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Community activism helped create North Central Texas College-Bowie
By BARBARA GREEN
This is part of an ongoing series by The Bowie News for its Build a Better Bowie campaign exploring assets and unique aspects of the Bowie community.
The completion of North Central Texas College’s Bowie campus in 2000 was the epitome of community activism. Citizens saw the need for a higher education facility and they took the steps necessary to get it done.
As the 2016 spring semester was completed there were 469 students enrolled, following 573 in the preceding semester.
In May the Montague County Foundation presented 33 students with Fall 2016 scholarships valued at $12,050, plus an additional 79 dual credit students received scholarships valued at $7,482.
Debbie Sharp, vice president for external affairs, reports for Fall 2015 65 students received scholarships valued at $29,836. Twenty percent of the 322 enrolled during that fall semester received foundation scholarship assistance.
Explore the development of the NCTC-Bowie campus since its inception 16 years ago and what the future has in store for the higher education facility.
Pictured above: Students in the Licensed Vocational Nursing program work in the computer lab. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Bellevue ISD will start at 10 a.m. on Friday
Gold-Burg, Forestburg and Prairie Valley will not have school Friday.
At least three county athletes qualified for the State Cross Country Meet in Round Rock next weekend.
Bowie’s Brayden Willett finished 7th at the Region I-3A Meet Monday in Lubbock with a time of 16:46.50. He was followed by teammates Monte Mayfield with a time of 18:08.90, Kellen Rater with a 18:22.0 time, Jackson Frye in 18:40.10, Shawn Willett in 18:42.60, Austin Jones in 19:10 and Hayden Sutton with a 20:44.3 time.
The Lady Rabbits were paced by Ollie Gaston in 13:04.2. Bowie had five more runners taking part including Laney Segura in 14:33, Bella Lozano in 14:34.7, Mariah Tompkins in 14:56.5, Scarlett Aviles in 15:50.9 and Isabella Caswell in 17:09.
For further information, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
The 2025 Pioneer Court will be led by Joan Cantwell as the pioneer queen, with Duchesses Bill Ann Jones and Sue Swint.
A coronation of the court will be at 2:30 p.m. on June 27 at the Bowie Community Center. The public is invited to attend the crowning followed by a reception hosted by the Amity Club of Bowie.
Meet the ladies of the Pioneer Court in the Thursday Bowie News. Coming next week the young ladies competing for Miss Jim Bowie Days and Little Miss.
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