COUNTY LIFE
Family making a big leap for faith
By DANI BLACKBURN
When describing themselves, Joey and Jennifer Fluitt use the words “small hometown people” and “steady.”
Not exactly the type you would expect to sell their home and move across the country, but that is exactly what they will be doing as they head to Missouri to begin their life as missionaries.
Joey has lived in Bowie all his life and met wife Jennifer when they were just teenagers. Married 17 years, the couple has three beautiful children: Libby, Judah and Jace. The couple made Bowie their home, where Joey has worked in technology at Legend Bank for 20 years.
The Fluitts are no strangers to local missionary work. When the couple married in 1999, Joey was serving as a youth pastor at First Baptist Montague. He went on to be youth pastor at First Baptist Bellevue and served as interim at First Baptist in Electra before leaving the youth ministry.
They also volunteered for a decade with the Pregnancy Resource Center in Bowie, which Jennifer’s parents helped co-found. Joey gave his time as a member of the board and Jennifer served in various positions, from volunteer to director.
Read the full feature story in the weekend Bowie News.
Pictured: Joey and his wife Jennifer Fluitt, and their children, Libby, Judah and Jace. (Courtesy photo)
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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