COUNTY LIFE
Nocona City Council meets for brief agenda
Members of the Nocona City Council met Tuesday night for a brief agenda of business.
Nocona Chamber of Commerce Board Member Jodi Womble updated the council on upcoming plans for Christmas events in December. She specifically asked for council consideration for possible street closures for a hayride that would loop through downtown. No action was taken and the council will look at the closures.
There also was a discussion about an upcoming Fall Festival during Halloween weekend.
Legend Bank will continue to be the city’s depository bank and was the sole proposal.
David Kercheval, Texas manager for Colorchids, was nominated to fill a vacancy on the Montague County Tax Appraisal District Board of Directors.
An electric distribution line easement was granted to Texas-New Mexico Power Company in the J.D. Jennings Survey. City Secretary Revell Hardison said Tyler Womack is building a house on property next to the city-owned Indian Oaks Golf Course and the easement is needed.
With the city council acting as the building commission, Rosario Resendiz was given 90 days to bring the property up to code. Three months ago the owner came to the council and said she was tearing it down, and was given 90 days to complete the project.
Hardison said the owner reported since then two people have approached her about buying it and fixing it. The fire marshal agreed the dilapidated home could be repaired.
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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