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.
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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