COUNTY LIFE
Halloween Festivities Readied
Trick or Treaters are ready to dress up and fill their baskets as annual fall and Halloween festivities get started. Montague Independent School District has scheduled its annual Fall Festival from 6-8 p.m. on Oct. 26 in the new gym.
There will be fun for the entire family with games, a bounce house, silent auction, bingo, a haunted house, cake, walk, sweet shop and a concession stand with burgers and hot dogs. All proceeds go directly back to the students in the school.
On Oct. 28, enjoy Trick-or-Treat night in Bowie, and don’t forget to stop by Family Fun Night from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, 204 Decatur. Events will include trunk-or-treat, hot dogs and chips. First Baptist Church Bowie also returns its trunk-or-treat from 5:30-7 p.m. The night of family fun includes free candy, popcorn and hot cider at the church’s main entrance at the corner of E. Tarrant and Cooper St.
Also that night, enjoy the Fall Festival and Haunted House by Bowie Class of 2024 at Bowie Junior High School. Activities include games, a bounce house, cake walk, live and silent auctions, face painting and concessions. Cost is $5 entry and $10 punch card. Proceed benefit Project Graduation 2024.
Over in Nocona, guests can enjoy the Clay Street Fall Festival in downtown Nocona from 1-3 p.m., including a costume contest and games, plus trunk-or-treat.
On Oct. 31, trick-or-treat in Saint Jo. The Saint Jo Volunteer Fire Department will hand out candy beginning at 5 p.m. at the station. Share in the fun at the annual Trunk-or-Treat in Saint Jo on the square from 4;30-6:30 p.m., or until all candy is gone. Nocona also will conduct its trick-or-treat night on Oct. 31.
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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