COUNTY LIFE
Montague County Child Welfare Board recognizes its donors with special plaque
Lora Lierly, chairman of the child welfare board and other members of the board pull away the covering on a new plaque honoring the donors who helped fund the purchase of the property. Photo by Barbara Green)
On Feb. 16, the Montague County Child Welfare Board unveiled a plaque at the Children’s Advocacy Center on Hulme Street in Bowie to honor the donors who made the dream of a home for children to feel safe come true.
It began as a dream of the Montague County Child Welfare Board to provide a Children’s Advocacy Center for local law enforcement and forensic interviewers from Patsy’s House in Wichita Falls to work while in our county. This would ease the hardship placed on officers and victims of child abuse traveling to Wichita Falls placed on them.
In 2009, this dream became a reality when the board purchased a house in a quiet neighborhood and established the Montague County Children’s Advocacy Center. Read the full story on this worthwhile project in your mid-week News. Top photo- members of the child welfare board stand with their donors in front of the plaque. . (Photo by Barbara Green)
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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