COUNTY LIFE
Jim Bowie Days Quilt Show moving to new location; artifact show coming
This year’s Jim Bowie Days Quilt Show is moving to the Bowie Community Center in the east wing.
The show will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 28. Anyone is welcome to display their quilts, wall hangings and/or other quilted items. Please have your quilted item/items at the center that morning between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. Items need to be picked up by 3 p.m.
A best of show ribbon will be given for the People’s Choice Winner. Everyone is welcome to come out and vote for your favorite.
Come and enjoy the beautiful handiwork of these local ladies. Direct any questions to 872-4500.
The 48th Annual Jim Bowie Days will once again host the Indian Artifact Show on June 28 at the Bowie Community Room.
Show hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 28. Admission is free to the public.
Collectors, vendors and Indian heritage enthusiasts are all invited to participate in the exhibit. Persons wishing to display their collections may reserve a display table at no costs, as space allows.
Vendors or collectors who plan to sell items may reserve space and a table for $25 per table.
Exhibitor set-up begins 5 to 7 p.m. on June 27 and 7 a.m. on June 28.
For more information on the exhibit or a reservation form contact Jean Angove, 940-872-5661 or Terry Greenroy, 872-2639.
Also visit jimbowiedays.org. for the full schedule.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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