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.
There will be a Summer Kick-Off Health Fair for senior citizens from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 11 at the Bowie Senior Citizens Center.
Join the group for a free chicken spaghetti lunch, door prizes and games. The Lions Club will host free eye exams and there will free blood pressure checks.
Questions can be directed to Cynthia Hawkins at 940-366-4960 or Ashlie McCarty at 940-500-8954. The center is located at 502 Pelham Street.
As summer opens, the third annual Music in the Park is planned for June 13 in Pelham Park.
This free musical evening will feature a unique array of musical talent to entertain as guests pull up their lawnchairs under the large oak trees. Hosted by the Bowie Community Center and R&K Sound Company, music begins at 4:30 p.m.
The Lowdown Drifters will be headliner with the opening acts of Jesse Wadsworth, Thad Murphy and the Monty Dawson Band of Bowie.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Top photo – ZZ Top Texas performed at the 2025 Music in the Park event. (News file photo)
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