COUNTY LIFE
Giving back – Volunteers come in all ages, with all talents
By DEBRA DUNLAP
The holiday season presents an excellent opportunity to reflect on what we have done in the past year and to set personal goals for the New Year.
We tend to take stock of what we have accomplished and how we’ve spent our time. We think of what is important to us and those around us.
We consider individual New Year’s resolutions, but it’s a good practice to do the same for the community.
With that in mind, during the next few weeks The Bowie News will be highlighting people and organizations in our area who display the holiday spirit all year-around by volunteering to help others and make Montague County a better place to live.
The series opens with the senior citizen centers in Bowie and Nocona.
Read this feature in your weekend Bowie News. (Top) Pictured – Nocona Senior Center Director Donna Culpepper with stocking stuffers for meals on wheels clients. (Photo by Debra Dunlap)
(Right) Jonell Dickson volunteers in many ways at the Bowie Senior Citizens Center such as answering the phone.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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