The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 2010 Page: 1 of 8
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Two gold medals,
one silver at State
Solo Contests
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Chamber, Board
cut ribbon for
Museum opening
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Workers move
quickly on NISD
drainage project
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Vol 106, issue 2
Proudly Serving Montague County Since June 6,1905
Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Copyright 2010
www.noconanews.net
Eight Pages
Large crowd at TnT opening
Express work . . .
By Tracy R. Mesler
After more than 15 years
of planning, organizing, fund
raising and construction, the
Tales 'n' Trails Museum
opened its doors Saturday as
the Nocona Chamber of
Commerce held a ribbon cut-
ting at the new 5,000 square
foot facility.
Chamber President Trish
Tettleton and Gary Don
King, president of the North
Texas Society of History and
Culture, spoke briefly to a
crowd of more than 100 who
were in attendance for the
opening ceremonies. Most of
the time was spent looking,
reading and talking about the
artifacts and the facility.
The museum is open from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays
through Saturdays and 1 to 5
p.m. on Sundays. "Since we
are using the Joe Benton
Conference Room as a tem-
porary exhibit gallery while
we design and construct the
first gallery there is no
admission charge," said
Board Secretary and
Director Tracy Mesler.
"Although donations are cer-
tainly welcome."
The Museum's Board and
exhibit consultant Walt
Davis are currently working
on plans for the main gallery
which is located on the west
end of the 6,400 square foot
structure.
The steel, rock and stone
structure is currently hosting
a pictorial exhibit on
Comanche War Chief
Quanah Parker and his moth-
er, Cynthia Ann Parker, as
well as a number of other
pieces from the museum's
collection detailing portions
of life in Montague County.
The Quanah Parker
exhibi t details the life of the
two historic Texas figures.
Cynthia Ann Parker was
twice kidnapped in her life.
First as a nine-year-old with
a band of Comanche
attacked her home in east
Texas killing five members
of her extended family and
kidnapping five others.
Raised amongst the
Comanche, she later married
Peta Naconie, whose angli-
cized named as Nocona.
Their oldest child was
— See "Telling" Page 2
o seeks designation
— Photo by Tracy Mesler
Exhibits Chairman Bob Ferguson, left, and Board President Gary Don King hang a bill-
board from the 1938 Nocona Boot Company Pony Express on the wall behind the recep-
tion desk of the Tales 'N' Trails Museum early Saturday morning.
Council approves ballglove loan
Under a new name
Concurrent with their
move to new quarters in the
Tales 'N Trails Museum, the
Nocona Chamber of
Commerce is taking steps to
be designated an official
Visitor's Center.
Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director Wanda
Wood and President Trish
Tettleton made the presenta-
tion to the Nocona City
Council Tuesday night seek-
ing that body's approval of
their application.
In many communities the
Visitor's Center is in a sepa-
rate location for the
Chamber of Commerce cre-
ating additional operating
and facility expenses. Such
would not be the case here in
Nocona.
"By the chamber being
the visitor's center there
would not be additional staff
expense, building costs,
etc.," the chamber said in its
emailed request to the coun-
cil. "The Chamber will staff
the center with current
employees which should be
a win, win for all."
The Chamber is sched-
uled to begin moving into its
new quarters inside the
Museum on Thursday.
The City Council
approved a resolution seek-
ing official recognition from
the Texas Travel Industry
Association.
"By joining the associa-
tion and being actively edu-
cated, the chamber should be
— See "Visitors" Page 2
Stale medalists . . .
— Courtesy photo
Three Nocona High School choral students qualified for
the UIL State Solo and Ensemble Contests and they
brought home three medals. Juniors Cody Thomas, left,
and Kaleb Fuller each earned First Division reatings and
gold medals and senior Allison Payne received a s "two"
and a silver medal.
By Tracy R. Mesler
Tuesday the Nocona City
Council unanimously
approved a proposal that the
Greater Nocona Economic
Development Corporation
serve as a secondary guaran-
tor for a state loan to a new
baseball glove manufacturer
in Nocona - American
Original Ballglove Corp.,
LLC.
For the past six months,
financial issues have plagued
Nocona Athletic Goods
resulting in December the
termination of approximate-
ly half of the Texas employ-
ees and then in May virtual
cessation of all production as
the 50-50 owners in Texas
and Massachusetts wrestled
for control of the company
and its debts.
Last month NEDC
Executive Director James
Yohe and Athletic Goods
President Rob Storey
approached the council with
a proposal that the NEDC
(A) stand as a guarantor for
up to a $1 million loan from
the Texas Economic
Development Bank
AREA WEATHER
Jun 2
92
74 -
Jun 3
91
67 -
Jun 4
91
68 -
Jun 5
91
71 -
Jun 6
94
72 -
Jun 7
93
73 -
Jun 8
93
74 -
24 Hour period ending at 7 a.m.
Offical recording site at Nocona Hills
Tot Rain 2010 16.15
Tot. June 0.00
Thru Jun 2009 23.38
Thru Jun 2008 15.84
t
mm*
JH '-I I
Leverage Fund.
The funds were needed to
retire an outstanding $1.2
million loan, which council
minutes indicate has "been
called by the bank" and
allow the Texas stockholders
to attempt to buy out the
Massachusetts owners.
During the discussions on
May 21, Councilman Donnie
Davis, who sits on the
NEDC Board as the city's
representative, expressed
concern that the way the
stock is divided; the
Massachusetts owners could
receive half of any funds
from the Texas Leverage
Fund.
By the time the June 8
council meeting rolled
around, the proposal had
changed.
Rather than seeking a
state loan with an NEDC
guarantee for Nocona
Athletic Goods, the proposal
the council addressed
Tuesday night was for a
leverage loan of up to
$807,000 for the American
Original Ballglove, LLC,
with Nocona native Rob
Storey as President.
"First I want to clear up a
misconception that I was
unaware of until Friday, that
this was an unsecured loan,"
Storey told the council in
open session Tuesday night.
"I have never borrowed
unsecured funds and do not
expect to," said the Nocona
High School and
Midwestern State University
graduate. "This loan would
be secured will all of the
assets of the (new) compa-
ny," he assured the council.
Storey was asked who are
the stockholders in the
-- See "Original" Page 2
Last m i n utejletaUs
As Chamber of Commerce officers and directors Patty Fenoglio (signing the guest book), Trisha Tettelton and
Sydeney Nowell come into the Tales 'N' Trails Museum, Exhibits Chairman Bob Ferguson is seen in the background
making one of those "last minute adjustments" as he prepares to hang another exhibit — just in time for the ribbon
cutting and official opening of the museum Saturday morning.
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Mesler, Tracy R. & Mesler, Linda L. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 2010, newspaper, June 10, 2010; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth439363/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.