COUNTY LIFE
The red, white and blue rodeo welcome buntings are decorating Bowie so it must be time for Jim Bowie Days.
The 56th annual Jim Bowie Days Rodeo and Celebration begins this weekend and runs June 18-25 with a full week of activities for the entire family. Here is a rundown of some of the week’s early events.
Festivities open on June 18 with the Jim Bowie Days Golf Scramble.
The popular bass tournament hits the waters of Lake Amon G. Carter with sign-up starting at 5 a.m. on June 19 at the Selma Park boat ramp. The first cast flies at 6 a.m.
The Jim Bowie Days Parade rolls at 10:30 a.m. on June 25. Entries for the parade are due June 17 and there is no fee to enter.
Prizes will go to the first place winners in the categories of business, equestrian riding club, youth or sports organization and civic/church group. Everyone is invited to ride a horse, decorate their bicycle or create a float.
Margin Latham, longtime resident and community volunteer, will serve as Jim Bowie Days Parade Grand Marshal. A Bowie native, she is the daughter of Col. Oran C. and Nell Stovall. Her “pop” served in World War II and during his army career the family lived away from Bowie before returning to when Margin was a sophomore in high school.
She graduated from Texas Woman’s University as a dietetic major going to work at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. She married Max Gordon Latham, M.D. and they had a private practice in Sulphur Springs where she was chief dietician at the new hospital and Max went into family practice. After raising their three children Margin became involved in local politics as the first woman elected to the local school board, then planning and zoning, city council and mayor, also the first woman to be elected. She also went on to serve on six state-appointed boards.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
UPDATE – The Jim Bowie Bass Tournament has changed its weigh-in time from 2 to 1 p.m.
Area school districts are busy getting ready to start the new year and have scheduled Meet the Teacher events.
The staff of Forestburg Independent School District has set Meet the Teacher for 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 1. The first day of school is Aug. 6.
Gold-Burg ISD will have Meet the Teacher at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 1 with Meet the Bears to follow at 6:30 p.m. First day of school is Aug. 6.
Bowie schools will host Meet the Teacher on Aug. 5, just two days before the first day of school on Aug. 7.
Families are invited to visit the elementary and intermediate schools 5-6:30 p.m. on Aug. 5 and 6-7:30 p.m. at the junior and senior high schools. Registration must be complete to receive a schedule, help will be available.
Montague School’s Meet the Teacher is 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 5, also two days before the first day on Aug. 7.
Students can meet the staff, drop off supplies, decorate their lockers and tour the school. Schedules for the fourth-eighth graders will be in their labeled lockers. There is a mandatory parent athletic meeting at 5 p.m. in the new gym.
Nocona ISD Meet the Teacher will be on Aug. 5, two days before the first day on Aug. 7. Families can visit the elementary 4-5:30 p.m. and middle school 4:30-6 p.m.
Prairie Valley School Meet the Teacher is on Aug. 6, two days before the first day on Aug. 8. The traditional pep rally and welcome for the Bulldogs will be 5:30-6 p.m. in the gym with visits to the classrooms from 6-7 p.m.
Saint Jo’s Meet the Teacher will be on Aug. 8 with the lower grades 5:30-6:15 p.m. and 5-5:45 p.m. for junior and senior high students. Schedule distribution also will take place for the secondary level. First day of school is Aug. 14.
Bellevue School students will have Meet the Teacher at 6 p.m. on Aug. 12. First day of school is Aug. 15.
A little more than one week into the filing period for the Nov. 5 city and school board elections, only a few candidates have turned in their application.
Filing began July 22 and will continue through Aug. 19. All three incorporated cities in the county will have elections, along with all the school districts.
See the full list of who is up for election and who has filed in the mid-week Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie Rotary Club will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. t0 2 p.m. on Aug. 8. The Carter BloodCare Bus will be at 705 E. Greenwood.
Visit the Carter BloodCare – Donor Portal https://www.greatpartners.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/149578 to set up a donation time.
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