NEWS
Chicken and Bread Days welcomes fall
Bowie’s annual Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival filled downtown with a huge crowd Saturday for a day full of activities.
The unique western heritage has become one of Bowie’s most popular events due to its assortment of family activities as it brings in the autumn season.
Youngsters enjoyed numerous events, including the annual pumpkin sweep, an egg toss contest and an egg race. There also were bounce houses available for the kids to enjoy, along with a rock-climbing wall. Youth cheerleaders and gymnasts performed to the delight of a large crowd.
“First of all I would like to express my appreciation to all of our volunteers and their families. Without their commitment and hard work this event would not even be possible along with all of the entities and the city administration and staff,” said Bowie Community Development Director Cindy Roller. “Personally I had a wonderful time at the back-to-back events – our fifth Sip and Stroll and the 23rd annual Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival. My excitement grows with each opportunity to host these events tying us all together as a community.”
The new director’s family joined the fun at their first Chicken and Bread Days experience.
“It was fun to see each of them in their element too – my oldest loved the adorable children at the Kid’s Coop, and my youngest soaked in every note at the Fiddler’s contest,” said Roller. “It really helps to get out in the sunshine and exchange smiles. I love to see happy folks. It makes Bowie more inviting when you emphasis the positive.”
Read the full story inside the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
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