COUNTY LIFE
Bulls buck for ABBI title at world finals in Las Vegas next week
By BARBARA GREEN
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Two Montague County men will travel to the American Bucking Bull Inc. World Finals in Las Vegas this week hoping their bulls come home as winners.
Shannon Brito and Harvey Johnson are excited to have their stock qualify to compete in the finals, and they feel good about their chances to earn some of the top money. For Brito, this is his second year in a row to qualify a bull and for Johnson, it is his first. The finals take place Nov. 1-5.
Johnson is a former law enforcement officer who now serves as precinct one county constable, while Brito is a building contractor. They have been longtime friends, their common link is Johnny Locke, a longtime bucking bull breeder in Nocona who encouraged both men to try their hand in the business.
Brito will be taking Buffalo Joe and Mr. Brightside to the world finals, along with several yearlings. Buffalo Joe is in the running for the world championship for two-year-olds and goes into the finals ranked number eight. Johnson will be taking Showbiz for his first outing at the finals.
Read the full feature on this unique bucking bull competition in your mid-week Bowie News.
The May 8 deadline is almost here for the 2024 Keepsake Graduation section produced by The Bowie News. It is the only section where you will see senior photos of every high school in Montague County and Bellevue.
If you want to honor your graduate with a special ad or your business wants to congratulate a working senior, call 872-2247 or print a copy of the submission form at bowienewsonline.com. The section will publish on May 22.
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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