texas
•Dr. Byron Price, retired director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of the American West
•Art T. Burton, historian and authority on Bass Reeves, accompanied by Ernest Marsh, a Bass Reeves re-enactor
•Michael Martin Murphey, recording artist and authority on the music of the old West.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Bowie Community Development coordinated the new St. Paddy’s Day Sip & Stroll with Me event that was hosted last Friday night by 25 participating merchants, who had requested a first-quarter event. The open house stores were spread out across downtown welcomed families and small groups going from store to store. (Above) The team at H&R Block were serving up warm Irish coffee which was welcomed by those walking outside in the chill of early spring.
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