COUNTY LIFE
Vaccine drive-up clinic closes at Nocona
Due to a decline in people seeking COVID-19 vaccinations the Texas Department of Emergency Management’s free, drive-up shot clinic offered twice-a-week in Nocona has closed up shop.
TDEM has been operating in Nocona during the past year providing free COVID testing and later the vaccine when it became available. Up until this week the clinic has been offered on Wednesday and Friday afternoons in the Nocona General Hospital parking lot. In recent months the numbers have dropped from a high of more than 100 back in early June to just under 60 the past two weeks.
Dr. Chance Dingler, county health authority, said those who received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at TDEM, will be contacted to let them know when they will come back to administer the second dose.
The local CVS and Walmart have been providing vaccinations. Visit the Texas Department of Health Services website for vaccine locations at:dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine.
Statewide the vaccine rate continues to hover just under 60%.
Montague County’s figures show 29.75% of its population 12 and up are fully vaccinated while 34.29% age 12 and up have received at least one dose.
Read more on this story in the weekend Bowie News.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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