COUNTY LIFE
2026 Montague County Youth gets underway with home ec and Leadership Day
The 2026 Montague County Youth Fair got underway Tuesday with home economics and leadership day judging.
Those were two of the show date changes made this year for the fair, along with the swine show and ag. mechanics judging moved to Jan. 9, both in the Nocona Agriculture Center.
This year’s fair welcomed 1,074 entries from 322 youth from across Montague County.
The premium sale remains on Jan. 10 at the ag. center. The home economic silent auction runs 5 to 5:30 p.m. in the show barn and closes at 8 p.m.
Showmanship buckles and Leadership Day Awards will be presented prior to the start of the premium sale at 6 p.m.
Jan. 7 featured the poultry show with breeding hen, breeding roosters and market broilers competing. Dairy cattle’s show followed along with the lamb show for breeding and market entries and the goats, breeding and market.
The All Together Show welcomed special needs students from across the county to walk in the show ring with a pet or animal entry. Many were assisted by fellow fair competitors or their siblings.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
(Top photo) Students in the speaking and skill-a-thon events for Leadership Day kicked off competition for the youth fair on Tuesday. Home Economics judging also got underway. (News photo by Barbara Green)
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News and watch for all the winners in next week’s edition.
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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