COUNTY LIFE
Forestburg readies 37th annual watermelon festival
The Forestburg Community Service Club invite everyone to the 37th Annual Watermelon Festival on Aug. 12.
The theme for this year’s festival is “A Trail Runs Through It,” celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Chisholm Trail.
Organizers had a contest with Forestburg art students to create this year’s logo, and the winner was Holly Hudspeth. Holly’s artwork will be featured on souvenir T-shirts and other advertising leading up to the festival.
The day begins with shopping at vendor booths. The Montague County Veterans Service Office will have a veterans outreach all day to assist any veterans and their families.
A Country Kitchen and Crafts Store will open at 9 a.m. The salsa contest returns. Those wanting to participate should bring two jars of salsa before 10:30 a.m. to enter the contest.
Winner will be selected by popular vote. Homemade ice cream will be available, as will free watermelon slices.
The parade begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
A lunch of barbecue with all the trimmings will be available for a fee after the parade at the center.
New this year will be a car show after the parade. There also will be games for children of all ages, a bounce house, dunking booth and both gospel and country music are the afternoon activities.
The Forestburg Riding Club presents its annual “Biggest Little Rodeo in Texas” on Aug. 11-12.
Rodeo events start with mutton bustin’ at 8 p.m. each night, followed by the rodeo at 8:30 p.m.
For more information follow the Forestburg Community Service Club Facebook page.
To submit an entry in the parade email forestburgwf@gmail.com, or text or call Charley Lanier at 214-449-8737.
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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