COUNTY LIFE
By BARBARA GREEN
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When your family settles in to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, keep an eye out for the Spongebob Squarepants balloon and you might see a former local girl.
Taylor Whatley, daughter of Cheryl and Jerry Whatley of Bowie, will be walking the route through downtown New York City as the popular character balloon takes to the skies for this holiday tradition.
This will be the 96th annual Macy’s Parade. With more than 50 million viewers across broadcast and streaming, the parade is one of the nation’s most-viewed televised events each year. It can be seen locally from 9 a.m.-noon on NBC and streaming on Peacock.
The 32-year-old Whatley lives in Haltom City and is a 2008 graduate of Bowie High School. She pursued a career in x-ray technology one she has enjoyed the last 12 years. Whatley began a new phase of her career one year ago as she became a “traveling x-ray tech.”
She is super excited about taking part in the parade and make her first trip to New York City.
Read the full feature in the mid-week Bowie News.
Area school districts are busy getting ready to start the new year and have scheduled Meet the Teacher events.
The staff of Forestburg Independent School District has set Meet the Teacher for 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 1. The first day of school is Aug. 6.
Gold-Burg ISD will have Meet the Teacher at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 1 with Meet the Bears to follow at 6:30 p.m. First day of school is Aug. 6.
Bowie schools will host Meet the Teacher on Aug. 5, just two days before the first day of school on Aug. 7.
Families are invited to visit the elementary and intermediate schools 5-6:30 p.m. on Aug. 5 and 6-7:30 p.m. at the junior and senior high schools. Registration must be complete to receive a schedule, help will be available.
Montague School’s Meet the Teacher is 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 5, also two days before the first day on Aug. 7.
Students can meet the staff, drop off supplies, decorate their lockers and tour the school. Schedules for the fourth-eighth graders will be in their labeled lockers. There is a mandatory parent athletic meeting at 5 p.m. in the new gym.
Nocona ISD Meet the Teacher will be on Aug. 5, two days before the first day on Aug. 7. Families can visit the elementary 4-5:30 p.m. and middle school 4:30-6 p.m.
Prairie Valley School Meet the Teacher is on Aug. 6, two days before the first day on Aug. 8. The traditional pep rally and welcome for the Bulldogs will be 5:30-6 p.m. in the gym with visits to the classrooms from 6-7 p.m.
Saint Jo’s Meet the Teacher will be on Aug. 8 with the lower grades 5:30-6:15 p.m. and 5-5:45 p.m. for junior and senior high students. Schedule distribution also will take place for the secondary level. First day of school is Aug. 14.
Bellevue School students will have Meet the Teacher at 6 p.m. on Aug. 12. First day of school is Aug. 15.
A little more than one week into the filing period for the Nov. 5 city and school board elections, only a few candidates have turned in their application.
Filing began July 22 and will continue through Aug. 19. All three incorporated cities in the county will have elections, along with all the school districts.
See the full list of who is up for election and who has filed in the mid-week Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie Rotary Club will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. t0 2 p.m. on Aug. 8. The Carter BloodCare Bus will be at 705 E. Greenwood.
Visit the Carter BloodCare – Donor Portal https://www.greatpartners.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/149578 to set up a donation time.
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