COUNTY LIFE
Play cast prepares to open this week
Imagine you are traveling up the North Shore of Massachusetts and you come across Ye Old Wayside Inn off of Old Saltmarsh Road. There is a storm warning up and you need a place to stay. Do you go in?
Come join the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts as the group presents, “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night” by Tim Kelly.
Meet the Saltmarsh family; Uncle Silas – the oldest living maniac in Massachusetts and his nieces Arabella and Hepzibah as well as his nephew Ebenezer as we wait out this latest storm with their other guests, with all the chaos that ensues.
Performances will be at 7 p.m. on Oct. 13-14, and 1 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Silver Strings Country Ballroom and Event Center, 500 North Smythe.
Tickets for the show can be purchased at www.bowieallianceforedcuationandthearts.com/events.
This cast of characters is brought to life by another bunch of characters including Jennifer Collins, Michelle Meier, Lia Meier, Audi Post, Brandon Stott, Katie Howell-Chapman, Samantha Cox, Tammy Byork, Stephanie Post, Ryan Parson, Ashley Keyes, Sherryll Thigpen, Boyd Hulstine, Zenock Lindsay, Jake Cox, Ammon Lindsay and Cindy Roller. It is directed by Melanie Stott.
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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