COUNTY LIFE
Main Street encourages growers to get ready for market
Make sure to plant your gardens this year and plan on a bountiful harvest to share with Main Street Bowie’s second Downtown Farmers Market.
Main Street has begun searching for vendors for fruits, vegetables, homemade jams and jellies, honey, you name it. The market also is open to any unique crafts.
The market will take place on the third Saturday of each month from May to July. Vendor spaces will be 10 foot x 10 foot, with a fee of $20.
Vendor applications can be obtained from the Main Street Bowie Office, located at 201-A Walnut Street or Rustic Wings, located at 222 N. Mason Street.
Please call 940-872-6246 with any questions. Come and share your harvest with the shoppers of downtown Bowie.
The Mind’s Eye of Nocona will entertain with music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in a concert to support scholarships for Montague County graduating seniors on July 12.
The concert will be at 5 p.m. on July 12 at the Veranda Inn Event Center in Nocona. Tickets are $20 for all table seating. Purchase six or more tickets for a reserved table.
The band invites you to brown bag your dinner and BYOB. Proceeds support scholarships for seniors from Nocona, Prairie Valley, Saint Jo, Bowie, Forestburg and Gold-Burg.
The Mind’s Eye is composed of local residents Donna Lemons, Larry G. Lemons, Carroll Fuller, Warren Young and Karen Young. To purchase tickets stop by the L.G. Lemons Art Gallery at 300 Clay or call Larry at 940-366-5782 or Donna at 940-366-6825.
Fireworks abounded at Lake Nocona during the July 4th weekend. Along with the annual Lions Club fireworks, the Rusty and Billy Henley family fireworks lit up the skies. Saint Jo Firefighters also hosted their annual fireworks event. (Photo by Trena Henley)
Bowie Community Development Board recently unveiled a new beautification efforts in downtown that decorates up a plain metal box. After getting approval from the Texas Department of Transportation a plastic skin showcasing historic Bowie photos was created and wrapped around the box. This box is located at Smythe and Wise, showing historical photos from this area of downtown. Similar skins are located in windows in downtown.
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