COUNTY LIFE
Pared down Mardi Gras Nocona Style this Saturday
Mardi Gras Nocona Style will be celebrated in a one-day event on Feb. 13.
For the past 10 years Nocona has put its own twist on the festivities celebrating with a different parade across three days of food, music and parades; but for the 11th year thanks to the pandemic there will be one big parade at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Nocona invites everyone to “Keep Calm and Mardi Gras on!”
The children and canines who usually have their own parade are invited to walk at the front of the big parade from the post office to the downtown park.
The other big change is no items may be thrown from the parade entries which includes the popular Mardi Gras beads. Participants are asked to wear masks, use hand sanitizer and practice social distancing.
Call the chamber at 825-3526 with questions or follow the Mardi Gras Nocona Style Facebook page for any schedule updates.
Pony rides will be in the park and a photo booth will be in the H.J. Justin Community Room.
A Veteran’s Outreach program will be 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the VFW at 100 Baylor Street. It is presented by Montague County Veteran’s Service office. Call 894-6171 for questions.
The Nocona VFW will have a pancake breakfast starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday. There will be a Knights of Columbus fish fry at 5 p.m. in the Justin Building on Saturday.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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