NEWS
Chicken and Bread Days welcomes fall season
One of Bowie’s most popular festivals, Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival filled downtown with a huge crowd Saturday for all the activities.
The festival, created and presented by Main Street Bowie, celebrated its 21st year Saturday opening to a sunny Fall day. Children enjoyed the pumpkin sweep and many games, while families shopped, watched the live performances and enjoyed carnival food.
Shannon Skiles, Main Street manager, said the day went great and all the activities ran smoothly.
The opening contest for the day was the fiddler’s contest one of the marquee events for the festival. Grand champion went to Katie Crawford, Burleson.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Pictured: The car show filled downtown with classic cars during the Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival. (Photo by Barbara Green)
(Left) Katie Crawford and Jessica Sell performed during the twin fiddle portion of the Chicken and Bread Days Fiddle Contest Saturday. Katie went on to win the grand champion title. (Photo by Barbara Green)
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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