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OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Game warden class graduates
After seven months of training, the 59th Texas game warden cadet class graduated on July 28.
This marked the first time game wardens and state park police officers trained and graduated as part of the same class.
“The entire staff at the Game Warden Training Center is very proud of this next generation of Texas game wardens and state park police,” said Game Warden Tracy Davis, major at the Game Warden Training Center. “We are confident that each officer will carry out their duties professionally and with the deepest level of commitment and service to the people of Texas, and their natural resources.”
Following their presentation at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden Training Center in Hamilton County, the 23 newly commissioned peace officers were recognized during a special ceremony at the Texas State Capitol.
“Since 1895, game wardens have played an integral part in public safety and conservation law enforcement in Texas,” said Colonel Craig Hunter, law enforcement director for TPWD. “We are excited that this graduation marks the first academy where Texas game wardens trained with state park police officers, and congratulate these officers as they embark in the most rewarding careers in law enforcement.”
The graduates will begin their new careers stationed in counties and parks throughout the state. Read more mid-week Bowie News.
Fossil Pointe to have handgun operation class
Fossil Pointe of Decatur will be offering a concealed handgun class at 8 a.m. on Aug. 23.
The class costs $110.
State fees, ammunition, and fingerprint fees are not included in the cost.
The class offers instruction time, literature, target fees and range time for qualifications.
Fossil Pointe is located at 7282 North Farm-to-Market 51 in Decatur.
To register, call 1-940-393-6402.
Catfish stockings
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has announced the catfish stocking schedule for South Weeks Pond in Wichita Falls.
The stocking of channel cats are set for Sept. 4, Sept. 18, Oct. 2, Oct. 16 and Oct. 30.
A valid fishing license is required.
The daily bag limit is five catfish.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Logo provided by the TPWD, no copyright infringement inferred)
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
4-D Open Barrel Racing was one of the events that started Jim Bowie Days off on the right foot June 20.
Barrel racing officials said there were more than 200 competitors in the event, which broke up into two events: one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The winner in each division received cash and a buckle.
Having the fastest time in the 1D division was Maggie Wright on Tres Leche, with a time of 17.115. Finishing 2nd was Ella Gordillo aboard Famous Noble in 17.251. In 3rd place was Jimmie Smith riding Brickk with a time of 17.268.
Lexi Doud aboard Ain’t He Dazzling was 4th with a time of 17.29. In 5th place was Torrie Edge on Francy N Famous with a time of 17.364. Janna Brown riding I’m a Billionaire was 6th in 17.428. Tara Carr was 7th aboard with a time of 17.454 while Brylee Wall rounded out the top 8 on TKW Hawkins Fame with a time of 17.536.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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