COUNTY LIFE
New author brings epic fantasy to life
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
“Vanity has a high price. A price paid by kingdoms, tribes and peoples. Now swords once pledged to justice, rust on the altars of the self-righteous.”
Lt. Randy Hanson of the Bowie Police Department is more well-known for his investigative activities, but with those words above he launches a writing career that begins with “Roland’s Path,” an epic fantasy story that publishes this week.
While his writing ability may be new to his co-workers and acquaintances, his close friends know the desire to write goes back to when he was a youngster writing stories for himself. The idea for a book took root when he was in junior high.
“I read a lot of Louis L’Amour, they were some of the first things I ever read and I loved them. I branched out to Stephen King and R.A. Salvatore. By junior high I thought I could write a story, how hard could it be? I wrote a few short stories, but I didn’t do anything with them,” explains Hanson.
Read the full feature on Randy Hanson’s new book in the mid-week Bowie News.
The cast and crew of “A Family Reunion to Die For,” has been busy rehearsing for their murder mystery dinner theater production on May 30 and May 31.
The reunion soon turns sour with murder at a western-style bed and breakfast in the tropics.
Purchase tickets online at https://www.bowieallianceforeducationandthearts.com/events-1.
Show times are 6:30 p.m. on May 30 and May 31 with an afternoon show at noon on May 31 all at the Freedom Life Church. There will be live and silent auction.
All proceeds benefit Montague County students for scholarships in the arts. Come support these thespians.
Top photo – Rehearsals have been underway this past week for the new murder mystery dinner theater of the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts. (Photos by Barbara Green)
Speed limit changes are being put in place on FM 103 North of Nocona. The 60-mph zone is being pushed North of Grayson Street.
As part of the transition, the 45-mph speed limit will be extended just North of the Texas New Mexico Power Office. Drivers see 50 mph signs up to Grayson Street where it becomes a 60-mph zone.
Portable message boards were placed on FM 103 on May 27 to advise motorists of the upcoming changes. The new signs will be unveiled and be enforceable starting June 3.
Citizens and officials with the City of Nocona requested the changes. They were approved by the Texas Transportation Commission in April.
Drivers should be prepared to watch and observe these new speed limits signs in Nocona. Drive safely in Montague County.
Top photo – Bowie High’s class of 2025 arrives for the ceremonies. (Photos by Jordan Neal)
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