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Golf proves to be an escape

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Most options for organized physical activity are unavailable during this time of social distancing, a lot of golf courses across the state are still open.
With Governor Greg Abbott calling the sport part of the essential activities that were not prohibited in his executive order on Tuesday, a lot of courses across the state are remaining open for the time being.
Bowie’s Twisted Oaks Golf Club is one of those that has stayed open.
The operators put up rules last week that prevented more than one golfer to a cart unless they arrived together, no congregating in the clubhouse or porch area, limiting touching of the flag stick, encouraging hand sanitizer and several other rules.
The full list is posted around the course and on the Twisted Oaks Facebook page.
“We are doing everything we can to keep the course and activity safe for people and encourage practice social distancing,” co-owner Kasey Denson said.
Denson is worried some people will condemn the course for remaining open during this time, but locals have appreciated having the activity available to them to help escape as some members have had their lives turned upside down.
“The course has been a place for everyone, including myself, to just get away and get outside,” Riley Harris said. “It’s not only a place to play, but a place where everyone can go out to have fun and relax in these hard times we are in while still practicing social distancing.”
Harris is a senior at Bowie High School who had his school golf season cut short due to the current environment.
Nocona’s Indian Oaks Golf Course has closed its pro shop. While locals with their own golf carts will probably be able to sneak in some rounds, admitted City Manager Lynn Henley, but the course will be officially closed.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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President unveils plan to open up America again

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President Donald Trump on Thursday presented a three-phase plan to reopen America again, but it the decisions on how states proceed with those guidelines will remain with the state governors.
During a lengthy press conference the president called the recommendations, “the next front in our war, which is called opening up America again.” Surrounded by his pandemic task force, Trump explained the strategies will be based on hard, verifiable data and benchmarks must be met at each phase. He continued it is implementable on a statewide or county-by-county basis at the discretion of each state’s governor.
As of Thursday more than 32,000 people had died from Coronavirus in the United States. In addition, more than 22 million people have filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance during the last four weeks as the job market in every sector of the economy has been devastated by the pandemic and the resulting restrictions.
Before implementing any of these guidelines a “gating” criteria must be met by the state or the region. It includes a downward trajectory of documented case within a 14-day period or a downward trajectory of positive tests as a percent of total tests with a 14-day period (flat or increasing volume of tests) as well as hospital preparedness, which includes treating all patients without crisis care and a robust testing program in place for at-risk healthcare workers including emerging antibody testing.
The guidelines, it was reported, represent the “consensus of medical professionals,” including Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus response coordinator; Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert and Dr. Stephen Hahn, head of the Food and Drug Administration.

Click on the link below to read the full plan to reopen America.

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Read the full story on the guidelines and response from Texas Governor Greg Abbott from his Friday news conference in the weekend Bowie News.

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Sunset area virus patient dies late Friday afternoon

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Montague County experienced its first death from the Coronavirus Friday as Dr. Delbert McCaig, county health authority, reported a Sunset area patient died Friday while being treated in Wise County.
McCaig said it was very sad news to report, especially in light of other patients who have now been cleared. The 68-year-old patient was taken by ambulance to Wise Regional on April 15 and died April 17. He added they didn’t even know about it until now, explaining the only address on the state report was a post office box in Sunset.
As of Friday noon the county had seen a total of six positive cases of the virus. All three patients from Nocona are now cleared and no longer contagious along with one in Silver Lakes. One case at Ringgold earlier this week turned out to be a Wichita County resident who has a farm in Ringgold and was moved to that city’s stats.
The case of a Saint Jo patient who tested positive outside the county remains open, said McCaig, as the Department of Health Services has not been able to confirm the Saint Jo case based on the address and phone number presented by the person when they went to Denton Mid-Cities for testing. It will remain open until he is found.
There are two other pending cases where patients have been taken to hospitals in Wichita Falls and Decatur for treatment and awaiting test results.

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One new positive case reported today at Ringgold

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COVID-19 UPDATE – Montague County added one more positive COVID-19 case today as County Health Authority Dr. Delbert McCaig said the case was reported to him this afternoon by state officials and involves a person at Ringgold. This makes a total of six cases, plus one more positive for a patient reportedly at Saint Jo, but state officials have told McCaig they have not been able to confirm the person is at the address listed and the phone number does not respond.

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