COUNTY LIFE
59th Jim Bowie Days Rodeo Week comes to an end
The 59th annual Jim Bowie Days came to an end on Saturday night with the final night of rodeo and the crowning of a new rodeo queen.
Tessa Gage was selected as the 2025 Miss Jim Bowie Days. She is the daughter of Dustin and Kayla Gage and she will be attending Bellevue High School in the fall. Emma Ragan, 2024 Miss JBD, crowned her successor.
The 2025 Little Miss Jim Bowie Days crown went to RuthAnn Hutchison of Boyd. She is the daughter of Jim and Stephanie Hutchison and attends One Day Academy.
The 2024 Little Miss McKinley Bratcher welcomed the winner to her new title. It was a whirlwind week for the young ladies in both categories as three competed for Miss JBD and four sought the Little Miss title. They competed in horsemanship, interview, along with attending all of the festival events throughout the week.
Read the full story of the week’s activities including results from all the contests along with more photos of the winners. (Youth rodeo results not available at press time).
Top photo – Tessa Gage was crowned the 2025 Miss Jim Bowie Days and RuthAnn Hutchison was named Little Miss. Jim Bowie Days royals are flanked by Miss Rodeo Texas queens at Saturday night’s rodeo. Miss Rodeo Texas Reanna Santos (Left) stands with Tessa Gage, 2025 Miss Jim Bowie Days crowned by 2024 Queen Emma Ragan and Abigail Johnson, Miss Rodeo Texas Teen. The Rodeo Texas royals took part in JBD. (Photo by Benjimen Barker).
The Mind’s Eye of Nocona will entertain with music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in a concert to support scholarships for Montague County graduating seniors on July 12.
The concert will be at 5 p.m. on July 12 at the Veranda Inn Event Center in Nocona. Tickets are $20 for all table seating. Purchase six or more tickets for a reserved table.
The band invites you to brown bag your dinner and BYOB. Proceeds support scholarships for seniors from Nocona, Prairie Valley, Saint Jo, Bowie, Forestburg and Gold-Burg.
The Mind’s Eye is composed of local residents Donna Lemons, Larry G. Lemons, Carroll Fuller, Warren Young and Karen Young. To purchase tickets stop by the L.G. Lemons Art Gallery at 300 Clay or call Larry at 940-366-5782 or Donna at 940-366-6825.
Fireworks abounded at Lake Nocona during the July 4th weekend. Along with the annual Lions Club fireworks, the Rusty and Billy Henley family fireworks lit up the skies. Saint Jo Firefighters also hosted their annual fireworks event. (Photo by Trena Henley)
Bowie Community Development Board recently unveiled a new beautification efforts in downtown that decorates up a plain metal box. After getting approval from the Texas Department of Transportation a plastic skin showcasing historic Bowie photos was created and wrapped around the box. This box is located at Smythe and Wise, showing historical photos from this area of downtown. Similar skins are located in windows in downtown.
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