COUNTY LIFE
Jim Bowie Days ready to roll
Jim Bowie Days arrives this week with games for the kids, rodeo action for the entire family and of course a western parade.
The 48th annual Jim Bowie Days Festival and Rodeo began this past Saturday night with a new kickoff event to not only to launch the week, but to raise funds for its scholarship program. Guests enjoyed a Mexican dinner, live auction and a dance featuring the Cody Robbins Band.
Youth rodeo action took place on June 24 with speed events and roping events on June 25.
The Jim Bowie Days Rodeo takes place on June 27 and 28. Slack was set to run on June 26 if needed. Tickets to this year’s UPRA/TCRA rodeo are $8 at the gate, five-year-olds and under are free. Get tickets from a Jim Bowie Days queen contestant for $6 in advance.
Read the full story on the Jim Bowie Days festivities in your mid-week News. The edition includes a full schedule, Pioneer Queen and her Court and candidates for the Miss Jim Bowie Days 2014 and Little Miss 2014.
Pictured -The Jim Bowie Days Association conducted it first-ever kick-off event last Saturday that included an auction, Mexican dinner and a live band and dance. Funds were raised for the scholarship program. Auctioneer Kent Crank shows off a bid item. (Photo by Barbara Green)
COUNTY LIFE
Hymns for the Hungry raises almost $6,000
Bowie area churches supported God’s Table the local food ministry at the 10th annual Hymns for the Hungry event on Sunday. Pictured, the handbell choir of Bowie Methodist Church performed. The preliminary figures show $5,377 was raised to support God’s Table.
COUNTY LIFE
Cinderella Ball to support Meals on Wheels in Nocona
Support meals on wheels and attend the Cinderella Ball at 6 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the Veranda Inn Events Center in Nocona.
The evening will feature an open bar, prime rib dinner and live music. Tickets are $50 and will be on sale at the Carpenter Shop (Nocona Senior Citizens Center), Downtown Floral and Gifts and at the door.
Proceeds will support the local meals on wheels program through the senior center.
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Sampson jailed on three-count vehicular manslaughter indictment
A Nocona man was arrested on a felony indictment for the death of a Ringgold woman in a one-vehicle accident outside Saint Jo on Feb. 3.
Michael Paul Sampson, 49, Nocona, was charged with a three-count indictment for intoxication manslaughter, manslaughter and negligent homicide in the death of Billie Faye Miller, 65, Ringgold.
The victim was a passenger in Sampson’s 2016 Buick Enclave involved in the accident. According to a Department of Public Safety statement the crash happened at 3:45 a.m. on Feb. 3 on Farm-to-Market 677 South at the Saint Jo City Limits.
Sampson was reportedly driving northeast on FM 677 around a sharp curve. The driver continued straight through the curve and off the roadway vaulting over Dennis Road and continuing through a barbed-wire fence, striking a tree head-on.
His passenger was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries sustained in the crash. Sampson went to Nocona General Hospital with non-incapacitating injuries. The report also notes the roads were wet and neither of the persons were wearing a seat belt.
Sampson was arrested by Nocona Police on a warrant connected with the October indictment. He was booked into the county jail with bond of $150,000. As of Tuesday he remained in jail.
The two manslaughter charges are second degree felonies punishable if convicted by two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000. The negligent homicide offense is a state jail felony punishable by 180 days to two years in jail and a fine up to $10,000.
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