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HIGH SCHOOL POWERLIFTING: Girls lift at regionals

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9 years ago

03/02/2016

If you want drama, come to today’s Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association Conference 3A Region 6 meet at Bowie High School.
See, Bowie’s Carrington Davis and Nocona’s Lexi Towery are both in the mix to claim the 165-pound title today – along with competitors from Alvord and Pottsboro.
“It could come down to the last deadlift,” Bowie head powerlifting coach Quentin Berend said. “It’s going to be a battle, and both girls have been back and forth (all season).”
Nocona head coach Jonathan Shaw concurs.
“It’s the most competitive class,” he said.
All four girls are within 20 pounds worth of lifts among them, and that’s why there’s plenty of drama to watch.
The first bar will be loaded at 9 a.m., with the squat up first. The bench press is set to begin around 10:45 a.m., and the deadlift around 12:30 p.m.
This meet will feature 115 lifters from 38 different schools from around north and east Texas, and it marks the first time the regional meet will take place in Bowie. Read more, and see an information box, in the Feb. 27 Bowie News.

Nocona’s Deziray Graham in the 220-plus pound division is one of the contenders to qualify for the state meet on March 18 in Corpus Christi. Graham competed at the regional meet on Saturday, Feb. 27.

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Oct. 7 final day to register to vote

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2 months ago

10/02/2024

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Oct. 7 is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 5 general election.
Voters also should double check their voter registration to make sure all the information is up-to-date. Go to votetexas.gov on the Texas Secretary of State’s website to make any address changes.
Registering to vote in Texas is easy, simply complete a voter registration application on the SOS website and return it to your county election office at least 30 days before the upcoming election date.
Fill in the required information, print and sign the complete application. At this late date it may be best to deliver the registration form in person to the election office in the courthouse annex at Montague.
Any additional information on voter registration can be seen on the county website at co.montague.tx.us, click on elections. Direct any questions to the office at 894-2540.

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Saint Jo crew works all night to repair 8-inch water main

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2 months ago

09/14/2024

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Marty Hilton and his crew with City of Saint Jo Public Works pulled an all nighter repairing an eight-inch water main break along U.S. 82 and Boggess Street. The break was reported around noon on Wednesday. City officials said one of the hardest parts was digging on U.S. 82 and when large trucks would go by the vibrations kept making the walls fall down causing them to be dug out again. The repair was completed at 10:30 a.m. Thursday and the water turned back on. The city is under a boil order until the water tests are complete, which can’t happen until Monday when the lab reopens. (Courtesy photo)

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Local businesswoman arrested in Hood County on TABC warrant

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4 months ago

07/17/2024

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Tawni Jones Ledbetter was arrested on July 10 by law officers in Hood County on a warrant for making a false statement to the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission.
Ledbetter was released from jail on $10,000 bond. While the former owner of The Rack lists Bowie as where she lives, she also remarried earlier this year to a man who resides in Granbury.
The TABC complaint could be handled as a misdemeanor according to the public information office, but additional details were unavailable as of presstime. The PIO indicated it depends on the specific type of case and he did not have the warrant information at the time of the call.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.

CORRECTION – In the Wednesday Bowie News this article in the print edition stated Ledbetter was the owner of The Rack, this is incorrect. She is no longer owner of this business. We apologize for this error.