COUNTY LIFE
Damaged historic building to be demolished
The verdict is in and it appears the 1884 building on the southwest corner of the courthouse square in Montague cannot be saved after it was severely damaged when a pickup truck crashed into it killing the driver on Aug. 19. Building owner Mark Chancellor said this week his engineers and architects, as well as designers met and concluded the building will have to be demolished because it cannot be saved. About 9 a.m. on the morning Aug. 19 a Chevrolet pickup from Oregon crashed through the front double doors of the building. A large portion of the front wall collapsed in on the truck as it caught fire inside the building. The break went all the way to the top of the roof line.
It took emergency personnel several hours to stop the fire and then to get a track hoe on site to extricate the truck from the building. The deceased driver was identified as Jason Baraquin, 46, Oregon.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
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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