COUNTY LIFE
Saint Jo prepares to welcome Santa to the Square Saturday
Santa on the Square will be presented by the Saint Jo Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 8.
Activities begin at 2 p.m. with the living nativity scene on the square, along with crafts for the children, a 42 Tournament and a parade, along with the arrival of the Big Guy from the north.
Visitors can stop in the local museums including the Stonewall Saloon and Ordnance Museum, shop at the local stores and dine at the restaurants.
A scavenger hunt will begin at Davis & Blevins. Tickets also are being sold for prize drawings that include a rifle and a mixer. Tickets will be sold from 2 to 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 by the gazebo.
Throughout the day there will be horse-drawn carriage rides. Family Christmas photos will be available for free on the square along with the traditional photos with Santa. Those will be offered from 2 to 4 p.m. near the gazebo. Crafts for the kids will be in the civic center.
Choirs will perform in the gazebo from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
The parade rolls at 4:30 p.m. Enjoy cookies, hot chocolate and coffee provided by the Century Club. Santa will be available to visit with the children for photos and to hand out goodie bags.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
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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