SPORTS
OUTDOORS: Naturalists are sought
Sixteen chapters of the Texas Master Naturalist program will be conducting training classes in the coming months for volunteers wanting to learn about natural resources and conservation.
The Texas Master Naturalist Program, made up of 44 chapters from across the Lone Star State, aims to develop a corps of well-informed citizens to educate their communities about the management of natural resources.
The main qualification to become a certified Texas Master Naturalist is an interesting in learning about and playing a role in conservation efforts.
Volunteers will receive a minimum of 40 hours of training from educators and specialists from places such as universities, natural resource agencies, nature centers and museums.
Training topics will include interpretation and management of natural resources, ecological concepts, eco-regions in Texas and natural systems management.
Volunteers are then asked to provide 40 hours of service per year in community education, demonstration and habitat enhancement projects in order to maintain certification as a Texas Master Naturalist.
Volunteers are encouraged to develop projects connecting the mission of the chapter and statewide program.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are the co-sponsors of the program.
For information about existing chapters or forming a new chapter, call Mary Pearl Meuth, Texas Master Naturalist Program assistant state coordinator, at 1-979-845-7294 or email: mrpeuth@tamu.edu.
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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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