COUNTY LIFE
Summer Rec returning to Bowie for June

The City of Bowie is bringing back the summer recreation program for June and the city pool is set to open for splash day on May 28.
Summer rec was cancelled several years ago due to a lack of staff. It is open to children kindergarten through age 15 and will be free of charge.
Summer Rec starts June 3 and will be 8 a.m. to noon during the week days. It will end on June 28. Children should be picked up at the pool by 11:45 a.m. each day.
Activities at the park will include all sorts of ball games, flag football, tennis, relay races, circle games, arts and crafts, music and of course swimming.
Permission forms must be filled out the first day. Participants should arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. and do not come for swimming alone.
For the city pool families can enjoy a free splash day from 1 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday. New pool hours will be 1-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, closed on Sunday. Pool admission is $3.
An individual pool pass is $60 for city residents and $70 for non-residents. A family pool pass is $115 for up to three people, $5 for each additional person.
Water aerobics begins June 3 from 6-7 p.m., Monday-Thursday at $2 a person.
Swim lessons will be July 8-12 and July 15-19. Lessons are 10-10:30 a.m. and 10:30-11 a.m. Cost is $30 per person ages three and up.
Pictured: Summer Rec fun from a few years back. (Bowie News file photo)
COUNTY LIFE
Forestburg Rodeo readies Aug. 8-9 event

The “Biggest Little Rodeo in Texas” comes back around Aug. 8-9 in Forestburg as the Forestburg Riding Club pulls out all the stops to present an exciting rodeo, which also coincides with the annual Forestburg Watermelon Festival on Aug. 9.
The rodeo will include ranch bronc, bull riding, calf roping, senior barrels, team roping, double muggin’, junior barrels and breakaway roping. Tickets to the rodeo are available from any of the rodeo royals or contestants. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the gate.
In the rodeo royals contest, Reigning Queen Emersyn De Noon will hand off her crown to one of two young women. Reigning Princess Annabelle Spooner Annabelle Spooner will pass her crown to a new princess out of three contestants.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.

Emersyn De Noon
COUNTY LIFE
Time to jam: July Jam this Saturday

It’s time to jam and enjoy an evening of fiddle music and good food to support one of North Texas largest fiddle competitions on Oct. 4.
The 23nd annual July Jam returns on July 26 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street. 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 and goodies.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. and they can be purchased at the door. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition at Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival each year. 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. 4.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
COUNTY LIFE
Nocona Chamber hosts Sip & Shop Christmas in July

The Nocona Chamber of Commerce and its members invite you to Sip & Shop during Christmas in July activities from 5 to 8 p.m. on July 25.
Souvenir cups will be available for $10 as you enjoy a festive evening of fun, deals and early holiday cheer visiting local participating merchants.
Call the chamber office at 825-3526 with any questions.
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