COUNTY LIFE
Ceil Stanford works to build ‘inner champions;’ earns international recognition
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
For more than 20 years, the Advanced Coaching and Leadership Center north of Saint Jo has been helping individuals and families, along with some of the top business people in the world with improving their lives.
Rural Montague County may seem like an unexpected location for such a facility, but that rural setting also may be part of the draw as well as the well-trained staff who can assist with developing your own “inner champion.”
Owner Ceil Stanford, age 64, found this career later in life after establishing herself in a career, a marriage and raising a family. She has come a long way from what she calls an “epiphany” just before she turned 40 realizing she was unhappy with herself and did not know how to have a happy relationship.
That change in life and career has been successful both personally and professionally as she was named Global Woman of the Year. The award was presented at the Global Woman Summit Gala last summer in London.
She was shocked at being nominated and had not planned on attending until friends from all over the world encouraged her to attend. Stanford began to wonder if she could really win this honor, and one week out she purchased the airline ticket and traveled with two friends to England.
“This is the first award I have ever won in my life, I was so grateful to be named along with the other nominees. I am so grateful and hope this award helps me reach more people,” said Stanford.
The Saint Jo leadership center was established by the late Alan C. Walter in 1999 after he bought the ranch and he became very successful in personal development training at Saint Jo ranch.
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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