COUNTY LIFE
Local woman hopes to ‘open eyes’ with MD film
By BARBARA GREEN
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Losing your
Carolyn Bassham was faced with a diagnosis of macular degeneration in 2011 and while the deterioration has been slow, in recent years she has lost the
Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss affecting more than 10 million Americans, more than cataracts and glaucoma combined.
The 82-year-old Bassham has become a welcome face around Bowie in her short time as a resident. Her “Mrs. Claus” character has come into schools and libraries, entertaining during the holidays as she shares children’s books she has written and illustrated. Bassham has been active in her church choir and also as a mentor at the Bowie Elementary School.
With such an active lifestyle adjusting to her declining vision has been life changing for her and her family, but she has taken steps to help others facing a similar diagnosis with a film and digital cartoon explaining the disease through the “
Read the full feature in the weekend Bowie News.
Bowie Elementary’s first grade teachers and students enjoyed the annual Pioneer Days activities on the last day before the Thanksgiving break. Mrs. Jones showed off some family quilts while the kids in her class made quilt collages out of scrap material. (Top photo)
Santa’s Workshop, hosted by the Young Homemakers this past Saturday, welcomed a huge crowd to the Bowie Community Center. Families and friends continued this annual tradition looking through gift items, food and jewelry. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Once more we pose that question to Bowie third graders, who share their very colorful, helpful, unique and always hilarious recipes and procedures to create the best bird for the family dinner.
Enjoy their recipe suggestions as you sit down with family and friends this week for Thanksgiving. Hopefully it will bring a smile. Special thanks to Stephanie Crabtree, Karina Carter and Bailey Bolton for allowing their students to take part in this longtime Bowie News tradition. We tried to use as many as space allowed, thanks to all the kids.
Here are just a few:
Do you like turkey? I’m am going to teach you how to cook it. First,you go get your ingredients by going to buy a turkey from Walmart. Get your pan out and put the non-stick spray on the pan. Put the turkey on top of the pan.
Next, you put your turkey on the grill at 290 degrees for 30 minutes. While the turkey cooks, get your side food together. Next, set up your table. Then you put all of your food on the table. Sit down and enjoy your meal. Wasn’t that yummy?
Lennox
I’m going to tell you how to cook a turkey for thanksgiving and I will help you do the steps by you can go to bacon and. Frist buy a turkey.
Next take the turkey ripe off of the turkey put under the water crab the sensing. and but the oven on 250 to for place it in the and i will have eggs and green beans and cornbread and rice the table cloth, flowers and candles. Now you have to make a turkey on thanksgivig.
Sawyer
See your mid-week Bowie News to see lots of great kid’s recipe ideas.
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