COUNTY LIFE
Nocona area election filings end Friday
Election filing for the May 4 elections within Nocona comes to an end on Friday with all the incumbents signed up to run again.
The City of Nocona, Nocona Independent School District and Nocona Hospital District are the only entities in the county that have elections in May. The remainder of the other entities moved their elections to November in conjunction with the county.
For the Nocona City Council the places of mayor, filled by Robert Fenoglio and Councilors Tom Horn and Don Davis will be on the ballot with each of the incumbents filing.
For the NISD board, place three filled by Greg Fuller and place four filled by Pat Keck will be on the ballot. Keck has filed for the race.
On the hospital district board four places are up for election and the incumbents filed. They are Melissa Murphey, Chris Keck, Ken Koontz and Charlie Brown.
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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