The Music in the Park Festival organizers welcome guests to enjoy a day under the beautiful oaks of Pelham Park to hear an array of music on June 14 in Bowie.
This free music festival is hosted by the Bowie Community center and R&K Sound Company.
Guests are invited to bring their lawn chairs and set up under the oak trees that fill the park near the amphitheater. This is the second year for this free festival as it expands to a full day.
Live acoustic music opens the free festival starting at 11:30 a.m. with Corben Wolsey, Blake Mangus, Tiffany Chandler, Sara White and Dillon Edwards. Other live music that day will include Bad Daddy Band and Bricktown Band. ZZ Texas, a ZZ Top tribute band, will take the stage at 8 p.m. Live music continues until 10 p.m.
There will be food truck vendors, bounce houses (fee), axe throwing and vendors. Guests are allowed to bring beer in a cooler, but no soda pop or similar drinks. There will be a $5 cooler fee.
Prior to the musical events there will be a 5K run/walk at 8:30 a.m. at the Pelham Park Pavilion. Pre-race warm-up begins at 8:10 a.m. and the race starts at 8:30 a.m. There will be first-third place winners in each age category.
Entry fee is $35 and participants receive a T-shirt. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Clear Choice Pregnancy Resource Center.
Those with questions may call Bonnie at 940-872-4861 or Kenny at 817-704-9847. In case of rain the event will be moved into the center.

Nocona Public Library is celebrating summer with lots of activities for kids.
On June 6 the Friends of the Library hosted a Rhyme Time story time. Marcia Williams read “Nothing Rhymes with Orange” by Adam Rex to the children. Lory Hunt helped the kids burn off some energy with a hopping rhyming activity.
Friends of the Library will be hosting its annual summer reading program in July. Check the Library Facebook page for details. Children can pick up reading logs at the library and start reading now.
The Library Advisory Board is having a new program this summer for children in grades 1-5. The Great Summer Adventure is at noon on Mondays in June and July.
Each adventure day begins with a story read by Lory Hunt and is always followed by a surprise. On June 9 the kids were surprised with Taylor Watson’s Petting Zoo. A blind cow named Helen, Pearl the white pony and a white goat named Bell all visited the library. The children had lots of fun petting the animals. Parents can sign children up for this program at the library.
Nocona Public Library is open Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

(top photo) The Taylor Watson Petting Zoo was a big hit at last week’s summer reading program at Nocona Public Library. (Courtesy photo)

The United Presbyterian Church of Montague County marks its 149th year in the county with activities June 14-15.
On June 14 starting at 10 a.m. visit the Stonewall Saloon Museum in Saint Jo to view a variety of artifacts from the church. The museum is located on the northeast corner of the town square. From 2-4 p.m. coffee and cake will be served at the church located at 300 W. Nelson.
On June 15, coffee will be served at 9:30 a.m. at the church in Bowie followed by the 10:30 a.m. worship service and communion. At noon there will be a celebratory luncheon after the service.
The current Presbyterian church building was constructed in 1964. The current congregation of the United Presbyterian Church of Montague County is the culmination of the merger of the Saint Jo Presbyterian Church with the Nocona Presbyterian Church, which then merged with First Presbyterian Church of Bowie.
The original pulpit and chairs, brought from New York by the Rev. James Anderson, are on display at the Stonewall Saloon Museum in Saint Jo.
The Rev. Anderson arrived in Saint Jo in June of 1876 to become the first Presbyterian minister. He became widely known and came to be considered the father of Presbyterianism in North-Western Texas.
Anderson built the first church in 1878 and held the pastorate for some 40 years before going to Bowie to help establish the church there. Rev. Anderson opened the doors of his church to all denominations. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery next to his wife Sarah.