COUNTY LIFE
Scarecrow contest added to Chicken and Bread Days Sip & Stroll
It is time to mark our heritage with the 25th Annual Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival downtown on the brick streets of Bowie.
Why chicken and bread some may ask? Back in 1904 Mose Johnson and his wife, Mabel, began making history with just $15 and a shoebox full of baby chicks. The M. Johnson Poultry Ranch went on to become the breeders of the World’s Best Laying Strain of Single Comb White Leghorns. At its height, the range was the largest poultry producer in the world.
It is also how the start of our long-standing tradition of Trade Days began. The locals would sell chicken and bread to those stopped at the train depot in downtown. With this pioneering spirit, the tradition of Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival was hatched and is hosted the first Saturday of October each year.
This year Bowie Community Development is coordinating with The Bowie News for a Scarecrow Stroll as the theme for the preview evening Sip & Stroll on Oct. 2 starting at 5 p.m.
There will be horse-drawn carriage rides and mini-open house activities in nearly a dozen locations. Guests can sample wine at the merchants and visit the stores.
Cost for the sip and stroll is $10 for an armband and souvenir glass. Sippers may use a previous Sip & Stroll glass but must purchase an armband. Get the bands early at the BCDB office at 101 E. Pecan.
The board is encouraging all businesses to create unique scarecrows to help represent and promote their business or interest. This contest is open to all interested, not just to those participating in Sip & Stroll.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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