COUNTY LIFE
Dorman graduates DPS trooper academy
Riley Dorman, a 2009 graduate of Bowie High School, graduated from the Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Academy during ceremonies in Austin on Aug. 26.
Class A-2022 had 45 new troopers commissioned after they completed the vigorous 28-week training academy where they were tested both mentally and physically.
Dorman is the son of Timmy and Synda Dorman of Bowie. Riley joins his brother Taylor “Rob” Dorman, who graduated from the DPS academy 10 years ago and is a helicopter pilot for the DPS at the border in Del Rio. The rookie recruit will be joining his brother as Del Rio will be his first station in a few weeks.
Read more on this story in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Nocona volunteer firefighters diligently continue their efforts to get a truck fully geared up for their newest fire station at Lake Nocona with hopes it could be ready to roll early in the new year.
At a recent rural fire department monthly meeting members were working on the truck and sorting miles of fire hose that will go on Engine 331. The Eagle Point Fire Station is located on the west side of Lake Nocona and has been a work in progress for a little more than two years by the city and rural Nocona firefighters. The departments each station in downtown Nocona, and the rural department has a building with a brush truck at Spanish Fort.
Billy Henley, rural chief and volunteer firefighter for more than 50 years, said their efforts to expand service began about in 2020 and 2021 after the Nocona Lake Estates Fire Department disbanded.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The Bowie News salutes our Hometown Heroes. All the first responders who handle radio calls, man the ambulances, solve crime and run into the fire. Many of these folks are volunteers protecting their community. Find photos of every law enforcement agency and fire department in the Hometown Heroes
It was a clean-out and throw-out Saturday in Bowie. Members of the Bowie Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors unloaded items for the shredder hosted for the annual Shred-A-Thon. Box after box of paper were securely destroyed by the giant shredder truck. Members of the chamber board and volunteers helped unloaded boxes when vehicles pulled up. (News photos by Barbara Green)
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