COUNTY LIFE
Tornado relief benefit Monday in Bowie
“Texas Tunes for Tornado Relief” comes to Bowie’s Pelham Park on June 29 to raise funds for disaster relief in the community.
Bowie was devastated by a May 22 F1 tornado destroying and damaging more than 400 homes and businesses. Now is the time to help out and have a fun evening.
Bring your lawn chairs, your dollars and get ready for a great time at the city pool pavilion area from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
All the activities are free, but participants will be asked to make a donation. Money will go into the disaster relief fund set up at Legend Bank in Bowie. For more about the fund or to donate go to: bowietexasedc.com.
The summer evening looks to be great fun with games, music and food.
Live music for the evening in order of appearance will include: Victory Church and Jackson Blaylock, Jennifer Harris, Mark Murphey and Friends, program to honor first responders, Kevin Polk, Kim Williams and Kara Kehoe and Monty Dawson.
Activities will include eight water slides, four inflatable games, corn hole, cross net, face painting and a dunk tank with “Dunk the Pastor” and other celebrities. There will be free swimming at the pool from 7-9 p.m. in 35-minute increments with a limit of 175 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
There will be food and drinks, along with a live and silent auction that will feature a Traeger Grill.
To be COVID-19 safe social distancing will be practiced and wear a mask to protect those around you. All children must be supervised.
Those with questions may contact Coordinator Jarae Scruggs at 841-1212.
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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