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Community thanksgiving dinners planned

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Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, but several communities have plans for early holiday dinners.
The Forestburg Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 21 at the community center. The turkey, ham, dressing, gravy, bread and drinks will be furnished. Guests are asked to bring your favorite salad, vegetable dish or dessert.
Saint Jo’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be at noon on Nov. 21 at the civic center. The turkey, ham, dressing, gravy, bread and drinks will be provided. Those attending are asked to bring a favorite side dish (vegetables, salads or desserts) to complete the meal. For additional information, call Billie Grigsby at 940-995-2605.
The annual Thanksgiving Feast at the Nocona Senior Citizen’s Center “The Carpenter Shop,” also will be on Nov. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The community dinners on Thanksgiving Day will take place in Bowie and Nocona. Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.

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Gold-Burg prepares for area one-act play

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Gold-Burg High School students will perform at area one-act competition at 9:30 a.m. on April 11 at Grayson County College.
Director Linda Fitzner said they present “Lady Precious Stream” followed by Newcastle, Irivium Academy, Sulphur Bluff, Avery and Bryson. She called it a “tough, tough area” as Bryson was at state the year before. Gold-Burg also has made a state run last year.

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Nocona Library staff presents Easter storytime

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Nocona Public Library and Friends of the Library will be hosting a children’s Easter story time at 10 a.m. on April 11.
Dean Prine will be reading to the children before they make a craft. Dean always makes it a fun story time. All children are invited to attend.
Summer is quickly approaching and the library is already making plans for our summer reading program. Starting June 1, the children can pick up their reading logs. A professional story teller will be visiting the library in July. More details will be released as time gets closer to summer.
The library has received several new books in the last week. “In To Deep” by Lee Child, “Paranoia” by James Patterson and “Far From Home” by Danielle Steel, are just a few new ones that are available for checkout.
Did you know that the library is not all about books? The library staff can make copies and send faxes for a small fee. It has computers for the public to use. Stop by and see what all you can do at the library. It is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

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Bowie High one-act advances to area

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Bowie High School’s one-act play, “View From The Bridge,” advanced out of bi-district to area after competing this past week.
Teacher and Director April Word said area will be on April 12 at Clyde High School. Bowie performs as the final play of the day.
Other schools performing will be Holliday, Early, Clyde, Ingram Moore and Jim Ned. Plays begin at noon that day and cost to watch is $10.
“The students were amazing at bi-district and had a tremendous performance. I could not have asked for more from them,” said Word.
At bi-district Lia Meier was named best performer, Corban Word was named to the All-Star Cast and Corben Wolsey, honorable mention All-Star Cast.
Aowyn Word received the All-Star Tech and the tech crew was named best overall. Crew members are Elise Fitch, TJ Ferguson, Keller Dosch, Adamari Alonso and Aowyn Word. “Break a leg” Jackrabbits.

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