COUNTY LIFE
Work area traffic signals ticketable if violated
More and more “Temporary Red Light Signals” are being used on Texas rural roads and bridges to control motorists from being involved in a work zone wreck, but drivers still break the law and put their lives at risk of a
Traffic signals continue to be a staple of Texas Department of Transportation and other DOTs around the United States.
They are being used day and night on two-lane roads that are reduced to just one-lane for both directions.
Adele Lewis, district TxDOT public information officer, reported in a release this technology is an alternative to placing two human flaggers at the work ends and reduces the danger to workers.
Highway construction workers are killed at an alarming rate. In 2018 only one road employee died and more than 100 injured, but in 2019 so far there have been six highway workers killed and 110 seriously injured.
A potentially dangerous situation was avoided at a construction area outside Bowie recently where one of these signals was in use.
A driver ran the red light. One of the workers stopped the man and then he kept going on a one-lane road. Coming in the opposite direction was a convoy of traffic lead by a worker. Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The staff of Advanced Rehabilitation will conduct a hamburger lunch fundraiser to assist one of its staff members whose child is undergoing serious medical issues.
From noon to sell-out on July 19 hamburgers will be prepared in the front lobby of the home. The goal is to sell 100 burgers with a $10 meal deal of a burger, chips and a drink.
Call Cynthia at 940-366-4960 for pre-orders or Tiffany for delivery at 940-255-0402.
The fundraiser is for Tori Mullins, whose daughter, Bryleigh Gresham, age three, has been undergoing treatment for leukemia at Cook Children’s Medical Center. Tori has had to be off work to travel to Cook’s for the treatments.
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Bowie Public Library’s Summer Reading program continues on July 16 with the Olympics.
It will be all about the upcoming Summer Olympics with outdoor games at the soccer field. Summer reading wraps up with the popular Creature Teacher on July 23 who brings lots of animals to the kids to see up close.
Any questions about summer reading can be directed to the library staff by calling 872-2681 or follow their Facebook page.
Summer reading is open to children ages 0-12. Keep a summer reading log and earn a book.
Top photo – This past Tuesday, the library staff visits with Smokey the Bear and a member of the Forest Service at summer reading. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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