COUNTY LIFE
Wise Hope names new executive director
As in all great stories, as one chapter ends, another begins; so it is for Wise Hope Shelter & Crisis Center.
The Wise Hope board of directors is pleased to announce the selection of Janice Watkins as Wise Hope’s new executive director, effective Feb. 1, 2019.
Watkins is assuming the position following the retirement of Pat Slayton at the end of January.
Watkins is a resident of Decatur and graduate of Texas Woman’s University with a bachelor of science in family studies.
She began working with Wise Hope as a practicum student in August 2015 and joined the organization full-time in May 2016 as primary prevention specialist.
She also has served as volunteer coordinator for the past year.
In her position as primary prevention specialist she worked with school districts to present the Healthy Relationship curriculum to students from elementary through high school.
Watkins has worked alongside the organization’s senior leadership and with key stakeholders to provide continuity for Wise Hope’s domestic violence and sexual assault programs during the leadership transition.
Wise Hope’s Montague County office is located at 1123 Hwy 59 in Bowie.
The Wise Hope Shelter & Crisis Center 24-hour hotline can be reached at 940-531-4003. All contacts are confidential.
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)
Enjoy an all-you-can-eat breakfast and support the Bowie Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels program on April 27.
Serving will be 7:30 to 10 a.m. in the center at 501 Pelham. For $10 feast on biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage, pancakes, scrambled eggs and hash browns, plus coffee, tea and orange juice.
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