COUNTY LIFE
Pet parade launches Mardi Gras Nocona-Style week
UPDATE – Due to the winter weather this week several events were cancelled or moved. The Knights of Columbus Fish Fry was cancelled. Saturday kid’s parade and Big Parade were moved to 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The 12th annual Mardi Gras Nocona-Style continues through Saturday when the “Big Parade” wraps up festival week.
Hosted by the Nocona Chamber of Commerce along with other community groups, Mardi Gras Nocona-Style kicked off Sunday with the Krewe de Barkus Parade. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for more than a dozen pets and their people in Mary Davis Beckham Park.
A colorful array of entrants strolled around the park. Winners in the large dog category were Maddie Ferguson and Barkley, first place and Brandon Smith with Augie and Daisy in second.
Winners in the small dog group were Caiden Fenoglio and family with Jax, first and Lily Smith with Falcon in second.
On Feb. 23, the Riverstar Casino is joining the fun with a Mardi Gras costume contest starting at 4 p.m. and final voting at 8 p.m. at the casino. The first place winner will receive $500 in bonus play, second place $300 in bonus play and third place $200 in bonus play. Rules can be found at nocona.org/events.
On Feb. 24 the Knights of the Columbus host its annual a fish fry. The dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Justin building.
Weekend activities start Friday with the Krewe de Couyons ATV parade taking off at 5:30 p.m. from The V.
Read about all the scheduled events in your 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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