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STORM CENTER: Geocaching a new activity
Last week, the sports editor of The Bowie News posed a question on our Facebook page.
I asked if any of our Facebook fans were involved in an activity called geocaching, which is the official outdoor activity of the month of September for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
The post reached 1,137 people, received 11 likes and 21 responses, which included a couple from me.
“I really enjoy geocaching with the family,” said Bob Powell, a respondent who lives in nearby Sunset. “I really like the ones off the beaten path. We have found several in the state parks that you have to hike to. It’s a great pastime and gets you outside.”
“I absolutely love geocaching,” said Deann Powell. “It’s so much fun and educational.”
Tiffany Leake, another respondent, agrees that geocaching is a fun activity and she hopes my column will generate more support for the hobby.
So, what exactly is geocaching then?
According to the TPWD website, geocaching is the hunt for more than two million geocaches worldwide. They are hidden by people like us. Read more of this column in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Here are a couple of examples of a geocaching cannister. Sometimes the cannisters are plastic like these, others can be metal, such as coffee cans and old-fashioned lunch boxes. (Courtesy photo from Friends of Channel Coast State Parks, Ventura, Calif.)
A positive culture can be tough to install but will reap dividends if done correctly.
Trinadee Imotichey is trying to do just that with her Forestburg Lady Longhorns.
Imotichey, an assistant coach on the 2025 Forestburg volleyball team, was moved into the head coaching position. Last year’s coach, Cori Hayes, took over as football head coach.
Imotichey, in her 2nd year in Forestburg, said she learned a lot from Hayes and is ready to take over.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s summer softball league team overcame a 6-1 deficit with a six-run third inning for a 7-6 win over Bridgeport in its season opener July 6.
The league consists of teams from Bowie, Nocona, Lindsay, Bridgeport, and Alvord and will last three weeks. Bowie will host games each week.
Bowie pitcher Hazel Trahern gave up two singles and a groundout to put the Sissies on the board in the first. It would be the only hits she gave up in the game. Two groundouts and a strikeout got the Lady Rabbits out of the jam.
Bowie got the run back in the bottom of the first with Andee Jo Miller opening the frame with a walk and a stolen base. She then scored on Kynlee Baker’s groundout to tie the game at one.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Rest. Run. Repeat.
Sage Keck, an 8th grader at Montague, lives by this mantra. No ifs, ands and buts about it.
She’s been running since fourth grade PE classes where she would run a mile every week. After discovering she could outrun the other students, she began to enjoy it and continued doing it.
Her success continued, as she finished 2nd overall against more than 200 runners at the Old Saint Jo 5K July 4. In last weekend’s Texas Junior Olympics, she reached the pinnacle of her career so far by qualifying for the United States of America Track and Field (USATF) National Junior Olympics in Norwalk, Calif. in three events.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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