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Ready for fall sports?
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Forestburg hosting ‘Not so’ Newlywed Game
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Join the residents of Forestburg for dinner and a fun-filled evening at the Forestburg Community Center at 6 p.m. on Sept. 7.
Dinner will be provided followed by a live auction, a skit performed by members of the Forestburg Ladies Lunch Group and “The Not So” Newlywed Game. Four couples from the Forestburg community have been selected to participate in the game. We look forward to laughter and community
The event is a fundraiser of the Forestburg Community Service Club. The Service Club provides multiple annual events to foster community and oversees the maintenance and repairs to the Forestburg Community Center and the Forestburg Historic Log Cabin.
The service club sponsors the annual watermelon festival, the Community Thanksgiving Dinner, the Christmas festival and other community events.
The meal will be provided, but donations for the evening are appreciated.
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Clear the Shelter day draws families for Saturday fun
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The Bowie Animal Shelter has one of its biggest turnouts ever for Clear the Shelter Day this past Saturday. Families enjoyed food, a silent auction, low-cost pet vaccinations, a bake sale and of course visits with the shelter’s adoptable dogs. Friends of the Shelter report they raised about $4,000 to help fund its activities, plus four dogs and two cats were adopted. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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Saint Jo Council takes no action to change schedule
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The Saint Jo City Council set the public hearing for the proposed tax rate and budget at its last meeting and discussed a possible change to the public works department four-day schedule.
Councilors scheduled an executive session for the Aug. 14 session which was listed as personnel, deliberate appointment, evaluation, reassignment duties, discipline or dismissal as a public officer, re: Public works employee schedule. Councilwoman Martha Vite was absent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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