COUNTY LIFE
By BARBARA GREEN
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Clay Earp hopes to take his dream of creating robotics for the military all the way to West Point as he awaits news of acceptance to the United States Military Academy.
The 17-year-old senior at Victory Christian Academy in Decatur recently received notice of his nomination to the academy by Congressman Mac Thornberry. Each member of the House is allowed up to five nominees at the academy.
It is now up to the Military Academy’s Admissions Committee to make the final decision. As with all the military academies selection is very competitive and the application process extensive. A nomination does not assure a place as Earp says only one in four get in at West Point. The teen said he still has to submit his final transcript, but he anticipates acceptance letters will begin to go out in March or April.
The son of Brandon and Trisha Earp, Clay has known for a long while he wanted to serve his country, but he also wanted to go into engineering and pursue robotics.
Graduates of West Point are appointed on active duty as commissioned officers and serve in the U.S. Army for a minimum of five years.
Read the full feature in the weekend Bowie News.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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