COUNTY LIFE
Nocona trims Mardi Gras event back to one day
While Mardi Gras Nocona Style may be pared down due to the pandemic the enthusiasm for this festival is not diminished as the community prepares for a one-day event on Feb. 13.
For the past 10 years Nocona has put its own twist on Mardi Gras festivities celebrating with a different parade across three days, along with a bevy of activities including food and music. From Krewe de Barkus to Krewe de Chaussures Flotteurs there was family fun for all to enjoy culminating with the massive parade on Saturday afternoon that welcomed thousands of people to Nocona.
For the 11th year there will be one big parade at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday as Nocona invited you to “Keep Calm and Mardi Gras on!”
The children and canines who usually enjoy their own parade are invited to walk at the front of the big parade from the post office to the downtown park. These entries do not need to register but all other parade participants must register at the chamber office.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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