COUNTY LIFE
Spring marks returns of Yard of the Month contest
Spring’s arrival heralds the return of The Bowie News Yard of the Month contest recognizing the beautification efforts of our local citizens.
Sponsored by your Bowie News, the contest winner will get bragging rights for a month with the Yard of the Month sign staking the claim in your yard. There also will be a photo in The Bowie News.
Deadline to submit a nomination of the April Yard of the Month is April 23. Yard of the Month will run April, May and June prime growing months.
Call 872-2247 to make a nomination or email to: editor@bowienewsonline.com. If you email follow-up with a phone call to make sure it arrives.
Include the name of nominee, address and contact information for the nominee. The winner will be announced in the April 29 edition.
Nominations will be taken each month through an announced deadline date. Judges will then visit these yards with the winners named in edition closest to the end of the month.
The contest will recognize a beautiful yard that is not necessarily the most fancy or elaborate, but one that shows care and upkeep for your neighborhood.
Criteria will include:
• Ongoing maintenance of the landscaping and yard. The yard needs to be clean and free of trash, junk or other unsightly objects. Grass and shrubs need to be maintained at reasonable levels.
• Landscaping also will be considered, but should also include not only annuals for the season, but permanent landscaping such as shrubs or decorative structures.
The cast and crew of “A Family Reunion to Die For,” has been busy rehearsing for their murder mystery dinner theater production on May 30 and May 31.
The reunion soon turns sour with murder at a western-style bed and breakfast in the tropics.
Purchase tickets online at https://www.bowieallianceforeducationandthearts.com/events-1.
Show times are 6:30 p.m. on May 30 and May 31 with an afternoon show at noon on May 31 all at the Freedom Life Church. There will be live and silent auction.
All proceeds benefit Montague County students for scholarships in the arts. Come support these thespians.
Top photo – Rehearsals have been underway this past week for the new murder mystery dinner theater of the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts. (Photos by Barbara Green)
Speed limit changes are being put in place on FM 103 North of Nocona. The 60-mph zone is being pushed North of Grayson Street.
As part of the transition, the 45-mph speed limit will be extended just North of the Texas New Mexico Power Office. Drivers see 50 mph signs up to Grayson Street where it becomes a 60-mph zone.
Portable message boards were placed on FM 103 on May 27 to advise motorists of the upcoming changes. The new signs will be unveiled and be enforceable starting June 3.
Citizens and officials with the City of Nocona requested the changes. They were approved by the Texas Transportation Commission in April.
Drivers should be prepared to watch and observe these new speed limits signs in Nocona. Drive safely in Montague County.
Top photo – Bowie High’s class of 2025 arrives for the ceremonies. (Photos by Jordan Neal)
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