COUNTY LIFE
Don’t Mess With Texas scholarship contest is now open
The Don’t Mess With Texas scholarship contest is now accepting applications for the 2022 school year.
Any Texas high school senior currently attending public, private or homeschool and planning to attend an accredited Texas college or university in the fall 2022 semester is eligible to apply. Judges will select winners based on the students’ proven results in leading projects or events focused on educating communities about the importance of keeping our state clean and litter-free.
Presented in partnership with keep Texas beautiful, the don’t mess with Texas scholarship contest will award a total of $9,000 in scholarships in May 2022. The 2022 scholarship contest awards are sponsored by Buc-ees and iHeart Media.
“It’s important that younger generations understand they have the power to create long-term solutions that can transform their environment into one that is litter-free,” said Becky Ozuna, program administrator for the don’t mess with Texas campaign.
Don’t mess with Texas has been educating Texans about litter prevention since 1986. The program includes a grassroots partnership with keep Texas beautiful, annual “trash-off” community outreach events and the adopt-a-highway volunteer program.
To apply for the don’t mess with Texas Scholarship, visit dontmesswithtexas.org. Applications must be received online by 5 p.m. on March 31.
A RED FLAG WARNING for Montague County, TX will be in effect today from 11 am until 6 pm. Please be careful.
Today is the first day of spring. In 2025, the March equinox happens on March 20 at 5:01 A.M. EDT. This falls on a Thursday and is the astronomical beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumn season in the Southern Hemisphere.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the spring equinox (also called the March equinox or vernal equinox across the globe) occurs when the Sun crossesthe celestial equator going south to north. It’s called the celestial equator because it’s an imaginary line in the sky above Earth’s equator. Imagine standing on the equator; the Sun would pass directly overhead on its way north.
On the March equinox, the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere receive roughly equal amounts of sunlight; neither hemisphere is tilted more toward or away from the Sun than the other.
Although in most locations (the North Pole and the equator being exceptions), the amount of daylight had been increasing each day after the winter solstice—and after the spring equinox, many places will experience more daylight than darkness in each 24-hour day. The amount of daylight each day will continue to increase until the summer solstice (in June) when the longest period of daylight occurs.
Information from the Farmer’s Almanac
Economic and community development representatives from across the nation participated in the Texas Community Development Institute March 5-6. Among those completing the Advanced course was Cindy Roller, Bowie Community Development executive director.
Roller was in the 2025 class among 26 in the Advanced class with over 100 attendees overall attending. She has officially completed years 1-3 in the CDI curriculum.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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