COUNTY LIFE
Sip and Stroll opens Chicken and Bread
It is time to Sip and Stroll in Bowie, Texas. Back by popular demand, this preview event to the annual Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival will be from 5 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 5.
“We are really excited to continue the success of this event and help promote our local businesses,” said Bowie Community Development Director Cindy Roller. “There are so many wonderful boutique and antique shops offering items from handmade jewelry to school spirit wear to nice home décor and so much more. But what is even better are the interesting people you meet shopping locally and learning about this community.”
Merchants will have evening specials along with refreshments and light snacks. Look for promotional signs in front of the participating businesses.
Shoppers will be able to stroll to the various businesses purchase an armband and/or souvenir glass at any participating retail store for $10. Participants also may use their previous Sip and Stroll with Me glass.
Proceeds will help continue exciting activities for residents and guests alike in Bowie.
Be sure to attend the festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 6 in downtown Bowie. It will include the fiddler’s championship, Piston Heads Auto Club antique and classic car show, Kid’s Coop activities and games, vendors, food trucks, art exhibit and quilt show – truly something for the entire family.
Read about some of the participating merchants in your weekend News.
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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