COUNTY LIFE
Nocona prepares 66th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo
Nocona goes western this weekend for the 66th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo June 8-9 at Chisholm Trail Arena.
Two young ladies are competing for rodeo queen and two for princess. The winner will be named at Saturday night’s rodeo. Emily Byler the 2017 queen and Rylie Lamar the 2017 princess will pass their titles to the new royalty. Queen contestants are ages 13-18 and princess is 12 and under.
The rodeo weekend also is highlighted by the rodeo parade at 4 p.m. on June 9. Theme for the parade, coordinated by the Nocona Chamber of Commerce, is “The Red, White and Blue.”
Cash prizes and entry tickets for Saturday night’s rodeo performance and dance will go to the first and second place winners of the parade. Categories include youth, civic group, church group, business, sports team, riding club and other.
Maddie Ferguson and Hannah Detweiler are the rodeo queen candidates, while Rylie Berend and Karagan Ritchie are running for rodeo princess.
Read the full story and more about the rodeo in your weekend News.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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