COUNTY LIFE
‘Scarecrow Stroll’ opens C&B; music, fun, food await
One of Bowie’s largest and most popular festivals celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with activities across two days to entertain the entire family.
Fiddlers will play for the top prize, artists will showcase their work, visitors will stroll the merchants and youngsters will play games until their heart’s content.
Chicken and Bread Days celebrates the unique history of Bowie where enterprising young people sold chicken and biscuits to passengers on the trains as the 1900s opened. Also in 1904 Mose Johnson and his wife, Mabel, launched their poultry ranch which at its height was the largest in Bowie and headquartered here. It was that pioneering spirit that helped Bowie grow and develop.
Friday
Festival fun gets underway Friday night with the Scarecrow Stroll as the theme for Sip & Stroll from 5 to 8 p.m. Businesses were invited to create a unique scarecrow just for their business showcasing its operation. Everyone was invited to stuff a scarecrow and help decorate Bowie for visitors.
Read the full story and see the schedule of events in the mid-week Bowie 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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