COUNTY LIFE
NHS grad thrives despite tragedy
By Dani Blackburn
Like many only children, Nocona senior Jamie Carpenter was the center of her parent’s universe.
A self proclaimed daddy’s girl, Jamie said her dad, Jimmy, was willing to do anything in the world for his daughter.
“There were times he would have a hard time with his blood sugar due to his diabetes, and it would cause him to not really be in his right mind,” said Jamie. “I would have to be the one who would talk him into drinking his orange juice and taking medicine because my mom couldn’t. But he would for me, because he would do anything for me.”
When describing her mother, Dawn, Jamie’s face lights up. Her mother, who was the Nocona Independent School District Director of Technology, was outgoing and the one who was “mom” to all of her friends.
“She would take all my friends and I to these extravagant, huge birthday parties,” said Jamie. “I had campouts for girls in our grade. When I was younger, she threw big birthday parties for me and the whole town was invited. I became a teenager and it turned into all my good girl friends.”
But her loving world crashed around her in February of 2013 when her parent’s vehicle was hit head on in Haskell County by a drunk driver, killing her mother instantly. The car was traveling back to Nocona from a basketball playoff game Jamie’s freshman year.
Read the full feature in your weekend news.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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