COUNTY LIFE
Bowie, Nocona VFW members plan Memorial Day ceremonies
Montague County veterans will be celebrating Memorial Day with ceremonies in Bowie and Nocona on Monday.
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America.
Bowie Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8789 and its ladies auxiliary will conduct holiday ceremonies on May 29 in honor of Memorial Day.
The holiday begins at 7 a.m. with a breakfast meeting with veterans at Advanced Rehabilitation and Health Care. A flag raising will follow at 8 a.m.
At 10 a.m. there will be a flag ceremony at the Bowie Walmart Store conducted by Boy Scout Troop 116.
At 2 p.m. on Memorial Day there will the post will dedicate the memorial sidewalk bricks that were recently installed followed by a ribbon cutting.
At 2:30 p.m. the Boy Scouts will conduct the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Table Ceremony.
The Nocona VFW Post and Auxiliary will have a ceremony at the Nocona Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Monday.
Frank Strickler, a Ringgold Air Force veteran, will be the speaker. The Girl Scouts will do the National Anthem.
Refreshments will be served afterward at the post home. The public is welcome to attend.
The May 8 deadline is almost here for the 2024 Keepsake Graduation section produced by The Bowie News. It is the only section where you will see senior photos of every high school in Montague County and Bellevue.
If you want to honor your graduate with a special ad or your business wants to congratulate a working senior, call 872-2247 or print a copy of the submission form at bowienewsonline.com. The section will publish on May 22.
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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