COUNTY LIFE
Pet parade launches Mardi Gras Nocona-Style week
UPDATE – Due to the winter weather this week several events were cancelled or moved. The Knights of Columbus Fish Fry was cancelled. Saturday kid’s parade and Big Parade were moved to 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The 12th annual Mardi Gras Nocona-Style continues through Saturday when the “Big Parade” wraps up festival week.
Hosted by the Nocona Chamber of Commerce along with other community groups, Mardi Gras Nocona-Style kicked off Sunday with the Krewe de Barkus Parade. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for more than a dozen pets and their people in Mary Davis Beckham Park.
A colorful array of entrants strolled around the park. Winners in the large dog category were Maddie Ferguson and Barkley, first place and Brandon Smith with Augie and Daisy in second.
Winners in the small dog group were Caiden Fenoglio and family with Jax, first and Lily Smith with Falcon in second.
On Feb. 23, the Riverstar Casino is joining the fun with a Mardi Gras costume contest starting at 4 p.m. and final voting at 8 p.m. at the casino. The first place winner will receive $500 in bonus play, second place $300 in bonus play and third place $200 in bonus play. Rules can be found at nocona.org/events.
On Feb. 24 the Knights of the Columbus host its annual a fish fry. The dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Justin building.
Weekend activities start Friday with the Krewe de Couyons ATV parade taking off at 5:30 p.m. from The V.
Read about all the scheduled events in your mid-week Bowie News.
The May 8 deadline is almost here for the 2024 Keepsake Graduation section produced by The Bowie News. It is the only section where you will see senior photos of every high school in Montague County and Bellevue.
If you want to honor your graduate with a special ad or your business wants to congratulate a working senior, call 872-2247 or print a copy of the submission form at bowienewsonline.com. The section will publish on May 22.
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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