COUNTY LIFE
Lucky Paws plans grand opening Saturday
By DANI BLACKBURN
The Nocona Lucky Paws Animal Shelter will celebrate its new facility with a ribbon cutting and grand opening from noon to three on March 11.
The ribbon cutting opens the festivities at noon, followed by a burger and hotdog feed sponsored by the Nocona Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8558. Everyone is welcome to tour the new facility and meet the adoptable dogs.
“We hope to eventually bring a balance to the issue of overpopulation of companion animals in our local community,” said Board Member Jo Patrick. “We have already seen that with the new facility. We are getting more traffic locally to adopt dogs and more interest in volunteering as well as fostering.”
The new facility, located at 35 Airport Road off West Highway 82, is a project years in the making.
Read the full feature in the mid-week News.
Bowie Community Center presented a concert featuring the music country greats Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash this past Friday night.
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)
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