COUNTY LIFE
Bowie Education Foundation names 2015 recipient; celebrates its 30th year for scholarships
Lily Gill, daughter of Darren and Valarie Gill, has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the Bowie Education Foundation Scholarship. (Pictured above)
The Bowie High School graduate will receive a $20,000 four-year scholarship paid out at $2,500 per semester.
The board of directors reviewed the applicants and interviewed the finalists during the last two weeks. Read about the recipient and the finalists in the mid-week News.
Captain Miranda Smith Sarri, U.S. Air Force.
Also in the mid-week News, the Bowie Education Foundation reflects on all the scholarships its has presented during the past 30 years and the many success stories. Meet Miranda Smith Sarri, a 2007 BEF scholar who completed pharmacy school in 2014 and is serving as a captain in the U.S. Air Force and chief of pharmacy operations at Tyndal Air Force Base, Florida.
While she always had a clear direction for her higher education, the assistance that BEF scholarship provided allowed her more opportunity to focus on her studies. Read her feature also in the mid-week News.
Visit noradsanta.org to track Santa as he heads out on his worldwide trek tomorrow night. The site has games and other fun activities for the entire family before the kids head off to bed and sleep before the Big Guy arrives in Texas.
Enjoy a fish fry and live music concert on Jan. 4 all to support the 4-H and FFA youth of Montague County as they compete in the annual youth fair.
The annual Bowie fish fry for the Bowie buyers group will begin serving at 5:30 p.m. at the Bowie Community Center. Cost is $10 per plate. There will be a live auction at 7 p.m.
The evening’s concert will feature Dax Davis. Live music begins at 8:30 p.m. with the Davis concert at 9:30 p.m. Cost for the concert is $25 per ticket and $20 for a student, or $300 for a reserved table for eight.
Tickets are available at Fashion Floors, 202 N. Smythe or call 872-2468.
-
NEWS2 years ago2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS1 year agoSuspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS2 years agoSO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS2 years agoWreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS1 year agoMurder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
NEWS2 years ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
NEWS2 years agoBowie Police face three-hour standoff after possible domestic fight
-
NEWS2 years ago
Driver stopped by a man running into the street, robbed at knifepoint