COUNTY LIFE
Get your salsa ready for the melon festival
It’s once again time for the annual Forestburg Watermelon Festival on Aug. 14.
It’s also time to get your salsa entries ready for the festival contest, along with any baked goods or craft items for the Kountry Kitchen and Kraft Store.
Back by popular demand is the salsa contest featuring the tops in local homemade salsa.
Entries will be accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Aug. 14. Salsa should be delivered to the LifeChurch 2:42 building next to the Forestburg Country Store. Judging is by popular vote of the festival patrons after sampling each salsa.
Each contestant must furnish two pints or one quart of salsa for the judging. Salsa must be homemade and can either be canned or fresh.
Salsa will be served at room temperature and safe food handling processes must be followed. The contest will close at 2 p.m. Any salsa remaining after the contest must be picked up by 2 p.m. that day.
First, second and third place winners will receive a “chili pepper” trophy engraved with 2021 Forestburg Watermelon Festival, Salsa Contest and the placement. Winners will be awarded at 2 p.m. the day of the contest.
The festival will once again feature the Kountry Kitchen and Kraft Store open from 9 a.m. – 2p.m. at the LifeChurch building on Main Street next to the Forestburg Country Store.
The Kraft Store will have homemade baked goods and canned goods, as well as an assortment of craft items for sale. Anyone who would like to donate items for the store can bring them between 3-6 p.m. on Aug. 13 or 8:30 -9:30 a.m. Saturday to the LifeChurch Building.
All proceeds from the donated items go to the Forestburg Community Service Club which oversees the community center and the Historic Log Cabin.
Amity Club of Bowie presents its annual Mad Hatter Tea Party and Style Show on Aug. 1 at the Bowie Community Center.
The event begins at 11 a.m. with doors opening at 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $25 with limited seating. Call Angela Short at 940-841-1315 or Patti Poe 940-867-3973 for tickets.
The Mad Hatter Tea presents a beautifully decorated party with unique table decorations done by club members or other sponsors. Guests are invited to come in your “Sunday finest/tea party attire” topped off with a hat.
All ages are welcome. There will be door prizes and prize drawings. Local businesses will be featured in the style show and guests will enjoy tea party themed food and tea.
Proceeds support Project Beautiful, Aaron’s Angels and Amity Club scholarships.
The 2026 Guide is inside your Thursday Bowie News. Enjoy this year’s visitor’s and newcomer’s guide as its celebrates the 250th birthday of America and Montague County’s place in that evolution. While the county was not created as the United States began its journey after the revolutions, it’s place in the Indian Territory, Louisiana Purchase, the fledgling state of Texas all lead to its place in the great Lone Star state. Please find the guide in your Thursday paper, and later it will be available free in various locations.
The Nocona Chamber of Commerce invites the community to celebrate summer with a little Christmas spirit during its Christmas in July Sip & Shop from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on July 24.
The event will feature participating chamber businesses throughout Nocona, each offering a unique shopping experience with refreshments, special promotions and plenty of small- town hospitality. Residents and visitors are encouraged to spend the evening exploring local shops, supporting small businesses, and enjoying everything downtown Nocona has to offer.
Shoppers who visit participating businesses will have the opportunity to enter for a chance to win a $100 gift card giveaway. Entry forms will be available at participating locations, giving attendees another reason to visit as many businesses as possible throughout the evening.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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