The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 2012 Page: 1 of 12
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Work progresses
on clearing stucco
from building
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Patrol car gets
crunched by
salt water truck
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Saddles, western
heritage featured
at museum
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vol 107. issue 4
Proudly Serving Montague County Since June 6,1905
Thursday, May 3, 2012
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—Photo by Tracy Mesler
After making some repairs, Jerry Dan Davis puts the
lamp cover back on one of the street lights in the Mary
Beckman Davis Downtown Park.
Donations help
candidates run
By Tracy R. Mesler
MON TAGUE - All of the
local candidates for county
office filed their 30-days-out
campaign expenditure
reports on time, reported
County Clerk Glenda
Henson of Nocona.
For all of the candidates,
besides the either $750 or
$375 filing fee paid to the
Republican or Democratic
Parties, the expenditures
were for advertising, signs,
cards, travel or event expens-
es.
The race between incum-
bent Sheriff Paul
Cunningham of Saint Jo and
Bowie school resource offi-
cer Bob Blackburn of Bowie
has been the most expensive
of the races - although the
two county commissioner's
races are not far behind with
three candidates seeking
those posts.
Because of court changes
to the election calendar, it
had been four months since
candidates had filed cam-
paign expense reports the
previous one had to be filed
by Dec. 31.
Sheriff Cunningham,
through April 19 reported
raising $11,740 in campaign
contributions and spending
$9,729.92 in an effort to be
re-elected to a second four
year term of office.
Cunningham unseated then
incumbent Sheriff Bill
Keating of Forestburg in a
five candidate race in 2008.
Blackburn was one of the
opponents Cunningham
defeated that year.
Cunningham reported a
total of 32 contributions of
more than $100 each.
The sheriffs largest sin-
gle contributor was Don E.
Miller of Garland who
donated $1,500. Donating
$1,000 each were Bill
DeBerry of Denton and
James Cooksey of Dallas.
Donating $500 each were
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Mroiighi mMJ^ctions still in ghice* warns city.
Watch to if r watering
David Sneed of Sanger,
Saint Jo Mayor Tom O.
Weger, Nocona Mayor
Robert Fenoglio and Louis
Stoll of Dallas.
Tommy Yowell of
Nocona contributed $350 to
the sheriffs re-election cam-
paign. Contributing $300
each were Donna Sickles of
Saint Jo, J. Richard Cain of
Saint Jo, Clint Brown of
Saint Jo, and Charles Young
with no reported residence.
Contributing $250 each
was: David Lawson of Saint
Jo, Robert Becktell of
Hackley, Roger Williams of
Nocona, Paul Stanley of
Saint Jo, Ron Brown of
Dallas and David Fenoglio
of Montague.
Contributing $200 each
were Eddie Fenoglio of
Montague, Marilyn Dial of
Saint Jo, Troy McGinnis of
The Trophy Club, and Don
MacLaughlin of Montague.
And contributing $100
each were Allen Heugatter
of Bowie, Jennifer White of
Bowie, Richard Beckert of
Dallas, Freddie Williams of
Montague, Robert E. McKee
III of Saint Jo, Eddy
Leatherwood of Wichita
Falls, Scott Brown of Denton
and J.W. Nash of Nocona,.
Blackburn reported
$1,000 in contributions.
None were reported as being
more than $50, with expen-
ditures of $2,503.65.
In the Precinct 1 race,
Constable Herman Conway
of Forestburg has gained the
most financial support of his
effort to unseat incumbent
Comm. Jon Kernek of
Sunset.
Conway has raised
$1,700 in contributions with
spending of $2,804.52.
Larry Don Byas of Bowie
contributed $500 to
Conway's campaign; Harroll
Cain of Forestburg $300,
Charles Fenoglio of Sanger
—See "Help" Page 5
By Tracy R. Mesler
Like or not, understand it
or not, the 'water police' are
not forgetting the city's
water rationing program, and
neither should any municipal
water customers.
With warmer weather on
the horizon, and lawns, gar-
dens and flowerbeds needing
a drink, the city reminds
everyone there are rules in
place - and in place for a
reason - restricting when
and how you can water.
Because of declining
PV earns
academic
state honor
Prairie Valley Elementary
has been named a 2011-2012
Title I Distinguished
Performance School in
Texas. The Texas Education
Agency has identified 501
Title I, Part A campuses as
Distinguished Performance
Schools in Texas.
The criteria for
Distinguished Performance
Schools in Texas include:
* Title I, Part A campus in
2009-2010, 2010-2011 and
2011-2012;
* Maintained a campus
residing population of 40%
or more low-income in 2011 -
2012;
* Met AYP in 2010 and
2011;
* Achieved a campus rat-
ing in spring 2011 of
Exemplary;
* Achieved a campus rat-
ing in spring 2010 of either
Exemplary or Recognized;
and
* Achieved a campus rat-
ing in spring 2009 of either
Exemplary or Recognized.
Region 9 has six campus-
es that have been recognized
as Distinguished
Performance Schools for this
— See "Honors" Page 2
Western heritage
water levels in Lake Nocona,
the city has been in Stage 3
"Moderate Water Shortage
Conditions" since July 1.
As a result, irrigation of
landscaped areas (lawns,
flowerbeds, garden) with
hose-end sprinklers and
automatic irrigation systems
are restricted to just two days
a week, and only during cer-
tain hours of the day.
For locations with street
addresses ending in an even
number (0, 2, 4, 6, or 8)
those two watering days are
Sundays and Thursdays.
For water customers with
a street address ending in an
odd number (1, 3, 5, 7, or 9)
those days are Saturdays
and Wednesday.
Additionally, you can
only water between the
hours of 12 midnight and 10
a.m., and 8 p.m. and 12 mid-
night. Water during the heat
of the day, and you risk
being issued a citation and
an order to appear before
Municipal Court Judge
Christie Halbardier.
"We've got folks water-
ing at 2 in the afternoon, and
you can't do that under the
restrictions," reminds Utility
Billing Clerk Cindy
McCracken.
The Nocona Police
Department has been
instructed to enforce the
watering restrictions. Failure
to abide by the restrictions
could result in citation and
fines.
Additionally, except to
alleviate immediate health or
— See "Water" Page 3
Recovering the old look
L——
— Photo by Tracy Mesler
Obscured for decades by stucco, the multi-colored brick which denoted the Justin
Leathergoods Building reappeared this week as workers removed the plaster from the
walls.
Justins colors reappear
Workers began chipping
away at the old, wooden roof
and the discolored stucco
shell of the Justin
Leathergoods factory last
week.
While the city solicited
bids for the work, this part of
J
the Chamber of Commerce's
drive to turn the building
into an activity center is
being funded by private
donations.
The building was donated
to the city which in turn
entered into an agreement to
allow the Chamber to coor-
dinate the repairs to the
structure. The project is
designed to create a down-
town facility which could
serve a variety of purposes
from vendor sites during
events like Fun Day and
Christmas in the Park, to a
Farmer's Market to other
community activities.
The contractor has
removed the old wooden
roof structure which was
atop the concrete roof to the
building. Much of the wood
has been salvaged to be used
on later projects.
Once the stucco is
removed, the windows and
brick will be cleaned with
soda blasting and repairs will
be made to the structure.
Estimates have been
solicited to determine the
cost of installing a pitched,
metal roof on the structure
alleviating the problems with
a flat roof.
—Photo by Tracy Mesler
Rose Sicking of Gainesville puts the finishing touches on the western heritage exhibit
which opens this week at the Tales 'N' Trails Museum in Nocona. The exhibit features
a number of antique, vintage and unique saddles collected by Mrs. Sicking ovr the years
as well as accessories, bronzes, hides and more. The museum is opne 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mondays through Saturdays.
AREA WEATHER
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Apr 30
May 1
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91
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86
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68
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Offical recording site at Nocona Hills
Tot Rain 2012 12.04
Tot. May 0.00
Thru May 2011 6.47
Thru April 2010 16.51
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