COUNTY LIFE
Backpack Buddy Club packs up meals for Thanksgiving
By DANI BLACKBURN
dani@postoakmedia.net
This Thanksgiving 80 students will have a holiday feast thanks to the donations of the Backpack Buddy Club, a ministry at Lighthouse Assembly of God focusing on providing food to economically disadvantaged children.
The ministry expanded about seven years ago to include a holiday meal for the students. The week of Thanksgiving, those students will receive a “grocery bag” with sweet potatoes, stuffing, gravy mix and a voucher for a turkey.
“You can’t stick a frozen turkey in a backpack, so we send the voucher for the family. Usually about 30 of the families, so not all of them, come and pick up their turkey,” said Coordinator Kara Harris. “We have noticed when parents do come by and pick up their turkeys or their Bible at the end of the year, the families are always really thankful. We know they are appreciative.”
The students don’t just benefit at Thanksgiving, but all school year long as a bag of 10 items is discreetly placed in a child’s backpack, filled with items they can cook or eat themselves to help them through the weekend. The ministry serves students at Bowie Elementary, Bowie Intermediate and Gold-Burg school.
Read the full feature in the mid-week News.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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