COUNTY LIFE
Community seeks to provide family a special experience
Nocona is helping make a wish come true for Kevin Villasenor, a seven-year-old diagnosed with stage four Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.
The seven-year-old boy is the son of Reyes and Annabella Villasenor and is now a second grader at Nocona Elementary and is known to make people laugh.
“He is kind of shy at first, but after you get to know him a little bit he is kind of the class clown and funny,” said Stefanie Reed, a kindergarten teacher at Nocona Elementary.
The tumor is an extremely rare pediatric brain tumor that typically strikes between the ages of five and seven and infiltrates the brain stem. Villsaneor was a first grader at Nocona Elementary when he was diagnosed in May 2018.
“He was diagnosed in May 2018 and at that time, I understood about a year was the prognosis, but during the summer he did one round of chemo and radiation treatments and the tumor did shrink. I am unsure if that bought him more time, but he is no longer undergoing treatments,” explained Reed.
Read the full story in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
The Back to School Fair for Bowie Independent School District students will be 9 a.m. on July 20 in the high school cafeteria and gym.
The fair will feature free school supplies, haircuts and eye screening and vendors.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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