COUNTY LIFE
Montague County 4-Hers receive awards

Raylee Brown wearing her Thing 1 tag and blue wig went all in for the Dr. Seuss theme as she welcomed guests to the Montague County 4-H banquet Sunday. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Montague County 4-H conducted its awards banquet Sunday afternoon using a Dr. Seuss theme of “Oh the Places You’ll Go With 4-H.”
This banquet is traditionally a prelude to the start of a new school year as accolades are presented to members.
Following the Dr. Seuss theme, officers at the main table had “Thing 1” labels on their T-shirts, plus a few blue-hair wigs decorated the banquet along with Cindy Lou-Who, complete with a vertical hairdo.
Star Awards are given to students in all three levels of 4-H activity. The Gold Star goes to senior members. This year’s recipients are Kinley Hansard and Abby Linn, both of Nocona and Maylie Short, Bowie.
Pictured: All the big winners at Sunday’s 4-H banquet. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Read about all the winners and see more photos in the mid-week News.
COUNTY LIFE
Chisholm Trail Rodeo coming to Nocona
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
COUNTY LIFE
TxDOT plans virtual meeting on rural road projects
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
COUNTY LIFE
Sewer line replacement moving forward
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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