COUNTY LIFE
NGH readies vaccine clinic for March 12
Nocona General Hospital will conduct a COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 1-5 p.m. on March 12.
The clinic will be at the First Baptist Church of Nocona Family Life Center, 511 Cooke Street.
Call 940-825-2037 to schedule an appointment. Phones will be answered weekdays beginning March 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If lines are not answered right away, allow time to ring or hang up and call back. There will not be a busy signal or voice mail.
This clinic is open for county residents in Texas Phase 1B which is people age 65 and older or people age 16 and up with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at risk for severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19 such as cancer, Type 2 diabetes or COPD.
Visit noconageneral.com to download and complete a Moderna vaccine packet prior to your appointment if possible.
The number of COVID vaccine doses shipping to Texas providers continues to climb with 676,280 first doses allocated to the state by the federal government for March 1. However, once again Montague County is left out of the supply chain with no allocation.
Read the full story on this week’s vaccine allocation and case statistics in the mid-week Bowie News.
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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