COUNTY LIFE
Chicken & Bread schedule of events
Oct. 2
Scarecrow Stroll Sip & Stroll, 5-8 p.m., purchase armbands at BCDB office, 101 E. Pecan or at participating merchants.
Oct. 3
8 a.m.: Vendor setup, Main Stage, Tarrant and Smythe Streets
9 – 10 a.m.: Fiddler’s Contest Registration, Bowie Fire Hall – 203 Walnut Street
10 a.m.: Championship Fiddler’s Contest begins, Bowie Fire Hall.
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Piston Heads Auto Club Antique and Classic Car Show, Tarrant St. between Mason and Smythe
10:15 a.m.: Heroes of the Old West Gunfighter shows, next to the fire hall. Shows at 12:45 p.m. and 3 p.m.
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.:
Heritage Market – food vendors, food trucks, crafts, gifts, décor and more. Plaza area on Smythe Street. Horse drawn carriage rides will be offered.
Kid’s Coop inflatables, bank parking lot near Smythe.
Art exhibit sponsored by Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts, Bowie Public Library
Live performances
10:30 a.m.: Monty Dawson Band
11 a.m. – Noon: Casting Out – Kenny Bingham
12:15 p.m.: Bowie Youth Cheerleaders (fifth and sixth graders)
12:30 p.m.: Rise Performing Arts Center Youth Dancers
1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Richard Beverage Band
2:30 p.m.: Bowie Youth Cheerleaders
2:45 p.m.: Bowie Intermediate singers (fourth and fifth grades)
Pumpkin Sweep /Egg Toss/Stick Horse Races in front of Main Stage
Awards
3:20 p.m.: Piston Heads Auto Club Awards
3:30 p.m.: Art exhibit awards reception, Bowie Library
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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