COUNTY LIFE
North Texas Cattleman’s Roundup Thursday
The North Texas Cattleman’s Roundup will be at 5 p.m. on April 5 at the City of Bowie Community Center.
Melanie Potter, new county AgriLife Extension family consumer and health agent, will present a cooking demonstration on the similarities and differences between cooking with grass fed beef or grain fed beef.
Potter has been a contributing member to the Dinner Tonight! Health Cooking School program through instruction in more than a dozen different programs as well as being a contributing author for Dinner Tonight! Essentials Cookbook.
Her work was recognized when she received a second place National Family Health and Wellness Award from the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences.
Dan Hale, profession and extension meat specialist at Texas A&M University, also will make a comparison of grass fed and grain fed beef and the advantages of both.
Hale interprets and extends information on diet/health, food safety, livestock growth and meat science to consumers, health professionals, retailers, food service manager, packers, processors and livestock producers.
Hale has worked with the National Consumer Retail Beef Study, the National Market Basket Survey and the Beef Tenderness Survey, which examined supplies of beef offered at the retail meat case and determined what consumers want in meat products.
The grazing hour will be at 5 p.m. and the programs will intermingle during the evening.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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