COUNTY LIFE
Changing the guard: New county, district clerks bring experience
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County has two new faces serving as custodian of its governmental and court records as 2021 opens, as Kim Jones took the oath of office for county clerk and Robin Woods became the new 97th District Clerk.
Both women replaced longtime clerks who retired as 2020 came to an end. Glenda Henson retired from county clerk after 16 years and Lesia Darden as district clerk for the past 17 years.
Kim Jones,
Montague County clerk
Jones started work as a clerk in the office in 2006, ironically six months before Henson. When named to this post she was chief deputy. She will finish out the nearly two years left on the term, afterwhich Jones can run for the office.
Robin Woods,
97th District Clerk
Robin Woods is a home town girl from Nocona who graduated from Nocona High School in 1979. She and her first husband operated R-B’s Food Stores in Henrietta and Nocona for 17 years as they raised two children.
The couple divorced and she later married John Woods 14 years ago.
Prior to coming to work in the clerk’s office in 2018, Woods had spent 16 years at Legend Bank as vault teller and senior teller at the Nocona branch.
Read the full feature on both of the clerks in you weekend Bowie News.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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