COUNTY LIFE

Montague County Youth Fair survives the pandemic

Published

4 years ago

01/13/2021

By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The 2021 Montague County Youth Fair may have seen some adjustments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the enthusiasm of its student participants did not waiver as they competed for the grand champion blue ribbons.
The three-day event wrapped up on Saturday night with a premium sale that for the first time did not include animals or projects shown by the students. There also were limits on attendance.
Instead of the traditional ring where the champions came in with their projects to be auctioned, there was a slide show with the youngster and project. The exhibitor also came to the front of the audience where they were introduced before the bidding began.

Kenton Holloway, treasurer for the youth fair committee, said they had a successful sale especially in light of the circumstances and doing things with a different process. The sale total was $113,900 with 126 exhibitors in the sale. The average per exhibitor was $903.

Read the full story complete with all the winners in the mid-week Bowie News.

Zayden McCullar of Bowie 4-H was all smiles as he won his class in the breeding bucks division of the Montague County Youth Fair this past week. (Photo by Barbara Green)

COUNTY LIFE

Murder mystery comedy opens this weekend

Published

4 days ago

05/29/2025

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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.

Aunt Gretchen tries to put away a rifle from a pair of squirrel-hunting hillbilly sisters during “A Family Reunion to Die For.” There will be three shows of the murder mystery dinner theater this weekend.

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)

COUNTY LIFE

TxDOT making speed limit change in Nocona area

Published

4 days ago

05/29/2025

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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.