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Nocona city, school, hospital district election filing opens Jan. 19

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On Jan. 19 filing for the May 3 Nocona elections opens and will run until Feb. 18.
Ballots will be open for three places on the Nocona City Council, two places on the Nocona Independent School District board of trustees and three places on the Nocona Hospital District board.
Places open on the city council are the seats presently filled by Tracy O’Neal, who also serves as mayor protem, Bob Ferguson and Steve Tettleton. All three of the men are longtime council members.
O’Neal, member of the council for 20 years, told The Nocona last week he did not plan to run and he felt 20 years was enough. Tettleton has served seven, two-year terms and Ferguson was appointed to the council in January 2009.
Place 14 on the NISD school board is presently served by Greg Fuller and place 13 by Erica Patton. Both places will be up for election. Board terms are three years in NISD.
The hospital board election for two-year terms will present the seats filled by Charles May, also board president, Cris Lemon and Ron Brown.
These Nocona entities are the only ones to conduct spring elections, as the remainder of the entities in the county moved elections to November.

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Two BHS seniors earn associate degrees from NCTC

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By BARBARA GREEN
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While Bowie High School seniors are preparing for their graduation, six of those seniors have already made some huge steps toward their future.
Two seniors graduated from North Central Texas College last weekend with their associate degrees, and one earned a level one certification in welding. Two other seniors completed their veterinary assistant certification.

Ryan Rainwater and Jordan Vaught earned their association degrees from North Central Texas College as they await Bowie High graduation next week. Brody Fesmire earned his NCTC Level 1 welding certification and is the first BHS student to complete the two-year program.

Read the full story of these hard-working students in the weekend Bowie News.

Bowie senior Brody Fesmire is congratulated by Emma Halfmann, BHS College, Career, and Military Readiness coordinator, after he received his welding certification. (Courtesy photo)
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Gold-Burg one-act play ready to tackle the state stage

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The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s one-act play, “Interview,” heads to Austin Sunday to compete in the state University Interscholastic League contest.
There will be a send-off for the group around 10 a.m. Sunday. The state performances will be at the Austin Independent School District Performing Arts Center, 1500 Barbara Jordan Ave in Austin. Session I will start at 3 p.m. and session II at 6:30 p.m.
Fitzner said they will perform as the third play in session II, possibly around 8 p.m. Awards will be at 10 p.m. after the last session.
Tickets are available only online. Visit the UIL website at: uiltexas.org/theatre/state. There are individual play or four-play session tickets available.
This is the school’s first time to send a play to state competition. Gold-Burg advances with eight 1A plays: Benjamin, “The Ballad of Maria Martin;” Highland, “The Girl in the White Pinafore;” Avery, “The Voice of the Prairie;” Ackerly:Sands, “They Promised Her the Moon;” Guthrie, “The Beggar’s Opera;” Abbott, “A Monster Calls;” and Oakwood, “Mockingbird.”
Directors are Linda Fitzner, Pam DeMoss and David Winingham. Cast and alternates are Jimena Garcia, Corbin Gilbert, Arin Turner, Marshall Mason, Madison Provost, Levin Hellinger, Izzi Rohde, Barrett Allen and alternates Camdyn Dreyer, Jasmine Rojas, Kaylie Duncan and Brayden Odom.
Crew members are Joseph Jones, Aidan Foster, Lexie Eaton, Alyson Rojas and Eli Freeland.

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Affirming Texas Families readies fundraiser

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Affirming Texas Families Services presents “Hats, Bags & Bingo Night” on June 1.
Tickets are $45 per person and a light meal is included with the ticket. The fundraising event will be at 300 W. Nelson at United Presbyterian Church. Doors open at 5 p.m.
Call 855-239-2837 or visit the Affirming Texas Families Facebook page.
Affirming Texas Families (Services) provides licensed counseling free of charge to victims of crime and their non-offending family members in Montague, Jack, Young and Clay Counties.

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