COUNTY LIFE
Dean and Christal Shaffer with their son Miles. (Photo by Barbara Green)
By BARBARA GREEN
When Miles Shaffer woke up after his June heart transplant, he laid his hands on his chest and could feel the thump, thump of his new heart.
He wondered, should I call it “my heart?” He was unsure and overcome with tears of gratefulness for this special gift he had been given.
At the age of 18 Miles Shaffer was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, a daunting directive no matter your age. Ten years later he is recovering from a June 16 heart transplant.
Health hurdles were nothing new to this young man, who had already come to terms with a disease that came on when he was an adolescent and would eventually put him into a wheelchair – a form of Muscular Dystrophy.
Read the full feature on this young man’s recovery in the weekend News.
Bowie Community Center presented a concert featuring the music country greats Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash this past Friday night.
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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