COUNTY LIFE
Lions Club White Cane Day Saturday
Members of the Bowie Lions Club accepted a proclamation from the City of Bowie Tuesday night deeming March 24 as Lions White Cane Day in Bowie, recognizing the efforts of Lions in preventing blindness and restoring eye site for millions of people.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris presented the proclamation to several members of the Club Tuesday night.
Contributions are accepted on White Cane Day from the public to support two major sight and tissue conservation projects, which allows Lions to provide eye exams and eye glasses for needy children in the public schools.
Funds also are used for 2E-1 Lions Tissue and Eye Banks, which serves a 24-county area collecting and distributing eye and tissue for transplant purposes throughout the world.
Lion Club Members will be present in their gold vests at Dairy Queen, at the corner of Tarrant and Mason Street in Bowie and Brookshires on March 24 for those wishing to contribute in support of these two very worthwhile projects. They also will be collecting used eyeglasses for recycling and distribution to those in need.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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