NEWS
Sept. 11: 20 years later


By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
“We climb because
they climbed.”
343 firefighters
70 law enforcement
officers
9 EMS
All other post 9/11 deaths
That is the mission of the Dallas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb that provides an opportunity for remembrance and commemoration of the sacrifices of those who perished at the World Trade Center in New York City that day in 2001.
On this 20th anniversary these events carry even more significance because memories of these tragic incidents cannot be forgotten by the country or the world.
Along with the two planes that were flown into the World Trade Center, there was a third plane that attacked the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. where 184 people died.
And a fourth plane crashed in a field outside Shanksville, PA after crew and passengers overtook the hijackers and diverted the plane from its target believed to be the U.S. capital. A total of 44 passengers and crew members were killed in United Flight 93 when it crashed.
Stair Climb
The Dallas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb is a symbolic and intensely physical event that remembers fallen first responders, especially those lost on 9/11. It took place on Sept. 4 at Fountain Place in Dallas.
The Bowie area has had several firefighters participate in the climbs in recent years. On this 20th anniversary year, Lee Adams, member of the City of Bowie Fire Department, was the only local person who reportedly participated in the climb.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News. Also find a reflection on the day’s events from 20 years ago on The View page of your Saturday Bowie News.
NEWS
Bowie School Board to review superintendent candidate applications

Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
NEWS
Bowie News will be 1 day late due to June 19 holiday

Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
NEWS
Former DA Hall remains in jail

As of June 9 details on why an appeal bond was revoked on Casey Hall which prompted her arrest in Sulphur Springs on June 2 remain unclear.
The former 97th District Attorney was convicted of misapplication of fiduciary property and theft by a public servant on May 13 in the 16th District Court in Denton County.
The jury gave her a sentence of one year in state jail for misapplication of fiduciary property and six years probation for theft by a public servant.
The 38-year-old Hall was booked into the Hopkins County Jail on June 2 on a warrant after a Denton County judge revoked the appeal bond that was $10,000.
Hall filed her intent to appeal the conviction and sentence, so after posting a $10,000 bond, she was released on May 14 instead of beginning her sentence.
Denton County Court records indicated on June 2 Judge Sherry Shipman, who presided in the trial, declared Hall’s bond insufficient and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
There were rumors Hall may have opted to drop her appeal, but that information has not been confirmed through the court. As of June 9 Hall remained booked into the Hopkins County Jail.
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