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Nocked, ready to shoot – Nocona Archer Club cultivates interest in sport

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By BARBARA GREEN
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Tyler Thomas and Staley Keck hope their love of archery and hunting will be the spark to launch the new Nocona Archery Club as the group begins getting ready for the upcoming deer season, as well as drawing new and experienced archers to the sport.
The new club hosted its first Wednesday shoot on Aug. 17 and will continue those events into deer season in October. Shoots are at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays at a cost of $15, mainly to recoup the cost of targets and maintenance.
Tyler Thomas, who works as a financial advisor, spearheaded the club and set it on his property east of Nocona. He relates back to 2008 there was a club that was pretty vibrant, but then it faded. During the ensuing years, there was always talk about people interested in a club, but it never came to pass.
“I have a place outside Nocona with enough acreage to set up a 3D range. I contacted the Archer Shooters of America, which sells their targets after pro competitions. I went to Louisiana and bought a full range of targets. That’s how we started back in March. Then a dozen or so of us got together to clear brush and start setting up the course. It got hot so we stopped, but we came back and are shooting now,” he explained.

Read the full feature in the weekend Bowie News.

Shooters are enjoying the new Nocona Archery Club range outside Nocona. (Courtesy photo)
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July Jam planned for July 27

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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.

This large group of fiddlers entertain at the 2023 July Jam. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Chicken hats reign at July Jam with a little country dancing. (Photo by Barbara Green0
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Nocona Summer Reading welcomes animals, insects

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(top) Children were fascinated with bugs and spiders displayed at this past week’s Nocona Public Library’s Summer reading program, which is at 10 a.m. each Wednesday in July at 100 Clay in the Justin Building. (Above) These youngsters touched a snake that was displayed. (Courtesy photos)
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Nocona City Council reviews budget work

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The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.

The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.

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