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Life changed in 2020 looking back to the top news of the year
“Each new year, we have before us a brand new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year – the words we forgot to say, the love we forgot to show and the charity we forgot to offer.” Peggy Toney Horton
As the start of a new year dawns it can bring with it hope and hesitancy, faith and fear, all connected with the unknown. After such a perilous 2020 where each day seemed to bring new worries many want to run into 2021; unfortunately many of the same fears will carry into the new year. Each new year is like a blank slate where you can start anew. Here’s to 2021 where hope can flourish.
The Bowie News selected the top five news stories adding a few other notable honorable mentions for how they impacted their communities.
Coronavirus
Merriam Webster Dictionary selected pandemic as the Word of the Year based on the number of online searches. In its announcement, MWD officials stated a single word can sometimes define an era, so it seems fitting in this exceptionally difficult year, that word is pandemic.
Read the full story that lists the top news stories from 2020 in Montague County in your mid-week Bowie News.
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May 4 ISD bond election results
Bowie ISD –
For – 477
Against – 1308
Forestburg ISD
Prop A – For 98, against 59
Prop A – For 86, against 72
All results preliminary until formally canvassed
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Gold-Burg High one-act prepares for public show on Sunday
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
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Voters decide today on two ISD bonds
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
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