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Saint Jo ISD officially hires new superintendent

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(Left) Leeton Phillips, Saint Jo ISD Board president congratulates Curtis Eldridge, new superintendent with his wife Vicki. (Courtesy photo)

Curtis Eldridge was officially named new superintendent at Saint Jo Independent School District.

The board took the action on Feb. 4 following the mandatory 21-day waiting period after Eldridge was named the lone finalist. He signed a three-year contract which begins July 1.

Prior to the 2015 Christmas break, Superintendent Larry Smith announced he would be retiring at the end of the 2015-16 school year prompting the search. Smith ends a 38-year career in education with the last 10 at Saint Jo ISD.

Read the full story in the mid-week News.

 

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Fall clean-up days slated

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Volunteers will be in downtown Bowie Sept. 17 and 18 for a clean-up and decorate event for upcoming fall activities.
Bowie Community Development will be coordinating this work in preparation for Chicken and Bread Days and other activities. Volunteers will gather at 4 p.m. on Sept. 17 and 8 p.m. on Sept. 18.
Those who want to clean up during the day are certainly welcome as Bowie gets ready for fall.

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Nocona Indians ready for homecoming activities

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Nocona High School homecoming will be the week of Sept. 9-13.
Members of the homecoming court were announced this week and will be crowned on Friday. The king will be named at the pep rally at noon and the queen during halftime.
Senior queen nominees are: Graci Brown, Jessie Howard, Avery Crutsinger and Megyn Meekins. Senior king nominees are: Jake Pribble, Caden Gaston, Jackson Brown and Kasch Johnson.
The Indians play S&S at 7 p.m. The band performs at 6:30 p.m. The volleyball varsity plays Lindsay at 4:30 p.m.
Due to the burn band there will be “nonfire” festivities on Sept. 11 at Mary Beckman Davis Park. There will be food trucks starting at 6:30 p.m. followed by a decorated ATV-golf cart parade.
Decorate your entry and line up at the post office at 7:15 p.m. The pep rally will be at 8 p.m. in the downtown park.

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Wednesday marks 23rd anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

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It was the deadliest terror attack to ever take place on U.S. soil. On Sept. 11, 2001, conspirators from the al-Qaida Muslim militant group seized control of jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles, hitting the trade center’s twin towers and the Pentagon. The fourth plane was headed for Washington but crashed near Shanksville after crew members and passengers tried to storm the cockpit.

The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, reconfigured national security policy and spurred a U.S. “war on terror” worldwide.

Today marks the 23rd remembrance of this heart-breaking day that changed America. Please take a moment today to thank those who ran into the buildings and fires, and remember those who did not return home that day.

The World Trade Center towers burn after planes crashed into them. The buildings would collapse a short time later.

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