COUNTY LIFE
Vashti VFD readies April 29 fundraiser
The Vashti Volunteer Fire Department will have its annual fundraiser featuring barbecue brisket beginning at 5 p.m. on April 29 in Vashti (corner of Farm-to-Market 174 and 1288).
Dinner will be smoked brisket and all the trimmings. The price is your donation.
There will be door prizes and music from the King’s Daughters Quartet. A baked good auction starts at 6:30 p.m.
Big prizes to be given away in a drawing include a zero turn Hustler mower and an HP Envy 2N1 laptop. For more call Cliff Underhill at 940-210-1186.
The story published in the April 22 edition of the News had the incorrect date, please note it is April 29, not April 29.
Bowie Community Center presented a concert featuring the music country greats Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash this past Friday night.
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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