COUNTY LIFE
Postponed Christmas parades ready to roll
Christmas activities postponed due to rainy weather last Saturday will take place this week in Bowie and Nocona.
The 25th Annual Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade will roll through downtown Bowie at 7 p.m. on Dec. 8.
This is one of the oldest and largest lighted Christmas parades in North Texas. The route will be the traditional one that goes through the main downtown area.
Hometown Christmas in Nocona was moved to Dec. 11.
The parade begins at 2 p.m. There will be photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus prior to the parade starting at 1 p.m. in the Mary Beckman Davis Park.
There also will be vendors and entertainment. The prize drawings will be at about 4 p.m. at the end of the festivities.
The annual Nocona Fire Department Fish Fry begins at noon.
There are still spaces available for the Cowboy Campfire Christmas at Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 10.
It is open to children up to 10 year old. Those preschool age must be with an adult.
There will be music, stories and a craft. The cost is $5, and there is a limit of 15 kids. It is free for museum member families. Call 825-5330 to reserve a spot.
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
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.
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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