COUNTY LIFE
Taking aim – Gold-Burg teen flying high in archery
Connor Sears
By JORDAN NEAL
Some sports are more mental than they are physical. Archery is in this category. Most people have the physical strength to draw back a bow string, but it takes extreme mental focus and discipline to make the arrow go where you want it to go each time.
For one such teenager in Montague County, that has been his challenge these last five years.
Connor Sears is a 17-year-old junior who attends Gold-Burg High School. He has been competing in compound bow archery competitions since he was 12 shortly after being introduced to it as a way of hunting at a camp he attended. Eventually hunting season ended.
“We were sitting around bored one day because it wasn’t hunting season,” Sears said. “We looked up archery tournaments and went down to local Cinnamon Creek Ranch down in Fort Worth and fell in love.”
One competition led to another and another until Sears is now regarded one of the best young compound bow archers in the nation.
Read the full feature in the weekend News.
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Swim lessons for youngsters of all ages were conducted the past two weeks at the city pool. It was a good place to be during this summer heat. See more photos in the weekend News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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