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Gold-Burg must endure three on road to start
By ERIC VICCARO
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This marks the first season for the Gold-Burg High School football team under head coach Jay Johnson.
When Johnson was a football player at Azusa Pacific University in California, he had the daunting task of replacing former star running back Christian Okoye. Taking over the Bears is familiar territory for him.
During the non-district schedule, Gold-Burg faces Montague County rival Saint Jo, which plays up in 6-Man Conference 1A Division I, on Sept. 12.
“The kids get excited to play Saint Jo every year,” Johnson said. “Saint Jo is very strong with their football program. They’re always competitive.”
Johnson said it’s important for the Bears to play a team of the Panthers’ stature.
Gold-Burg’s season opener is at Winston School, located in the Collin County community of Murphy. The Aug. 29 game features a special 7 p.m. start time.
The Bears’ schedule isn’t balanced, with three straight road games to begin the season. Gold-Burg plays at Wichita Falls Christian, like Winston School a member of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, on Sept. 5.
“I’m trying to give our kids a chance to compete and be victorious,” Johnson explained as to the rationale of the schedule. “We’re trying to play teams on our same level.”
Finally, on Sept. 19, Gold-Burg plays home against Wise County Christian Homeschool. The following week on Sept. 26, Founders Classical Academy of Lewisville plays in Stoneburg for the Bears’ homecoming. Read more of this story and a complete season schedule in The Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Bears. (Graphic provided)
The boil order for the 400 block of Decatur Street due to a line break and repair mid-week has been lifted.
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Coming this weekend is “Ruin at the Renaissance Banquet” the annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theater fundraiser brought to you by the MOCO Creative Arts Alliance (formally Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts) is coming this weekend for two shows.
Join an evening for laughs, dramatic insults, and flare as we enjoy a feast for the senses with a catered meal, challenges, and fun. Who will be the ultimate champion?
The performances are 6:30 p.m. on May 29 and May 30 and noon on May 30. The $25 ticket cost includes the meal and show.
All funds raised will be part of the youth scholarship program. Tickets can be purchased at mococreativearts.com/.
There is a new flower showing up at garden centers that is pure magic, in fact its official name is Superbells Magic Double Grapefruit. If you aren’t familiar with the name, it is a calibrachoa, a petunia relative. Double gives reference to flowers that in this case look like miniature roses.
Magic is your key descriptor telling you that the flower changes colors. The flowers start off a pleasant lemon yellow and then age to a rose pink.
Of course, to get to rose pink you have various shades along the way. Another magical aspect to me, the guru of captivating combinations is that it seems no matter the color you choose it will go with Superbells Magic Double Grapefruit calibrachoa.
Read the full Garden Guy feature in the Thursday Bowie News.
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