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OXFORD â Incumbent Oxford Mayor Jackie Sergent has filed for re-election, seeking her sixth term in an office sheâs held since 2011.
The race for city commissioners seats in Oxford has also gained more candidates, with incumbent Patricia Fields joining challengers Bryan Cohn and John Oliver in a contest for four available seats, the N.C. State Board of Elections reported.
Fields is seeking her second term on the Oxford commissioners. The remaining seats are currently held by incumbents Quon Bridges, Danny Currin and Calvin Harris.
Harris ran for mayor against Sergent in 2019 and received almost 44% of the vote. Sergent won with almost 52%.
BONHAM â May is officially Mental Health Awareness Month in Fannin County following Commissionersâ Court action Tuesday.
A proclamation read and approved for County Judge Randy Mooreâs signature draws attention to the importance of mental health to a personâs overall well-being, and it recognizes that the Covid-19 pandemic is one of many challenges that impacts mental health. While prevention is an effective way to reduce the burden of mental health conditions, there are practical tools all people can use to improve their mental health and increase resiliency, the proclamation states.
â(W)ith effective treatment, those individuals with mental health conditions can recover and lead full, productive lives,â it states, adding âeach business, school, government agency, health care provider, organization and citizen shares the burden of mental health problems and has a responsibility to promote mental health wellness and support prevention and treatmen
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BONHAM â Work to craft a Courthouse Dedication Committee continues after Fannin County Commissionersâ Court tabled any action on the agenda item Tuesday.
It was the second week commissioners discussed naming committee members after some commissioners on Jan. 12 expressed a desire to serve on it. Thereâs a limit to how many commissioners could serve on the committee at once without triggering Texas Open Meeting Act laws, County Judge Randy Moore said.
Moore suggested commissioners select representatives for themselves, either trusted friends or family members, to join the committee that would include representatives from the countyâs Historical Commission and members of the public. The judge also expressed a desire to see a mixed gendered committee.