COUNTY LIFE
New Panther leaders bring varied experiences, both share passion for educating children
By BARBARA GREEN
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Saint Jo Independent School District began the 2022-23 school year with a new leader at the helm as Katie Morman, moved up from principal to superintendent in her 15th year with the district.
She is joined by new Principal Brad Evans, who comes to the district from Ector Independent School District where he has been a principal on two campuses since 2013.
These educators bring varied experiences to their new roles, but they share a love of education and working with children.
New superintendent
Katie Morman takes over as superintendent from Curtis Eldridge who retired at the end of the school year after 14 years leading the district. He has remained available to serve as a mentor as she makes the transition.
The 43-year-old Morman and her husband, Shane, a paint contractor, have three children, all Panther graduates. Son Logan is a senior at Texas Tech majoring in accounting; and his daughters, Tatum, in eighth grade, and Aubrey, a sophomore, are both at Saint Jo.
Growing up in Sanger, Morman always knew she wanted to be a teacher.
“I really wanted to be a teacher and a coach, but as I graduated high school there was a lot of turnover at Sanger High and coaching appeared volatile, so I became a math teacher,” she recalls.
Read the full feature on these educators in the mid-week 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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