NEWS
Tips for the cold/flu season
On top of a pandemic, we still have cold/flu season to worry about. The 2021 Old Farmer’s Almanac has identified ways to lessen the chances of getting one or both of these, plus tips on exactly how and when to wash your hands.
Time-Tested Tips for Fighting Colds and Flus
HOW TO AVOID THE FLU
- Wash your hands frequently—the right way. (See “How—and When—to Wash Your Hands.”)
- Keep current on all inoculations (including a flu shot) and medications.
- Eat a healthy diet.
- Don’t share food or drinks.
- Drink plenty of liquids, especially water.
- Get plenty of sleep.
- Spend some time outdoors.
- If you feel fine, exercise.
- If someone sneezes or coughs without covering, avoid the air that they have just contaminated.
- In public spaces such as restrooms, use paper towels or tissues to touch the faucet and door handles. Use your shoulder to open non-handled doors.
- Avoid direct contact with handrails, handles, buttons, and the like in public spaces.
- Avoid handshakes and hugs, and no kissing, even on cheeks!
- Do not share washcloths or towels.
- Avoid touching your fingers to your eyes, nose, mouth, or face.
- Don’t bite your nails.
HOW—AND WHEN—TO WASH YOUR HANDS
- Use lots of soap and lots of water. (The water temperature is not important.)
- Allow for 2 minutes (or at least 20 seconds) of vigorous scrub time after lathering.
- Scrub not only palms and fingers but also the backs of hands, the skin between fingers, and wrists. Use a nailbrush to scrub beneath fingernails.
When to wash your hands …
- Before and after they are near your face
- Before eating and cooking and after handling any meat or garbage
- After using the bathroom, blowing your nose, and sneezing into a hand
- After changing diapers
- After touching animals or cleaning up after them
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Editor’s note: This information comes from The 2021 Old Farmer’s Almanac. To request a complimentary media review copy or an interview with one of the Almanac’s editors, please contact Samantha Jones via email (sam@quinnbrein.com).
A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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