COUNTY LIFE
Nocona readies Mardi Gras festival Feb. 22-March 4
Things are gearing up in Nocona for the 15th annual Mardi Gras Nocona Style Feb. 22-March 4.
The Mardi Gras Ball opens the week of activities at 6 p.m. on Feb. 22. Tickets are $60 and seating is limited and should be purchased early. Go to https://square.link/u/db8eD2Bg to purchase tickets or visit the chamber’s Facebook page.
Live music will be performed by Mississippi Bastard Project, a high-energy band that delivers the true sound of New Orleans.
Guests are invited to dress in their most glamorous attire to enjoy a night with dinner, dancing and live music. BYOB. The 2025 Mardi Gras King and Queen also will be crowned.
Mardi Gras Nocona Style offers activities all the family can enjoy from a pet parade and ATV parade to a unique shoebox parade.
This year the Nocona Chamber of Commerce is offering cash prizes for the first-third place winning floats in the “Big Parade” on March 1. First place will win $1,000, second place $500 and third place $250. It is free to enter. To get your entry forms at nocona.org/events click on the Mardi Gras Nocona Style tab.
Read the full story on all the activities in your Thursday Bowie News.
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.
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)
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.
Top photo – Bowie High’s class of 2025 arrives for the ceremonies. (Photos by Jordan Neal)
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