COUNTY LIFE
By BARBARA GREEN
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Jean Angove has been called one of Bowie’s biggest cheerleaders and it’s a moniker she earned through hard work, enthusiasm, unbridled energy and a mind always open to new ideas.
This petite, white-haired, soft-spoken woman celebrates her 100th birthday on Aug. 15 and she feels blessed to have lived such a long, productive life.
There will be a 100th birthday party for Bowie’s latest Centenarian from 2-4 p.m. on Aug. 15 at the Stone Bridge Venue, 605 Haney Road. Friends and family are invited to help her celebrate.
The beginning
Jean Crowder Angove was born in Hall County, TX on Aug. 15, 1921 to William Lester and Edna Theodora Fowler Crowder. She was the oldest of three with brother Glen the middle child and baby sister, Nan arriving 15 years after Jean.
The family made their home in the area of Memphis, TX and Lakeview in Hall County, where her father was a farmer early on and later a trucker, reports Angove’s only son, Ray, but he also raced horses and later was “not around much.”
Read the full story of 100 years of living life to the fullest in the weekend 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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