COUNTY LIFE
More vaccines coming into Montague County
More than 1 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped to providers across Texas next week and for the first time two providers in Montague County will receive vaccines.
For the week of March 8 allocations will go to Faith Community Health Care Clinic in Bowie, 100 doses and Nocona General Hospital, 100 doses.
Neighboring counties’ allocations include: Clay County – Clay County Memorial, 1,000 and Henrietta Pharmacy, 100; Jack County – City Drug, 100 and Jack County Medical Center, 300; Cooke County – Department of Health and Human Services, 100, Family First 100 and North Texas Medical Center, 1,000 and Muenster Memorial, 300; Wise County – Wise Health Boyd, 100; Brookshire’s Bridgeport, 100; Value Rite, 300; Wise Clinic Bridgeport, 100; Wise Surgical, 100; Wise Health and Sports, 100; Wise Health System, 1,000 and Wise Health Clinic, 100.
Across Montague County 2,842 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 2,151 are fully vaccinated. The population of those over the age of 16 eligible for vaccination totals 15,872.
Nocona General Hospital has a vaccination clinic planned for Nov. 12 and began taking appointment calls on Monday. Late Tuesday there were still appointment openings.
Read more on this vaccine story in the mid-week 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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