COUNTY LIFE
Saint Jo prepares to welcome Santa to the Square Saturday
Santa on the Square will be presented by the Saint Jo Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 8.
Activities begin at 2 p.m. with the living nativity scene on the square, along with crafts for the children, a 42 Tournament and a parade, along with the arrival of the Big Guy from the north.
Visitors can stop in the local museums including the Stonewall Saloon and Ordnance Museum, shop at the local stores and dine at the restaurants.
A scavenger hunt will begin at Davis & Blevins. Tickets also are being sold for prize drawings that include a rifle and a mixer. Tickets will be sold from 2 to 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 by the gazebo.
Throughout the day there will be horse-drawn carriage rides. Family Christmas photos will be available for free on the square along with the traditional photos with Santa. Those will be offered from 2 to 4 p.m. near the gazebo. Crafts for the kids will be in the civic center.
Choirs will perform in the gazebo from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
The parade rolls at 4:30 p.m. Enjoy cookies, hot chocolate and coffee provided by the Century Club. Santa will be available to visit with the children for photos and to hand out goodie bags.
Read the full story in the mid-week 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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