COUNTY LIFE
The Amity Club and the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts invite you to the Annual Mad Hatter Tea and Style Show at 2 p.m. on Aug. 4 at First United Methodist Church, 1515 Jefferson in Bowie.
While enjoying delicacies and teas, patrons will see a style show with models featuring clothing from local merchants.
Tables for the tea will be uniquely decorated by different hostesses. In keeping with the Mad Hatter theme, all who attend are encouraged to wear a hat, eloquent or outrageous.
Tickets are $20 per person, and may be purchased at the Main Street Bowie office at 201-A Walnut Street.
Seating capacity is limited, so advance ticket purchase is highly recommended.
All proceeds benefit scholarship funds of both The Amity Club and the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts.
Call 841-0018 or 366-2003 to purchase tickets. The tea is presented by The Amity Club and Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts.
Gold-Burg High School students will perform at area one-act competition at 9:30 a.m. on April 11 at Grayson County College.
Director Linda Fitzner said they present “Lady Precious Stream” followed by Newcastle, Irivium Academy, Sulphur Bluff, Avery and Bryson. She called it a “tough, tough area” as Bryson was at state the year before. Gold-Burg also has made a state run last year.
Nocona Public Library and Friends of the Library will be hosting a children’s Easter story time at 10 a.m. on April 11.
Dean Prine will be reading to the children before they make a craft. Dean always makes it a fun story time. All children are invited to attend.
Summer is quickly approaching and the library is already making plans for our summer reading program. Starting June 1, the children can pick up their reading logs. A professional story teller will be visiting the library in July. More details will be released as time gets closer to summer.
The library has received several new books in the last week. “In To Deep” by Lee Child, “Paranoia” by James Patterson and “Far From Home” by Danielle Steel, are just a few new ones that are available for checkout.
Did you know that the library is not all about books? The library staff can make copies and send faxes for a small fee. It has computers for the public to use. Stop by and see what all you can do at the library. It is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Bowie High School’s one-act play, “View From The Bridge,” advanced out of bi-district to area after competing this past week.
Teacher and Director April Word said area will be on April 12 at Clyde High School. Bowie performs as the final play of the day.
Other schools performing will be Holliday, Early, Clyde, Ingram Moore and Jim Ned. Plays begin at noon that day and cost to watch is $10.
“The students were amazing at bi-district and had a tremendous performance. I could not have asked for more from them,” said Word.
At bi-district Lia Meier was named best performer, Corban Word was named to the All-Star Cast and Corben Wolsey, honorable mention All-Star Cast.
Aowyn Word received the All-Star Tech and the tech crew was named best overall. Crew members are Elise Fitch, TJ Ferguson, Keller Dosch, Adamari Alonso and Aowyn Word. “Break a leg” Jackrabbits.
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