COUNTY LIFE
Job carries WEIGHT – CVE Trooper enjoys daily challenge
By BARBARA GREEN
Nearly 20,000 vehicles travel across Montague County each day via U.S. Highway 287. Of that total, between 28 to 38 percent is truck traffic or vehicles with double-axles.
That is only a portion of the highway traffic that passes through Montague County traveling along U.S. 81, U.S. 82 and all other roads in between.
Texas Highway Patrol Trooper 5 James Bacon serves as the commercial vehicle enforcement officer in Montague County, a job he took on in mid-2014.
For the last two and a half years he has worked CVE in Wise County. Bacon, a 16-year DPS veteran, makes his home in Bowie with his wife Melissa and son, Lance.
The trooper thought it might be a new challenge to move into CVE so when the opening came up in Wise County, he applied and got the post. Today he is a fully certified level 1 CVE officer who can examine anything on a commercial vehicle.
Meet the county CVE trooper and learn about his job featured in the weekend News. Pictured: Trooper James Bacon stands with one of the portable scale machines he uses in examining large commercial vehicles. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Swim lessons for youngsters of all ages were conducted the past two weeks at the city pool. It was a good place to be during this summer heat. See more photos in the weekend News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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