COUNTY LIFE
Students prepare their stands for Saturday’s Lemonade Day
By DANI BLACKBURN
Nine local students are going into the lemonade business on May 21 as part of “Lemonade Day Houston,” a national foundation out of Houston.
Students from the districts of Nocona, Prairie Valley, Montague, GoldBurg and Saint Jo in fifth through seventh grades were invited to participate in the first time event.
Students take courses in marketing, accounting and business planning to gain knowledge needed to run their own business: A lemonade stand.
Nine students are participating in the event.
The foundation’s website states the event “empowers today’s youth and tomorrow’s entrepreneur’s through helping them start, own and operate their very own business.”
Nocona Economic Development Corporation Executive Director James Yohe said several awards will be given, including: Best Business Plan, Best Recipe, Most Profitable Business and Best Stand. The Best Stand Award will be from a proposed drawing of the students stand and budget, since the NEDC did not have a stand sponsor to provide the materials to all participants the first time.
Read the full story in the mid-week News and see what students are participating and where their stands will be located.
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Swim lessons for youngsters of all ages were conducted the past two weeks at the city pool. It was a good place to be during this summer heat. See more photos in the weekend News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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