COUNTY LIFE
TxDOT prepares hearings on Hwy 82 widening project
It was 1972 when the State of Texas highway department officials promised to widen the section of U.S. Highway 82 that spans Montague County from Cooke to Clay County.
Almost 50 years later the Texas Department of Transportation has scheduled public hearings to unveil preliminary environmental assessment documents.
The first meeting on June 24 will be in Henrietta at the Holeman Center, 211 N. Clay Street. The open house will be from 5-6 p.m. and the formal public hearing from 6-7 p.m.
The second hearing will be on June 25 at the Veranda Inn Events Center, 1528 U.S. Highway 82. The open house will be from 5-6 p.m. and the formal public hearing from 6-7 p.m.
During the ensuing years since 1972 the Nocona Chamber of Commerce, City of Nocona and local residents have made numerous pushes to get the project on the schedule of work, but it has never fully been completed. In 1972 officials from the Texas Department of Transportation approached Montague County officials about securing right-of-ways and widening the road. Read the story in your weekend Bowie News.
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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