COUNTY LIFE
Chicken-scratch Sip & Stroll with Me locations
The 28th annual Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival will open with the Chicken scratch-theme Sip & Stroll with Me on Oct. 8 as 35 participating locations serve up goodies for strollers.
Sip & Stroll is from 5-8 p.m. on Oct. 6. The evening will include a preview of talented fiddlers jamming downtown and there will be horse-drawn carriage rides available. Guests may purchase an armband for $10 and receive a souvenir glass, which gets you a tasting at the location. You are welcome to use a previous glass, but you must have an armband available at the merchants or the community development office.
Those included are: Rustic Rose Furniture & Treasures at 218 N. Mason Street, Belle Rose Boutique at 222 N. Mason Street, Thrift Angels Thrift Store at 215 N. Mason Street, Rustic Wings at 209 N. Mason Street, The Wildflower Downtown at 205 N. Mason Street, H&R Block at 201 N. Mason Street, Bowie Smoke Shop +CBD and Cigar Bar at 103 E. Wise Street, LaBelle Vintage Mall at 113 E. Wise Street, Rooted Souls Studio/The Getaway Wellness Clinic at 102 W. Tarrant Street, Brandi’s Hair Salon at 104 W. Tarrant Street, J&M Designs trailer at N. Smythe Street, Broke Gals Boutique at 304 N. Smythe, Dusty Denim Boutique at N. Smythe Street, Clearwater Pools & Service at 219 N. Smythe Street, Mattress & More at 217 N. Smythe Street, Wheat Jewelry Design, Texas Gals Creative, and Cowboys & Heifers on Smythe Street vendors, A Cottage Florist & Gifts at 203 N. Smythe Street, Homestyle Collective at 206 N. Smythe Street, True Health & Fitness at 208 N. Smythe Street, Wise Street Mercantile and Patio Tacos food truck at 111 W. Wise Street, Silver Bullet Web Solutions/Cross M Beet/Studio 81 at 120 W. Wise Street, Beauty Bar + Co at 116 W. Wise Street upstairs, Hat Rack Hair Styles at 122 N. Mason Street, ReBoot Tech Repair at 118 N. Mason Street, Upper Room Music Studio at 120 N. Mason Street, Kimber Creek Gift Store at 108 N. Mason Street, Sister Act Connection at 106 N. Mason Street, Lisa’s She Shed at 105 N. Mason Street, and Maddox Legacy Hat Store at 103 N. Mason Street.
More fun is on the horizon for downtown Bowie with the changing of the seasons as the staff and volunteer of Bowie Community Development bring more activities starting with Harvest Sip & Stroll on Oct. 4, the night before Chicken and Bread Days.
Harvest Sip & Stroll With Me welcomes more than 20 participating merchants that will join fiddlers, horse-drawn carriage rides and a cool fall harvest photobooth for strollers to enjoy.
It is just $15 for Sip armband which includes a commemorative souvenir Sip glass. Previous strollers are encouraged to bring their past Sip glass as supplies are limited. See what is new and true to downtown Bowie along with many other popup shops. All proceeds go to the beautification projects for City of Bowie Community Development.
Cindy Roller, BCD director, invites strollers to find those perfect treasures: Jewelry, refreshments, apparel, shoes, fun hat bars, leather works, antiques, 3D printing and electronics, local beef and much more. Dine in Bowie while enjoying this fun event.
Read the full story on the Harvest Sip & Stroll in your weekend Bowie News.
Do you have unwanted computer components such a desktops computers, laptop computers, LCD monitors, keyboards, mice, scanners, printers, battery back-up units, etc., that you don’t know how to dispose of properly?
If so, members of the Montague Emergency Communications Team can help as they host the annual Computer Recycling Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 12 at the Bowie City hall parking lot.
The team will recycle your unwanted computer components and insure they are disposed of properly, in an environmentally friendly manner. They also will insure any computer hard drives are destroyed, thus preventing anyone from gaining access to personal information which may be left in the memory.
They also can accept sealed lead acid (SLA), nickel cadmium (NiCad), nickel metal hydride (NiMH) and lithium ion (Li-Ion) batteries for recycling. They cannot accept computer monitors or TV with cathod ray tubes.
This is a public service being offered at no cost to the community. Any proceeds will benefit the Montague County Emergency Communications Team and the Montague County SKYWARN program. For additional details email [email protected].
“Rhymin at the Justin” poetry, prose and tall tales will be presented in conjunction with Art of the Song Music and Art Festival on Oct. 12.
The event will begin at 1 p.m. at the Justin Building in downtown Nocona. There are 12 slots and only a few left to sign-up to participate. All names after that will be put on a waiting list.
Call or text Larry Lemons at 940-366-5782 to register.
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