COUNTY LIFE
July Jam offers fun for all the family
July Jam
If you are looking for a “Chickin’, pickin’, fiddlin’, dancing good time,” then July Jam is for you.
This popular annual fundraising evening for the Oct. 1 Chicken and Bread Days Fiddle Contest will be at 6 p.m. on July 30 at the Silver Strings Entertainment Center at 500 North Smythe.
Tickets are $12 to enjoy a chicken meal and an evening of live fiddle music from some of the very performers who will compete in October. Dancers also are welcome to boot scoot.
Come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction filled with unique items or stop by for a great meal and fellowship.
Poker Cruise
The Piston Heads Auto Club of Bowie will roll out its second annual July Jam Poker Cruise for July 30.
The cruise will start at 8:30 a.m. at Bowie Plaza. Organizers state this is a cruise not a “release run.”
Sign-in time is 8:30 a.m. at $5 per hand. Buy as many hands as you would like to compete. The start is at 9 a.m. after selecting your first card.
This will be a 60-mile round trip cruise with three stops. There will be a 10-minute break at each stop for everyone to draw cards.
The route will be announced and ends back at the start. Some 50% of the proceeds go to the winning hand with the rest to the July Jam fundraiser to support the Oct. 1 Chicken and Bread Days Fiddling Contest. Players will be back in plenty of time to enjoy the July Jam at the Silver Strings Center at 6 p.m. Saturday night.
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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