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Eagle Scout project installs flag retirement urn at VFW Post

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Robert Hagen’s Eagle Project consisted of constructing an urn for placing ashes of retired U.S. Flags. On June 14, Hagen led Troop 116 in building the urn from steel pipe, plate steel and a collar and lid. All materials were purchased from scrap metal yards. The urn was placed in a hole, in front of the VFW Post 8789 on Nelson Street. Afterward, members of the VFW Post and Troop 116 gathered for a flag retirement ceremony. The retired flag was ceremoniously burned and the ashes were interred in the urn. A stone marker will be placed next to the opening of the urn. Troop 116 plans to have several flag retirement ceremonies a year, to properly retire flags that have served the community.

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Fall clean-up days slated

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Volunteers will be in downtown Bowie Sept. 17 and 18 for a clean-up and decorate event for upcoming fall activities.
Bowie Community Development will be coordinating this work in preparation for Chicken and Bread Days and other activities. Volunteers will gather at 4 p.m. on Sept. 17 and 8 p.m. on Sept. 18.
Those who want to clean up during the day are certainly welcome as Bowie gets ready for fall.

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Nocona Indians ready for homecoming activities

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Nocona High School homecoming will be the week of Sept. 9-13.
Members of the homecoming court were announced this week and will be crowned on Friday. The king will be named at the pep rally at noon and the queen during halftime.
Senior queen nominees are: Graci Brown, Jessie Howard, Avery Crutsinger and Megyn Meekins. Senior king nominees are: Jake Pribble, Caden Gaston, Jackson Brown and Kasch Johnson.
The Indians play S&S at 7 p.m. The band performs at 6:30 p.m. The volleyball varsity plays Lindsay at 4:30 p.m.
Due to the burn band there will be “nonfire” festivities on Sept. 11 at Mary Beckman Davis Park. There will be food trucks starting at 6:30 p.m. followed by a decorated ATV-golf cart parade.
Decorate your entry and line up at the post office at 7:15 p.m. The pep rally will be at 8 p.m. in the downtown park.

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Wednesday marks 23rd anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

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It was the deadliest terror attack to ever take place on U.S. soil. On Sept. 11, 2001, conspirators from the al-Qaida Muslim militant group seized control of jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles, hitting the trade center’s twin towers and the Pentagon. The fourth plane was headed for Washington but crashed near Shanksville after crew members and passengers tried to storm the cockpit.

The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, reconfigured national security policy and spurred a U.S. “war on terror” worldwide.

Today marks the 23rd remembrance of this heart-breaking day that changed America. Please take a moment today to thank those who ran into the buildings and fires, and remember those who did not return home that day.

The World Trade Center towers burn after planes crashed into them. The buildings would collapse a short time later.

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