NEWS
Outdoor music park festival moves indoors
Due to the weather forecast for rainfall on Saturday, the third annual Music in the Park event has been moved inside the community center on June 13.
Bonnie Kinder, event coordinator, said the park area would be a muddy mess if it rains, so they feel better moving it inside to go on as planned. Chairs will be available inside.
This free musical evening will feature a unique array of musical talent to entertain the guests. This festival is hosted by the Bowie Community Center and R&K Sound Company.
Music in the Park is free, but there is a $5 cooler charge. Food trucks will be on site and beer sales will be available through a local restaurant.
Live music begins at 4:30 p.m. with the opening acts of Jesse Wadsworth, Thad Murphy and the Monty Dawson Band of Bowie. The Lowdown Drifters will be headliner bringing their American country rock style to Bowie. In 2025, The Lowdown Drifters were honored as Americana Artist of the Year at the Texas Country Music Awards YouTube.
If you want to start Saturday early, pull on your sneakers and take part in the Music Festival 5K run/walk. The run is 8 a.m. on June 13 at Pelham Park Pavilion.
The run-walk is open to all paces and all ages. Early packet pickup is 3-6 p.m. on June 12. Chip-timed by Styles Performance. Charity proceeds will go to Pregnancy Resource Center.
Cost to enter is $35. Participants will receive a finisher medal and T-shirt. Find the QR code to register on the Bowie Community Development Board or Bowie Community Center Events Facebook pages.
Top photo – The Low Down Drifters are the headliner act for the festival. (Courtesy photo)
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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