COUNTY LIFE
Pared down Mardi Gras Nocona Style this Saturday
Mardi Gras Nocona Style will be celebrated in a one-day event on Feb. 13.
For the past 10 years Nocona has put its own twist on the festivities celebrating with a different parade across three days of food, music and parades; but for the 11th year thanks to the pandemic there will be one big parade at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Nocona invites everyone to “Keep Calm and Mardi Gras on!”
The children and canines who usually have their own parade are invited to walk at the front of the big parade from the post office to the downtown park.
The other big change is no items may be thrown from the parade entries which includes the popular Mardi Gras beads. Participants are asked to wear masks, use hand sanitizer and practice social distancing.
Call the chamber at 825-3526 with questions or follow the Mardi Gras Nocona Style Facebook page for any schedule updates.
Pony rides will be in the park and a photo booth will be in the H.J. Justin Community Room.
A Veteran’s Outreach program will be 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the VFW at 100 Baylor Street. It is presented by Montague County Veteran’s Service office. Call 894-6171 for questions.
The Nocona VFW will have a pancake breakfast starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday. There will be a Knights of Columbus fish fry at 5 p.m. in the Justin Building on Saturday.
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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