COUNTY LIFE
Injured hawk returned to the wild in Bowie
Watch video of release from Wild Bird Rescue of Wichita Falls. (click on link)
Residents at the end of Hudspeth Street watched as a Cooper’s Hawk they found injured more than a month ago fly off into the woods Thursday afternoon. Adelaid Olson, director of rehabilitation at Wild Bird Rescue of Wichita Falls, released the bird after it recuperated after running into a glass window inside a porch. James McAfee said the hawk flew into his neighbor’s porch thinking it could get out the other side but it hit the wall instead. While it got back outside it could not seem to take off and appeared to be injured said McAfee. Animal Control Officer Willie Conway was called and he was able to get the hawk captured and into a crate, and it was then taken to the rescue group. Olson said it appeared to have some minor head trauma, so after about a month of medication and rehab it was ready to go back outside. She returned it Bowie about noon Thursday and it quickly flew off into the trees on a nearby vacant lot. Visit the Wild Bird Rescue Facebook page.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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