COUNTY LIFE
Infrastructure improvements lead priorities for Montague County and its cities
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
What will 2022 bring for Montague County’s governmental entities?
While communities continue to battle the pandemic and its impact, they also continue to move forward with projects and plans. For some the year will focus on infrastructure improvements, but they also will explore how to utilize a large amount of federal COVID relief grant funds that have flowed into their coffers.
Montague County
Kevin Benton came into the county judge’s job in June 2020 just a few months after the worldwide pandemic arrived and it has been the shadow cast across the world and county since that time.
Offices have had to close due to staff shortages, courts have closed or resorted to Zoom interactions and Montague County lost two longtime employees who died from complications of the virus.
Read the full story that includes preview of the year from the cities of Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo.
Due to high lake levels at Lake Amon G. Carter, the Jim Bowie Days Association organizers announced Friday the tournament has been postponed and a new date will be named soon.
Texas AgriLife Extension will host a July workshop on July 26, Preserving the Harvest, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church of Montague County, 300 W. Nelson.
This four-part series will teach and review the food preservation processes including water bathing, pickling, dehydrating and pressure canning. This program will have both education and hands-on activities with take-home practice.
Seating is limited so call the extension office to register at 894-4831.
The 2025 Pioneer Court will be led by Joan Cantwell as the pioneer queen, with Duchesses Bill Ann Jones and Sue Swint.
A coronation of the court will be at 2:30 p.m. on June 27 at the Bowie Community Center. The public is invited to attend the crowning followed by a reception hosted by the Amity Club of Bowie.
Meet the ladies of the Pioneer Court in the Thursday Bowie News. Coming next week the young ladies competing for Miss Jim Bowie Days and Little Miss.
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