COUNTY LIFE
Wise Hope names new executive director
As in all great stories, as one chapter ends, another begins; so it is for Wise Hope Shelter & Crisis Center.
The Wise Hope board of directors is pleased to announce the selection of Janice Watkins as Wise Hope’s new executive director, effective Feb. 1, 2019.
Watkins is assuming the position following the retirement of Pat Slayton at the end of January.
Watkins is a resident of Decatur and graduate of Texas Woman’s University with a bachelor of science in family studies.
She began working with Wise Hope as a practicum student in August 2015 and joined the organization full-time in May 2016 as primary prevention specialist.
She also has served as volunteer coordinator for the past year.
In her position as primary prevention specialist she worked with school districts to present the Healthy Relationship curriculum to students from elementary through high school.
Watkins has worked alongside the organization’s senior leadership and with key stakeholders to provide continuity for Wise Hope’s domestic violence and sexual assault programs during the leadership transition.
Wise Hope’s Montague County office is located at 1123 Hwy 59 in Bowie.
The Wise Hope Shelter & Crisis Center 24-hour hotline can be reached at 940-531-4003. All contacts are confidential.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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