COUNTY LIFE

Summer Reading Club to begin at Nocona Library

Published

11 years ago

06/18/2014

The Summer Reading Club at Nocona Public Library will take place July 1 and run throughout the month to July 31.

This is a free program open to children ages three to 12. Children can register at the library through July 15. Students are encouraged to enjoy reading as part of their summer break.

Coupons for free ice cream cones will be awarded to each child as they complete and return reading logs. There will be a party in August for all registered participants.

Also part of its summer program, the library staff will conduct summer story time for children of all ages. It will take place at 10 a.m. starting July 10 and be on the following Thursdays during July. Lots of activities and crafts are planned.

You do not have to be a registered participant in the summer reading club to attend storytime.

Call 825-6373 or stop by 101 Cooke Street. Coming join in the summer fun.

COUNTY LIFE

Nocona Rotary celebrating 100th anniversary

Published

8 hours ago

03/26/2025

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Nocona Rotary Club is hosting a 100-year anniversary celebration from 4-6 p.m. on March 27 at the H.J. Justin building in downtown Nocona.
This event is free and all are welcome. There will be light refreshments at this come-and-go afternoon, but around 5 p.m. there will be a brief program and plans to take photo of all past and present Rotarians for a keepsake group photo.
Club members are conduct a prize drawing for a trip to either Branson, MO, Las Vegas, NV or Orlando, FL. First prize is a four-night lodging at a two-bedroom condo at the winner’s choice of location.
Second prize is a weekend at a waterfront cottage on Lake Nocona. Prize for a drawing ticket i $100. Proceeds will be used to finish the Blue Mound one-mile walking trail and to continue the club’s annual scholarships to high school seniors as well as the dictionaries for elementary school students.
Current Rotary members have tickets for sale, there also is a QR code on the club Facebook page. They take cash or checks.
The band The Mind’s Eye will provide acoustical music and with two former members in the band, there may be a few Rotary songs of old. It should be a fun event, and don’t miss seeing vintage photos from 1925 to 2025.