COUNTY LIFE
Free children’s fair Saturday
The Montague County Child Welfare Board will have its third annual Children’s Fair on Sept. 30.
Fair activities will be at the Dave Wiley Memorial Arena, 1600 West FM 455 at the Montague Cowboy Church.
The fun run begins at 9 a.m. and the children’s fair will be from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
“A fun and exciting day of activities are planned for the entire family,” said Lorra Lierly, board chairman.
There will be bounce houses, face painting, rock climbing, free throw contest, fun run, a mechanical bull and more.
Admission is free and the only cost will be food items. There will be food items from the chuck wagons and a concession stand.
Large groups of children should bring adequate supervision. All children can be entered in a drawing for prizes at the child welfare booth.
Enjoy the celebrity wild goat milking contest between local ministers and civic leaders.
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)
Swim lessons for youngsters of all ages were conducted the past two weeks at the city pool. It was a good place to be during this summer heat. See more photos in the weekend News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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