COUNTY LIFE

By DANI BLACKBURN
Nocona Chamber of Commerce is busy preparing for its 89th annual banquet set on March 24 at the Veranda Inn Events Center.
Randy Duckworth, executive director of the chamber, said the speaker for this year’s event is David Kercheval from Go Texas and the theme is “GoNocona.” Tickets are $20 per person in advance and $25 at the door.
The new officers and annual awards will be presented at the banquet. The Nocona Chamber board of directors elected Erica Patton as president.
Patton is a nurse practioner who has been with Nocona Medical and Nocona Hospital four years. Patton and her husband, Shawn, are raising four kids, who attend Nocona schools: Kasadi, 16; Ayden, 8; Corbyn,6 and their baby, Dani. Read the full feature on the new chamber president in the weekend News.
COUNTY LIFE
Spring car show on March 29

Springtime in Bowie means its time for the 22nd Annual Jim Bowie Car Show on March 29 in Pelham Park.
Hosted by the Piston Head Auto Club, the show features a full array of competition categories from classic and muscle to newer creations. Come out and stroll under the oaks of Pelham Park viewing cars, trucks, jeeps and motorcycles.
Vehicle registration is from 9 to 11 a.m. at the park. Entry fee is $20 and it includes a free T-shirt for the first 100 pre-entries. Registration is 425 day of the show. Show time is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entry forms are on the club’s Facebook page.
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Dancing “Glammas” do their thing at Mardi Gras Nocona Style (brief video)
COUNTY LIFE
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday

It is once more time to spring forward as Daylight Saving Time begins on March 9. Move your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night, so you will not out on Sunday activities.
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