COUNTY LIFE
Beef summit planned on Aug. 20
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a multicounty beef summit on Aug. 20 in Bellevue.
The cost of the summit is $30, which includes lunch. Registration is available online at https://tx.ag/MultiCountyBeefSummit or by emailing Bill Holcombe at bill.holcombe@ag.tamu.edu. The deadline to register is Aug. 15.
The summit will be 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m at the Vashti Community Center, 9345 Farm-to-Market Road 1288.
Counties included in the summit are Archer, Clay, Jack, Montague, Wichita and Wise Counties providing up-to-date information for producers and landowners in the North Texas area.
Topics that will be covered at the summit include: Beef cattle genetics, New World screwworm update, cattle market update, controlling brush in your pasture, parasite management, virtual fencing techniques and experiences, pasture weed management, spray nozzle calibration and pasture, rangeland and rorage insurance.
Speakers include:
- Ron Gill, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension livestock specialist and professor, Department of Animal Science, Chico.
- Jason Johnson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist for management and associate professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stephenville.
- Colton Spencer, range and pasture specialist, Corteva Agriscience, Sherman.
- James Jackson, range and pasture specialist, Alligare, LLC, Stephenville.
- Kevin Przilas, product representative, Merck Animal Health.
- Donnell Brown, R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton.
Three Texas Department of Agriculture general continuing education units will be available with pesticide applicator’s license.
RSVP to j-hansard@tamu.edu or call 940-894-2831 by Aug. 15.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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