COUNTY LIFE
Area valedictorian, salutatorian honors presented
The 2017 graduation season comes to an end this weekend with two days of commencement events across Montague County.
On May 26, four area high schools will hand out diplomas, including Bowie, Bellevue, Forestburg and Prairie Valley. Gold-Burg graduation will be on May 27.
Nocona and Saint Jo graduated last weekend.
Bowie graduates will receive their diplomas at Jackrabbit Stadium in ceremonies beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday. The senior class selected teacher Jack Milchanowski to be the guest speaker.
The mantle ceremony will be conducted by seniors Spenser Meekins and Madalyn Frost and juniors Keck Jones and Madison Hill.
Diplomas will be presented by Superintendent Steven Monkres, and there will be scholarship presentations.
See all the area valedictorian and salutatorians from seven area high school in your mid-week Bowie News, along with the final comencement exercise details.
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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