NEWS
Nocona General CEO doesn’t believe Bowie will let its hospital close
By BARBARA GREEN
When Nocona General Hospital Administrator Lance Meekins was recently asked about the impact the possible closure of Bowie Memorial Hospital would have on his hospital, the nine-year chief executive officer said “I never really thought about it until you asked me, but I don’t foresee it closing. I don’t think the community will let it happen.”
During its exploration of the impact Bowie Memorial Hospital has on the community and county, it led to our closest neighbor, Nocona General. Hospital. It is 19.06 miles or 23 minutes away from downtown Bowie, which is 9.8 miles closer than Wise Regional Hospital and 9.14 miles closer than Clay County Memorial.
Nocona General has been operating in northern Montague County for the last 41 years, just eight years younger than Bowie Memorial. Read the full News feature in your weekend Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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