COUNTY LIFE
Tales ‘N’ Trails conducting membership drive after difficult 2020
Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum, Montague County’s largest museum focusing on all aspects of local history, is conducting a membership drive.
The board of directors invites you to become a member to help the museum operate and improve, as well as enjoy the many programs presented throughout the year.
All members receive free admission to the museum, located at 1522 E. U.S. Highway 82 in Nocona, for one year. That admission also includes special exhibits, lectures and member-only events, the newsletter and 10% off non-consignment items in the museum’s unique gift shop that features unique regional crafts and books by regional and national authors.
The membership levels are as follows:
Individuals – $35 a year.
Family – $50 a year for two adults, household children and visiting grandchildren.
Family and friends – $100 which includes all those in the family category, plus two guest passes.
Sustaining – ship – $250 per year with all the above benefits plus four guest passes and two meal tickets to The Shebang, the museum’s annual fundraiser.
Patron – $500 per year, all the benefits plus six guest passes and four tickets to Shebang.
Benefactor – $1,000 with all benefits, a listing on the newsletter and website and a 10% discount on rental of the Benton Room.
Visit talesntrails.org to learn more or to join
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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