COUNTY LIFE
Forestburg freshman earns spot at state film festival
Lezly Sanchez, a ninth grader at Forestburg High School, is heading to the state University Interscholastic League Film finals with her digital animation film, “The Final Letter.”
Her film placed in the top six for 1A-3A schools with a chance to take the first place gold medal during the Feb. 26 finals in Austin.
Lezly is the daughter of Ruby and Victor Sanchez with Dana Klement her teacher in the new film program at Forestburg. Klement said this is the first time a student has ever competed in the UIL film contest, which makes it even mores special to see Sanchez be a state finalist.
The UIL film competition is an academic contest that allows students to create their own films in three different categories: Animation (digital or traditional), narrative or documentary.
Klement said these films must meet multiple UIL requirements and can be extensive in labor and creativity. Additionally, UIL Film groups school division into only four groupings 1A-3A and 4A, 5A and 6A separate, instead of the traditional six, which places Sanchez in the 1A-3A.
The films were submitted for judging panels to UIL in early January, and went through various rounds before advancing to state. The top three in the finals win medals.
Read more on this story in the Thursday 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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