COUNTY LIFE
Bowie Gives Back helps students start school year
Bowie Gives Back provided 150 filled backpacks to local youngsters to give them a positive start to the new year.
Thursday morning at the Bowie Mission, Kendra Mayfield, who established Bowie Gives Back, along with several volunteers were handing out backpacks to the children.
Mayfield said the goal of BGB is to bring the community together to help Bowie children have the tools they need throughout the year to feel cared for and successful. Read more about this story in the weekend News.
Pictured: (Left) Kendra Mayfield, organizer of Bowie Gives Back, gets some help from mission volunteers Thursday as they handed out filled backpacks to school-age youngsters. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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