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2025 Montague County Youth Fair tops 1,160 entries

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The entry numbers are in for the 2025 Montague County Youth Fair has 1,160 projects will be considered by the judges Jan. 8-11 at various locations in the county.
Youth fair officials said of the 1,160 there are 333 students participating from clubs and schools throughout the county. These contests provide something for everyone from robotics and skills-a-thons to top cake bakers and welders.
The home economics divisions will welcome 596 entries up significantly from the 471 this past year. There will be 132 for creative arts, 64 in fabric construction, 160 in food and 240 in photography. There are junior and senior divisions for each category.
Home economics entries can be checked in from 7-9 a.m. on Jan. 8 at the Nocona Community Center. They will be judged that day with results posted at 6 p.m.
The silent auction for home economics items will open at 6 p.m. in the show barn and end at 9 p.m.

Read the full story on all the entry numbers in your mid-week Bowie News.

Top photo – Bowie High School welders work on their projects. (Courtesy photos)

Nocona FFA students were busy working on their youth fair projects as the Christmas break arrived this past week. (Courtesy photo)
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Murder mystery comedy opens this weekend

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The cast and crew of “A Family Reunion to Die For,” has been busy rehearsing for their murder mystery dinner theater production on May 30 and May 31.
The reunion soon turns sour with murder at a western-style bed and breakfast in the tropics.
Purchase tickets online at https://www.bowieallianceforeducationandthearts.com/events-1.
Show times are 6:30 p.m. on May 30 and May 31 with an afternoon show at noon on May 31 all at the Freedom Life Church. There will be live and silent auction.
All proceeds benefit Montague County students for scholarships in the arts. Come support these thespians.

Aunt Gretchen tries to put away a rifle from a pair of squirrel-hunting hillbilly sisters during “A Family Reunion to Die For.” There will be three shows of the murder mystery dinner theater this weekend.

Top photo – Rehearsals have been underway this past week for the new murder mystery dinner theater of the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts. (Photos by Barbara Green)

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TxDOT making speed limit change in Nocona area

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Speed limit changes are being put in place on FM 103 North of Nocona. The 60-mph zone is being pushed North of Grayson Street.
As part of the transition, the 45-mph speed limit will be extended just North of the Texas New Mexico Power Office. Drivers see 50 mph signs up to Grayson Street where it becomes a 60-mph zone.
Portable message boards were placed on FM 103 on May 27 to advise motorists of the upcoming changes. The new signs will be unveiled and be enforceable starting June 3.
Citizens and officials with the City of Nocona requested the changes. They were approved by the Texas Transportation Commission in April.
Drivers should be prepared to watch and observe these new speed limits signs in Nocona. Drive safely in Montague County.

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Bowie High School completes graduation

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Seniors Boston Farris and Virginia Watson passed the mantle of leadership to juniors Laney Enlow and Hayden Heugatter during Friday’s graduation ceremony. See more photos in the Thursday edition.

Top photo – Bowie High’s class of 2025 arrives for the ceremonies. (Photos by Jordan Neal)

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