COUNTY LIFE
Jim Bowie Days week opens with lots of fun activities
The 55th annual Jim Bowie Days Celebration kicked off in style this past Saturday with the bass tournament and golf scramble, with rodeo action Monday night with 4D barrels and the youth rodeo Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Jim Bowie Bass Tournament was moved to Saturday at Amon Carter Lake. Casey and Jimmy Smith won first with 25.51 pounds of fish including the big bass at 9.62 pounds. See coverage in today’s sports section.
Also on Saturday the second annual golf tournament teed off at Twisted Oaks. Results were unavailable at press time.
Rodeo action for all ages took place as the week opened. The ladies showed their stuff with the 4D barrel races. Youth competitors hit the arena on Tuesday for the youth rodeo. Speed events were Tuesday and roping was scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Mutton bustin’ was set for both nights at 6:30 p.m. Only 10 contestants will be accepted per night, ages six and under.
Barrels, poles and goats were run on Tuesday night in four age groups. Wednesday brings breakaway roping, ribbon roping, tie-down roping and team roping for those age 13 and under and 14-19. Boys and girls compete together with an all around buckle going to the top boy and girl based on combined points from both nights.
Read the full story with the schedule in the mid-week Bowie News.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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