COUNTY LIFE
Get your salsa ready for the melon festival
It’s once again time for the annual Forestburg Watermelon Festival on Aug. 14.
It’s also time to get your salsa entries ready for the festival contest, along with any baked goods or craft items for the Kountry Kitchen and Kraft Store.
Back by popular demand is the salsa contest featuring the tops in local homemade salsa.
Entries will be accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Aug. 14. Salsa should be delivered to the LifeChurch 2:42 building next to the Forestburg Country Store. Judging is by popular vote of the festival patrons after sampling each salsa.
Each contestant must furnish two pints or one quart of salsa for the judging. Salsa must be homemade and can either be canned or fresh.
Salsa will be served at room temperature and safe food handling processes must be followed. The contest will close at 2 p.m. Any salsa remaining after the contest must be picked up by 2 p.m. that day.
First, second and third place winners will receive a “chili pepper” trophy engraved with 2021 Forestburg Watermelon Festival, Salsa Contest and the placement. Winners will be awarded at 2 p.m. the day of the contest.
The festival will once again feature the Kountry Kitchen and Kraft Store open from 9 a.m. – 2p.m. at the LifeChurch building on Main Street next to the Forestburg Country Store.
The Kraft Store will have homemade baked goods and canned goods, as well as an assortment of craft items for sale. Anyone who would like to donate items for the store can bring them between 3-6 p.m. on Aug. 13 or 8:30 -9:30 a.m. Saturday to the LifeChurch Building.
All proceeds from the donated items go to the Forestburg Community Service Club which oversees the community center and the Historic Log Cabin.
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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