COUNTY LIFE
Pet parade launches Mardi Gras Nocona-Style week
UPDATE – Due to the winter weather this week several events were cancelled or moved. The Knights of Columbus Fish Fry was cancelled. Saturday kid’s parade and Big Parade were moved to 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The 12th annual Mardi Gras Nocona-Style continues through Saturday when the “Big Parade” wraps up festival week.
Hosted by the Nocona Chamber of Commerce along with other community groups, Mardi Gras Nocona-Style kicked off Sunday with the Krewe de Barkus Parade. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for more than a dozen pets and their people in Mary Davis Beckham Park.
A colorful array of entrants strolled around the park. Winners in the large dog category were Maddie Ferguson and Barkley, first place and Brandon Smith with Augie and Daisy in second.
Winners in the small dog group were Caiden Fenoglio and family with Jax, first and Lily Smith with Falcon in second.
On Feb. 23, the Riverstar Casino is joining the fun with a Mardi Gras costume contest starting at 4 p.m. and final voting at 8 p.m. at the casino. The first place winner will receive $500 in bonus play, second place $300 in bonus play and third place $200 in bonus play. Rules can be found at nocona.org/events.
On Feb. 24 the Knights of the Columbus host its annual a fish fry. The dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Justin building.
Weekend activities start Friday with the Krewe de Couyons ATV parade taking off at 5:30 p.m. from The V.
Read about all the scheduled events in your mid-week Bowie News.
The cast and crew of “A Family Reunion to Die For,” has been busy rehearsing for their murder mystery dinner theater production on May 30 and May 31.
The reunion soon turns sour with murder at a western-style bed and breakfast in the tropics.
Purchase tickets online at https://www.bowieallianceforeducationandthearts.com/events-1.
Show times are 6:30 p.m. on May 30 and May 31 with an afternoon show at noon on May 31 all at the Freedom Life Church. There will be live and silent auction.
All proceeds benefit Montague County students for scholarships in the arts. Come support these thespians.
Top photo – Rehearsals have been underway this past week for the new murder mystery dinner theater of the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts. (Photos by Barbara Green)
Speed limit changes are being put in place on FM 103 North of Nocona. The 60-mph zone is being pushed North of Grayson Street.
As part of the transition, the 45-mph speed limit will be extended just North of the Texas New Mexico Power Office. Drivers see 50 mph signs up to Grayson Street where it becomes a 60-mph zone.
Portable message boards were placed on FM 103 on May 27 to advise motorists of the upcoming changes. The new signs will be unveiled and be enforceable starting June 3.
Citizens and officials with the City of Nocona requested the changes. They were approved by the Texas Transportation Commission in April.
Drivers should be prepared to watch and observe these new speed limits signs in Nocona. Drive safely in Montague County.
Top photo – Bowie High’s class of 2025 arrives for the ceremonies. (Photos by Jordan Neal)
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