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Dean and Christal Shaffer with their son Miles. (Photo by Barbara Green)

By BARBARA GREEN
When Miles Shaffer woke up after his June heart transplant, he laid his hands on his chest and could feel the thump, thump of his new heart.
He wondered, should I call it “my heart?” He was unsure and overcome with tears of gratefulness for this special gift he had been given.
At the age of 18 Miles Shaffer was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, a daunting directive no matter your age. Ten years later he is recovering from a June 16 heart transplant.
Health hurdles were nothing new to this young man, who had already come to terms with a disease that came on when he was an adolescent and would eventually put him into a wheelchair – a form of Muscular Dystrophy.

Read the full feature on this young man’s recovery in the weekend News.

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Eric Steinkopff and Christie Craddock perform “Made you look” at Dancing to the Stars 2023. See photos and coverage in the mid-week Bowie News. This couple won the People’s Choice Award. Please click on the red box arrow to watch this brief video.

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CASA Red River plans ‘Flirty ’40s’ fundraiser for April 15

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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Court Appointed Special Advocates celebrates their 40th anniversary serving the Red River area and will host a “Flirty ‘40s” party on April 15 at the Forum in Wichita Falls to mark the event and raise funds for the program.
The night will be filled with music from the Special Edition Band, food, desserts, a bar, prizes and casino games including poker, craps, blackjack and more. This fundraiser has been presented since 2017.
There are various sponsorship levels from platinum at $1,500 to gold at $600. General admission is $125. The party will be at the Forum. To learn more call CASA’s office at 940-766-0552 or stop by 808 Austin Street.
Proceeds go to the expenses of volunteers, office operations and essentially keeping the doors open and the volunteers on the road to help children.
CASA was established in Wichita Falls in 1983 and other communities have been added to its service area, including Montague County in 2017. CASA partnered with the Montague County Child Welfare Board several years ago to purchase a property that services as Patsy’s House in Bowie. Youngsters and their families can meet with CASA staff and law enforcement in a safe, non-threatened environment as possible abuse cases are investigated. Training also takes place in this office.

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Bowie City Council to consider infrastructure work, new Selma Park host

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Members of the Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on March 27 to consider a variety of topics from a Selma Park host and an infrastructure project for a new business.
A request from Public Works Director Stony Lowrance will see $25,000 from the infrastructure fund for a water line to serve the new Family Dollar/Dollar Tree store at 1601 State Highway 59.
City Manager Bert Cunningham said they will tap into an eight-inch line at Roach using a six to provide service for a new fire hydrant.
The present hydrant is on a four-inch line which is not allowed today according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Cunningham said in the future the service could tap into the larger line, but he anticipates for now it will service the fire hydrant.

Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.

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