COUNTY LIFE
Jim Bowie Days activities draw big crowds
While heavy rains caused disruption with the opening days of Jim Bowie Days 2020, the remainder of the week followed tradition as hot and humid, but it didn’t dampen the fun.
As the rodeo entered its final night, 2019 Miss Jim Bowie Days relinquished her crown to Chloe O’Neal the 2020 queen from Keller. Brooke Smith, 2019 Little Miss, handed her crown off to Rylie LaMar of Joy.
O’Neal is the 18-year-old daughter of Colin O’Neal and a sophomore at Blinn College. LaMar is the 13-year-old daughter of Chad and Kellie LaMar and an eighth grader at Henrietta.
Results of the rodeo activities in today’s sports in section B.
During the rodeo the Jim Bowie Days Association also was presented with a plaque from the United Professional Rodeo Association for being ranked 16th of 300 UPRA nationwide rodeos. The plaque states it is from the Cinch URF 2019 United Finals Rodeo, 16th UPRA high paying rodeo, Bowie, TX, $40,320. The JBD board sent out their appreciation to the community for its support.
Read the full story and see all the results and photo coverage in your mid-week Bowie News.
Decee Cornish will bring a dual program for Father’s Day and Juneteenth to the Bowie Parks and Recreation summer recreation program at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on June 12 at the Bowie Community Center.
This program is sponsored by the Texas Commission on the Arts. Stories for Father’s Day will be at 10 a.m. He will share stories about fathers and personal stories. He brings his drums, so there will be music, dancing and songs. Audience participation is encouraged.
The Juneteenth program will be at 1 p.m. He will share historical facts about Juneteenth and help people learn about the 12 freedoms gained by the people of the state on June 19, as well as celebrations and family activities associated with the holiday, and facts from Texas history folklore and tales about Juneteenth.
The cast and crew of “A Family Reunion to Die For,” has been busy rehearsing for their murder mystery dinner theater production on May 30 and May 31.
The reunion soon turns sour with murder at a western-style bed and breakfast in the tropics.
Purchase tickets online at https://www.bowieallianceforeducationandthearts.com/events-1.
Show times are 6:30 p.m. on May 30 and May 31 with an afternoon show at noon on May 31 all at the Freedom Life Church. There will be live and silent auction.
All proceeds benefit Montague County students for scholarships in the arts. Come support these thespians.
Top photo – Rehearsals have been underway this past week for the new murder mystery dinner theater of the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts. (Photos by Barbara Green)
Speed limit changes are being put in place on FM 103 North of Nocona. The 60-mph zone is being pushed North of Grayson Street.
As part of the transition, the 45-mph speed limit will be extended just North of the Texas New Mexico Power Office. Drivers see 50 mph signs up to Grayson Street where it becomes a 60-mph zone.
Portable message boards were placed on FM 103 on May 27 to advise motorists of the upcoming changes. The new signs will be unveiled and be enforceable starting June 3.
Citizens and officials with the City of Nocona requested the changes. They were approved by the Texas Transportation Commission in April.
Drivers should be prepared to watch and observe these new speed limits signs in Nocona. Drive safely in Montague County.
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