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.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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