COUNTY LIFE
Future is wide open for BHS grad who never thought past age 18
By BARBARA GREEN
When you meet Amanda Wilson you are struck by her petite size and soft-spoken voice.
However, behind those soft-brown eyes is the strong will and tenacity of a young woman who walked into a Bowie High School classroom four years ago with virtually no formal education and in a few days she will graduate as number nine in the 105-member class of 2016.
There are often stories of those who rise above their circumstances and Amanda Wilson is certainly one of those young people.
At the age of 16, she and her older sister came to live with their maternal grandmother, Wanda Brummett in Bowie. Those two girls, along with their four younger siblings were removed from their parents’ home due to severe neglect. The younger children went to live with an aunt in Wichita Falls. Today, the children range in age from 22 to 15.
Amanda does not go into details of the problems only to say, “it wasn’t a great home.”
Read the full feature in your mid-week News.
Amanda Wilson gets a high five at Bowie Intermediate as the graduating class did the first Senior Walk last week at all the campuses. (Photo by Barbara Green)
The last big holiday of 2024 arrives on Dec. 31 with News Year’s Eve.
Most government offices and the post office will be closed on Jan. 1. The Bowie News office will close on Dec. 31 and on Jan. 1.
The Bowie News will have an early print deadline on Monday and go out to readers one day earlier on Tuesday. The print edition will be delivered to the post office and racks, while the e-sub will also go out on Tuesday morning.
Bowie Community Development presented awards to the window decoration contest during the Candy Cane Sip & Stroll. Gaylynn Burris of the BCDB presented Rustic Wings/Belle Rose Boutique with the first place award. Second place went to Rustic Rose Furniture and Treasures. Studio 81 Tattoos and Hwy 59 Boutique were third and fourth place winners. The contest is sponsored by Bowie Community Development.
See photos of all the winners in the weekend Bowie News.
Jan. 1, 2025 is the first day of a new elected term for many Montague County officials. There will be a swearing-in ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 1 in the courthouse annex.
The public is invited to attend with refreshments to follow.
Officials being sworn in are: Sheriff Marshall Thomas, County Attorney, Commissioner One Roy Darden, Commissioner Three Mark Murphey, Constables Jerry DeMoss and Harvey Johnson and Tax Assessor Kathy Phillips.
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