COUNTY LIFE
Bowie man receives NCTC Foundation service award
The North Central Texas College Foundation had its annual Starlite Gala on March 1 honoring individuals and organizations that have given of their time and resources to further NCTC and their local communities.
The Starlite Gala was at the Embassy Suites Convention Center in Denton and more than 400 guests were in attendance.
The F.M. Hemphill Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor that can be granted to graduates and former students of NCTC. The NCTC Alumni and Friends established this award twenty-five years ago, fittingly named in honor of the college’s distinguished president of the Class of 1926.
This year’s F.M. Hemphill Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to the late Lieutenant Colonel Thadd Harrison Blanton in memoriam. Steve Gordon, who conducted the research on Blanton and submitted his nomination, was present to accept the award.
The service award for Montague County went to Jerry “JR” Rogers.
Rogers is very involved both personally and professionally in the Bowie community. He works with his employees to participate and coordinate many local and countywide community service projects. He is active in the Bowie Rotary community activities including serving as a dictionary sponsor and volunteer, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, collecting food for the Bowie Mission and the blood drives.
He also serves as a Leadership Montague County mentor for business leaders. He has been instrumental in the annual golf tournament as a scholarship fundraiser. He also participated in the very first Dancing to the Stars event hosted by the NCTC Foundation and the Bowie Rotary Club and he actually won the People’s Choice Award. This event raises scholarship funds for NCTC students. Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie 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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