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Store clerk alerts senior to scam, saves her $19,500

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By BARBARA GREEN
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A local retail clerk stepped up and stopped a phone scammer who was attempting to get an elderly woman to send them nearly $20,000 in gift cards.
Members of the Montague County Sheriff’s office recognized the clerk with a “Slam the Scam” award and presented it to Christy Hansen of CVS in Bowie on Thursday. Sheriff Marshall Thomas said Hansen went above and beyond what she had to do that day.
“Instead of just selling the cards and going on with her day, Christy stepped in to protect a CVS customer and Montague County resident from being scammed out of her hard-earned money. Christy then took time to explain that she recognized what was taking place and would not allow the scammer to steal money from the customer,” explained Thomas.

Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.

(Top photo) (Left) Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas and Chief Deputy Jack Lawson presented Christy Hansen with a “Slam the Scam” award for her efforts to help save a local senior citizen from being scammed out of $19,500.

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Fall clean-up days slated

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Volunteers will be in downtown Bowie Sept. 17 and 18 for a clean-up and decorate event for upcoming fall activities.
Bowie Community Development will be coordinating this work in preparation for Chicken and Bread Days and other activities. Volunteers will gather at 4 p.m. on Sept. 17 and 8 p.m. on Sept. 18.
Those who want to clean up during the day are certainly welcome as Bowie gets ready for fall.

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Nocona Indians ready for homecoming activities

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Nocona High School homecoming will be the week of Sept. 9-13.
Members of the homecoming court were announced this week and will be crowned on Friday. The king will be named at the pep rally at noon and the queen during halftime.
Senior queen nominees are: Graci Brown, Jessie Howard, Avery Crutsinger and Megyn Meekins. Senior king nominees are: Jake Pribble, Caden Gaston, Jackson Brown and Kasch Johnson.
The Indians play S&S at 7 p.m. The band performs at 6:30 p.m. The volleyball varsity plays Lindsay at 4:30 p.m.
Due to the burn band there will be “nonfire” festivities on Sept. 11 at Mary Beckman Davis Park. There will be food trucks starting at 6:30 p.m. followed by a decorated ATV-golf cart parade.
Decorate your entry and line up at the post office at 7:15 p.m. The pep rally will be at 8 p.m. in the downtown park.

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Wednesday marks 23rd anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

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It was the deadliest terror attack to ever take place on U.S. soil. On Sept. 11, 2001, conspirators from the al-Qaida Muslim militant group seized control of jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles, hitting the trade center’s twin towers and the Pentagon. The fourth plane was headed for Washington but crashed near Shanksville after crew members and passengers tried to storm the cockpit.

The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, reconfigured national security policy and spurred a U.S. “war on terror” worldwide.

Today marks the 23rd remembrance of this heart-breaking day that changed America. Please take a moment today to thank those who ran into the buildings and fires, and remember those who did not return home that day.

The World Trade Center towers burn after planes crashed into them. The buildings would collapse a short time later.

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