COUNTY LIFE
Schedule of events for We are Bowie Strong(er) Street Fest, May 22
Festival schedule, downtown Bowie – Smythe and Wise.
2 p.m. – Vendors set up on main stage, 100 block of Smythe and Creative Cakes parking lot.
4 p.m. – Piston Heads Auto Club Antique Show & Shine, Bowie Fire Department flies a giant American flag and the colors are posted by 4-H students.
4:10 p.m. – Opening prayer, Bro. John Little, Bowie Police Department chaplain and pastor Victory Church. Opening remarks from Mayor Gaylynn Burris.
4:20 p.m. – Musical entertainment from Rondall and Judy Duncan, Bud and Pat Hooper, Tom Salata, Doyle Shaw and fiddling accompaniment, Doris McGuffey, all at the Main Stage on Smythe Street.
5 p.m. – Rise Performing Arts Center Youth Dancers (two sets to perform). Main Stage
5:35 p.m. – Mayor Burris presents a look back at the EF-1 tornado and recovery. Remarks from Bowie Chamber of Commerce President Kory Hooks reflects on behalf of the membership. Main Stage.
5:45 p.m. – Music from Kim Cantwell and Kim Williams along with Don Wade. Main Stage.
6:15 p.m. – Rise Performing Arts Center Youth Dancers (two sets).
6:45 p.m. – Huge live version of musical chairs. Bring your own lawn chairs.
7-9 p.m. – Live performance and dance featuring Melissa Brooke, Texas native singer placing in the Top 15 of the Texas Country Music Charts.
8:28 p.m. – Recovery honors, Bowie Community Development featuring those impacted by the EF-1 tornado and those recovering reunite reunion for the moment when the storm sirens sounded.
Everyone is invited to join the community at this free event. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy downtown Bowie.
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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