COUNTY LIFE
Nocked, ready to shoot – Nocona Archer Club cultivates interest in sport
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
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.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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