COUNTY LIFE
Jim Bowie Days wraps up with full weekend of family activities
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
It was a spectacular week of western-style festivities during Jim Bowie Days as families came together to enjoy rodeo, cornhole, a parade and of course the pet parade, turtles and frog contests.
The festival concluded Saturday night with the crowning of the 2023 Miss Jim Bowie Days and Little Miss at the rodeo. Emma Dowling, 18 of Paradise, was crowned the new Miss JBD. Carter Scruggs, 10 of Henrietta, was crowned Little Miss. Both young ladies will represent the festival throughout the next year until the 2024 celebration.
Read the full story with all the results from the final weekend of activities in your mid-week Bowie News. Thank you to Nikki Burns Photography for sharing her queen photos. Watch for more photos Wednesday as well as in Saturday’s edition.
Carter Scruggs salutes after she was named 2023 Little Miss Jim Bowie Days during Saturday night’s rodeo. Photo by Nikki Burns Photography.
Correction – In the mid-week Bowie News, the photo byline under the Miss Jim Bowie Days winners said Nikki Brooks Photography, this is incorrect it should have read Nikki Burns Photography. We apologize for this error.
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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