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Auction tops $3
million; Vet goes
for $286k
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History relocation
as building moves
to be repurposed
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Bristow, Lady
Dogs only county
reps at state
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One Act boar’s on to state competition
ODESSA — The Nocona
High School One Act Play
production of “Boar’s Head”
will be the eighth and final
act to step onto the state
stage May 20th in their
attempt to bring home a
medal and a memory.
The Nocona High School
2014 UIL One-Act Play pro-
duction of Boar’s Head won
the Region 1 AA competi-
tion on Friday at Odessa
College to advance to the
State UIL Meet in Austin on
May 20.
Based on Don Nigro’s
colorful adaptation of
Shakespeare’s later plays of
Merry Wives of Windsor,
Henry IV, Parts one and
Two, and Henry V, he cen-
ters the action around the
lives of Doll Tearsheet and
her unrequited love for Ned
Poins; Robin, a girl mas-
querading as a tavern boy
who is also in love with Ned;
Mistress Quickly and her
quest for any man; Jack
Falstaff who contemplates
his life with a dead Windmill
Keeper, and a host of other
adventurous characters.
The play presents the
uproariously funny
escapades of these people as
they try to decide if they are
real or simple the cast off,
rough draft, crossed-out
pages from Shakespeare’s
various other plays.
“The fast-paced, bawdy
atmosphere keeps this play
moving along with a
comedic element punctuat-
ing every scene,” stated
director Karla Murphey.
“Each member of the cast is
so integral in making it come
alive and the ensemble work
is something that each judge
has commented on as being
our strong suit.”
“We have seasoned actors
and actresses as well as sev-
eral new members to the
stage, but each and everyone
of them are all so profession-
al in contributing to the
whole to make for the suc-
cess we have seen,”
Murphey added. “Anyone
on that stage could be recog-
nized for his or her work.
They all do such a tremen-
dous job in keeping the flow
moving and believable.”
Advancing along with
Nocona out of Regionals is
Tulia with their production
of The Last Days of Judas
Iscariot. Other 2A schools
advancing out of Regions 2,
3, and 4 will be Quitman’s
production of These Shining
Lives; Salado’s production
--See “Boar’s” Page 2
On to the big show . . .
Chrome, glitter
Nocona shines
with classic cars
—Nocona I.S.D. photo
Members of the NHS One Act Play cast of “Boar’s Head” have advanced to the state competition next Tuesday.
Pictured, left to right, are: Tyler Prastik, Kieran Gibbs, Tristan Willard, Dylan Barrett, Cole Jackson, Lindsey
Jacobson, Kelsey Pierce, Morgan Dyer, Erica Flores and Christina Prastik.
Too much artwork„ not enough emergency exits at elementary
Code dings school, buisnesses
By Tracy R. Mesler
The State Fire Marshall’s
Office released the remain-
ing eight code inspection
reports involving local
Nocona businesses. Possibly
the most dramatic of the
Summer’s here.
— Photo by Tracy Mesler
While the official tempera-
ture was only 984 degrees
at Lake Nocona, the
Legend Bank clock showed
98 at midafternoon
Sunday.
findings is that much of the
colorful paper showing off
the artists, creative and prob-
lem solving skills of Nocona
Elementary School students
must go - plus the SFMO
noted none of the classrooms
have a secondary exit in case
of fire or emergency.
On March 6 four inspec-
tors for the State Fire
Marshall’s Office descended
on Nocona acting on an
anonymous complaint. Over
a period of two days they
conducted detailed inspec-
tions of 13 public venues and
businesses looking for any
non-compliance issues
regarding the Texas Life
Safety Code.
The Nocona News filed
an open records request on
March 17 for copies of the
inspectors’ findings. Seven
reports were sent on April 9
and the remaining eight
reports were released on
April 23.
For the most part the first
group of reports centered on
access issues, outdated
inspections of fire extin-
guisher and fire suppression
systems. Those seven reports
were on Daddy Sam’s
Saloon, Gertie’s Dance Hall,
Times Forgotten Steak
House, Del Rio’s
Restaurant, Nocona
Community Center and the
Veranda Inn Events Center.
The eight reports released
last week involved Nocona
Elementary School,
Horton’s Classic Car
Museum, the VFW Post, the
American Legion Hall,
Nocona Finer Foods, Shell
Fuel World, and Nocona
Senior Citizens Center.
Each property owner was
given 30 days to file a writ-
ten response stating how and
when they would bring the
code violations into compli-
ance.
But possibly the most
expensive finding to correct
was the first one in the report
mailed to Nocona
Elementary School Principal
Gilpatrick Peyton:
“The classrooms lack a
-- See “Exits” Page 8
What’s vour bid? . . .
Half normal
rain in first
AREA WEATHER
Apr 30
May 1
May 2
May 3
May 4 88
May 5 94
May 6 93
70
65
71
77
47
37
42
47
60
64
66
Offical recording site at Nocona Hills
Tot Rain 2014 4.80
Tot. May
Thru May 2013
Thru May 2012
Thru May 2011
Thru May 2010
Thru May 2009
0.00
14.76
13.22
7.29
16.12
21.25
20 Year May Avg. 3.62
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; Jl ’ '41
third of year
The Nocona region has
received less than half of its
average rainfall for the first
four months of the year.
Over the past 20 years,
the official weather station at
Nocona Hills has received an
average of 10.73 inches of
rain from January through
April.
But through the sixth of
May, the station has record-
ed only 4.8 inches of rain, as
a result the elevation of Lake
Nocona has dropped more
than a foot - from 816.47 on
Jan. 1 to 815.35 as of
Saturday, according to
records kept by the City of
Nocona Water Department.
On average, the Nocona
By Tracy R. Mesler
By the hundreds if not
thousands, folks flocked to
Nocona as Cruisin’ Nocona
expanded to a third day this
year.
“It’s gonna grow,” Pete
Vicari, owner of Vicari
Auctions, said Sunday morn-
ing as he paused a moment
to reflect on his firm’s sec-
ond trip to Nocona.
“We know more than
2,000 people bought tickets
to go in the auction bam,”
Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director Joni
Coursey said Tuesday, “So
we’re estimatin 4,000 people
were in town over the three
days.”
Vicari ran more than 240
cars through the auction ring
over the two days with one -
a 1971 Chervolet Corvette
LS6 sold for a record
$286,200.
“Thanks to the great staff,
volunteers, the hospitality of
the Nocona people and of
course the bidders and sell-
ers,” Vicari stated.
The auction house owner
did not have final numbers,
but he said the percentage of
sales was good as he was
already making plans for
next year - including getting
his office staff indoors rather
than being in a sun-baked,
dusty tent that they were in
this year.
Virtually to a person, ven-
dors reported doing good to
great sales during the week-
end event.
“I had emails on Sunday
from vendors saying they did
well and wanting to be back
next year,” Ms. Coursey
said, surprised at the quick,
positive response.
Activities started on
Thursday with a poker mn
car cmise across Montague
County that drew a total of
83 entries this year ending at
The V, the VFW, finishing
off the first day with a clas-
sic car cmise through down-
town Nocona - complete
with a few burnouts by some
of the cruising hot rods.
Police Chief Kent
Holcomb was pleased to
report no arrests or incidents
throughout the weekend,
despite the large numbers
and the sale of beer, wine
and mixed drinks during the
event.
City Manager Lynn
Henley also reported no
problems with the event -
other than a couple of stuck
vehicles.
On Thursday an RV
attempting to turn into The
Veranda RV Park got stuck
“high center” when its trailer
hitch hung up on U.S. Hwy.
82. Officers had to shut
down all west bound traffic
for more than 30 minutes
while Henley went to the
city yard and retrieved an
Army 8x8 heavy duty
wrecked the city had gotten
through a government sur-
plus program.
Henley dropped the skid
plates, hooked up one of the
three winches on the tmck
and swiftly pulled the RV
back on the roadway as the
obstruction was removed
and traffic resumed.
The Army 8x8 got put to
use Monday when the IESI
trash truck pulled onto a
vacant lot to empty dump-
sters used during the Classic
Car Show, hosted by the
-- See “Auction” Page 3
— Photo by Tracy Mesler
One of the ringmen solicits a bid on a goreous, classic Packard Saturday durng the 2nd Annual Cruisin’ Nocona
Vicari Classic Car Auction. More than 240 vehicles went across the sales floor over two days generating more than $3
million in sales.
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Mesler, Tracy & Mesler, Linda. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 2014, newspaper, May 8, 2014; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth703843/m1/1/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.