COUNTY LIFE
Forestburg hosts its first bond info meeting April 2
The first of two informational meetings on a May 4 school bond proposal for Forestburg Independent School District is planned for 6:30 p.m. on April 2 at the Forestburg Community Center.
A second program is at 9 a.m. on April 13, also at the center. FISD Board of Trustees are asking voters to consider two bond proposals that total $6.1 million and would go to major infrastructure improvements and additions in the district.
Proposal A is $4.1 million and would fund a new addition at the school with two new secondary classrooms, a new science lab, restrooms, facilities that also serve as a storm shelter, removal of asbestos in two classrooms, secure access control at all entrances and replace the existing roof system.
Proposition B for $2.1 million would provide a new eight-lane UIL compliant track, new bleacher system and pressbox and new field.
The recommendation is a 20-year bond for Proposition A and a 15-year bond for Proposition B to run concurrent if approved. If only A passed it would add 16 cents and B would be 10 cents per $100. The tax impact if both pass would be a 26 cents per $100 in property value for the first 15 years then 16 cents in the final five years of the bond. Find information on the district’s website at forestburgisd.net/634587_3.
Just a month into the new school and it is already time for homecoming activities. Bowie will have homecoming Sept. 9-13.
Bowie High School’s Athletic Booster Club will host the homecoming parade at 6:45 p.m. on Sept. 11 through downtown. Entry forms are available on the club’s Facebook page.
Lineup is first-come-first-serve when check-in begins at 5:45 p.m. Line up on Tarrant Street back toward the junior high school. Bring the entry form with you for the announcer to read. The parade will then roll out at 6:45 p.m.
After the parade there will be a “Burn Ban Bonfire” at the rodeo arena grounds. Cost is $1 per person.
Enter on the highway side of the arena. Pulled pork and barbecue chicken sandwiches will be sold with water and chips for $10. All proceeds benefit the Class of 2025 Project Graduation.
The program will feature the BHS cheer squad, the football team, music from the Mighty Marching Maroon Band and a performance from the BHS Steppers.
There will be a community pep rally from 4:30-5 p.m. on Sept. 12 at the high school.
Throughout the week Jackrabbit spirit will be celebrated and each day on all the campuses will be a specific theme or color. All clothing must still meet dress code.
Monday is “Color Wars” and each grade has its own color: Headstart/Pre-K, red; first, green; second, yellow; third, orange; fourth, red; fifth, green; sixth, red; seventh, yellow; eighth, pink; freshmen, red; sophomores, green; juniors, pink and seniors, purple. Teachers and campus staff are blue.
Tuesday will be twin day. Wednesday is Pajama Day (school appropriate). Thursday is Maroon Out.
At 2:30 p.m. Sept. 11 the junior high students will bring a pep rally to the elementary parking lot where those students will have a musical instrument parade with their homemade instruments. See more on 4-5A.
The staff of Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Bowie will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 11 with the Carter BloodCare Bus.
The home is located at 700 W. U.S. Highway 287 South. Sign-up to donate at https://ww3greatpartners.org/donors/schedules/drive_scheule/148938.
Donor gifts of T-shirts will be available plus drawings for a tailgating grill and Dallas Cowboy home game tickets.
Connections between Saint Jo and Southern Methodist University alumni helped get Hannah Reyling a visit with not only SMU’s volleyball ladies, but members of the No. 2 ranked University of Nebraska team as the two played each other in Dallas on Sept 2.
The 22-year-old Reyling is the daughter of Paulette and Chris Reyling. A Saint Jo graduate and volleyball athlete, she has been recovering from bacterial meningococcal meningitis she contracted in late February and which put her in a coma for 12 days and led to her having several of her limbs amputated.
While this illness has been life-altering, the chance to see some of the tops in college volleyball was too good to pass up. Her family reached out to SMU alumni friends to tap into their connections at SMU.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Top photo – Hannah Reyling with members of the Nebraska volleyball team. (Courtesy UN photos)
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