COUNTY LIFE
Jim Bowie Days week opens with lots of fun activities
The 55th annual Jim Bowie Days Celebration kicked off in style this past Saturday with the bass tournament and golf scramble, with rodeo action Monday night with 4D barrels and the youth rodeo Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Jim Bowie Bass Tournament was moved to Saturday at Amon Carter Lake. Casey and Jimmy Smith won first with 25.51 pounds of fish including the big bass at 9.62 pounds. See coverage in today’s sports section.
Also on Saturday the second annual golf tournament teed off at Twisted Oaks. Results were unavailable at press time.
Rodeo action for all ages took place as the week opened. The ladies showed their stuff with the 4D barrel races. Youth competitors hit the arena on Tuesday for the youth rodeo. Speed events were Tuesday and roping was scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Mutton bustin’ was set for both nights at 6:30 p.m. Only 10 contestants will be accepted per night, ages six and under.
Barrels, poles and goats were run on Tuesday night in four age groups. Wednesday brings breakaway roping, ribbon roping, tie-down roping and team roping for those age 13 and under and 14-19. Boys and girls compete together with an all around buckle going to the top boy and girl based on combined points from both nights.
Read the full story with the schedule in the mid-week Bowie News.
The May 8 deadline is almost here for the 2024 Keepsake Graduation section produced by The Bowie News. It is the only section where you will see senior photos of every high school in Montague County and Bellevue.
If you want to honor your graduate with a special ad or your business wants to congratulate a working senior, call 872-2247 or print a copy of the submission form at bowienewsonline.com. The section will publish on May 22.
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)
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