COUNTY LIFE
Sign up by Sept. 7 to sing in Hymns for the Hungry
Sept. 7 is the deadline to sign up to participate in the Hymns for the Hungry benefit.
Organizers will be will be accepting only the first 10 sign-ups. For information or to sign up your church call or text Jarae Scruggs @ 940-841-1212, or call the First United Methodist Church office at 872-3384.
Hymns for the Hungry, a benefit for the local food ministry, “God’s Table,” will be from 6-8 p.m. on Sept. 18 at the Bowie Community Center, 413 Pelham.
This event is led by the First United Methodist Church of Bowie with surrounding churches sharing their gift of music to benefit the food ministry.
Organizer Jarae Scruggs said each church or organization needs to plan for two songs, share in donating the food and drinks that will be served and provide a couple of cakes for a live auction. Meal deals of a hot dog, chips, and drink will be served for $5, and dessert will cost $1. Admission fee is $1 per person.
All proceeds will go to God’s Table, an outreach provided by the First Free Will Baptist Church. It is open six nights a week and feeds about 75-100 people each night.
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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