COUNTY LIFE
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
It’s one of the most beloved customs of childhood – trick or treating, where you bring home bags of wonderful candy. Everyone has memories of those carefree evenings of family fun; however, some youngsters who don’t get to be a big part of this club because they suffer from food allergies.
Sure they can dress up and go out to their neighborhood, but depending on their allergies sneaking a peanut butter cup could be deadly.
Amanda Brown and her son Ollie are attempting to make more people aware of food allergies and how they can make Halloween and other activities a bit easier for those youngsters who can’t indulge for health reasons. The family is promoting the Teal Pumpkin initiative where homes offer allergy-free options for children and post that information in their yard by using a teal colored pumpkin or signage.
Amanda and her husband Gordon, make their home at the edge of Bowie with their boys Bear, age two, Jaycen Brown, age eight and John “Ollie” Haynie, age nine, and Jaycen Brown, age eight.
Ollie, a fourth grader at Bowie Intermediate, has battled intestinal issues all of his young life. Those episodes have included being unable to swallow, ch-oking, bowel and skin issues and other reactions that began when he was around two years of age.
“It was treated as something else, but we finally found a doctor who went further with tests and biopsies of his esophagus, which has furrowing and fibroids. Three months ago he was formally diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis explained Brown.
Read the full feature in your weekend Bowie News. And for additional information on food allergies click the link below.
https://www.foodallergy.org/life-with-food-allergies/food-allergy-101/facts-and-statistics
Make plans to come out and honor Bowie High School state tennis champions Heidi and Willow Siebert on Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the Nocona City Council will meet for a regular meeting at 5 p.m. on May 12 in council chambers.
A public hearing on an ordinance annexing adjacent and contiguous territory to the city will be offered. This relates to two small tracts of land at the front and back of the Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum property. It does not involve providing any services, but clarifies the property in the museum’s tract. Any action would follow in the regular agenda.
Mayor and council reports on items of community interest follow along with public comments.
Items slated for the agenda include the following: Discuss bid to mow and weed-eat the Nocona Cemetery; discuss bids to furnish a 180,000-200,000 gallon capacity tank for potable water; three requests from the Nocona Economic Development Corporation – Type A and B boards funding a grant for signage at the American Legion at $2,300, both boards fund a grant for Tales ‘N’ Trails to enclose the east win of the barn for $18,000 and both boards to grant the Chisholm Trail Art Association $2,000 to support the Art of the Song Music Festival Art Show.
Other council topics will be consider repair of the water found at Enid Justin City Park; discuss public nuisance code violations; hear request from David Yowell to purchase water for the Nocona Hills Golf Course; discuss appraised value, setting price and conditions for sealed bids on 19.5 acres of city-owned land adjacent to the Nocona Hills Golf Course; discuss slide on upstream water side of dam and discuss changes to rental agreement for H.J. Justin Community Room.
The majority of these items will be considered for action during the regular agenda following the workshop agenda.
Present for the Bowie Community Development proclamation for National Travel and Tourism Week May 3-9 made by Mayor Gaylynn Burris were volunteers and staff: Matthew Hunt, Cindy Roller, Brittany Barnes, Sylvia Henning, Mildred McCraw, and Joe Barnhill. Community Development focus is on beautification and tourism for the City of Bowie. The group focuses on tourism through its many festival and events, welcoming people to the community. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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