COUNTY LIFE
Modern Labor Day facts; closures
Labor Day has been celebrated in the United States on the first Monday of September every year since President Grover Cleveland declared that day Labor Day in 1894.
The Montague County Courthouse, city offices in Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo, and The Bowie News office will all be closed on Monday.
Modern Labor Day facts:
• The average time it takes to commute to work is 24.3 minutes.
• 7.3 million workers hold down more than one job. “Moonlighters” comprise five percent of the working population. Of these, 3.8 million work full-time at their primary job and part-time at their other job, and about 293,000 work full time at both jobs.
• 10.3 million workers are self-employed.
• 4.5 million people work at home.
Visit noradsanta.org to track Santa as he heads out on his worldwide trek tomorrow night. The site has games and other fun activities for the entire family before the kids head off to bed and sleep before the Big Guy arrives in Texas.
Enjoy a fish fry and live music concert on Jan. 4 all to support the 4-H and FFA youth of Montague County as they compete in the annual youth fair.
The annual Bowie fish fry for the Bowie buyers group will begin serving at 5:30 p.m. at the Bowie Community Center. Cost is $10 per plate. There will be a live auction at 7 p.m.
The evening’s concert will feature Dax Davis. Live music begins at 8:30 p.m. with the Davis concert at 9:30 p.m. Cost for the concert is $25 per ticket and $20 for a student, or $300 for a reserved table for eight.
Tickets are available at Fashion Floors, 202 N. Smythe or call 872-2468.
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