NEWS
Dog attack cattle in Salona area; one family loses 3 cows, 3 calves
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
A Bowie area rancher has lost nearly $5,000 worth of livestock after they were attacked by what appears to have been a pair of dogs that injured the cattle so severely they had to be put down.
David Kleinhans, whose family are longtime ranchers in the Salona area east of Bowie, said the dog attacks began the Sunday after Thanksgiving and most recently occurred Jan. 13. While they have made two reports to the sheriff’s it is difficult to resolve when the animals are so elusive.
Edwin Kleinhans, David’s father, still tends to his cattle at the age of 86 and David, who works as an occupational therapy assistant, pitches in when his dad needs him.
Both men said they have never seen anything like the damage inflicted on these cattle where their ears have been chewed or ripped off, along with parts of the nose, mouth and jaw.
The first incident was discovered Thanksgiving week last year when a cow had gotten bogged down in a stock tank. David said they were able to get it out, but it was so tired and could not get up, so they decided to give it overnight to see if it survived.
The next morning he found the cow had been severely attacked with both ears chewed off and a hunk of her jaw torn off. It was in such bad shape it was put down.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
A 42-year-old woman from Henrietta was killed in a pedestrian vs. vehicle accident at 3:30 p.m. on June 6 on U.S. Highway 287 near N. Butler Road.
The Department of Public Safety report states Car Dianne Chitwood was driving a 2015 Honda Accord northwest on U.S. 82. She was having mechanical issues and had stopped the vehicle on the left shoulder, partially in the left lane.
Chitwood had exited the vehicle and stood in the left lane to inspect the Honda. A second vehicle, a 2014 Dodge Ram 2500 driven by Kymberly Michelle Riddle, 61, Laramie, WY was also traveling northwest on U.S. 82 and struck the pedestrian and vehicle one.
The DPS report states Chitwood was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained during the crash. Riddle was uninjured. The crash remains under investigation.
Texoma’s Homepage reported former 97th District Attorney Casey Hall was arrested in Sulphur Springs after her appeal bond was revoked. Click on the above link to read the story.
A bubble truck began the 2025 Bowie Public Library’s summer reading program, “Color Our World,” with free programs continuing through July 22.
Summer reading is open to children ages 0-12 and these free programs will be at the Bowie Community Center at 10 a.m. every Tuesday in June and July excluding July 1. Children will be given a reading log to bring with them to each program. Each child also receives a book at the end of the series.
June will be filled with artsy projects. On June 10 there will be bubble painting and baking soda painting and June 17, noodle and pom picture frame art. On June 24 they will make beaded wind chimes.
July 1 will have movie day at the library. This is the only program not to be at the community center.
July 8 enjoy fruit loop sand art, followed by a glow in the dark paint party with Alicia Betts on July 15. The summer reading series concludes with the popular Creature Teacher bringing a variety of animals for all to enjoy on July 11.
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