COUNTY LIFE
By DANI BLACKBURN
There’s a new club taking flight in Montague County as the Nocona Thunder Remote Control Flying Club takes off.
The club welcomes all aviation enthusiasts who enjoy flying remote control aircraft. It will include helicopters and drones, and eventually remote control automobiles.
“That’s the great thing about flying in this day and age; drones are really popular so that has added a whole new component to aviation,” explained Rick Bridges, founder of the Nocona Flying Club. The new organization is the creation of Bridges and Tracy Cornwell who have been involved in remote control flying for many years. Bridges said he got his start flying when he was stationed overseas in Germany. He also was a member of the flying club in Wichita Falls for many years until he and Cornwell moved to the Nocona area.
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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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