NEWS
Bowie Memorial to seek hospital district election for Nov. 3
By BARBARA GREEN
Bowie Memorial Hospital will ask the voters of the Bowie School District to approve the creation of a hospital taxing district in a November election.
The board of directors met Wednesday afternoon for a called meeting to discuss various aspects of a tax election. There were 15 people in the audience.
While there was much debate on what area a proposed hospital district should include, the board in the end voted to include only Bowie School district with a proposed rate of .1850 cents per $100 in property value.
Interim Chief Executive Officer Lynn Heller was directed to prepare the required petition to request an election that will be presented to the Montague County Commissioner’s Court. It must include at least 100 names of qualified voters.
If the petition is verified, the commissioners would call a hearing on the petition and then could call for election for the creation of the taxing district. Based on the schedule provided by the hospital’s legal counsel the petition should be submitted to the county judge by July 15 to facilitate meeting election deadlines.
Along with the .1850 cents proposed rate, the petition would contain the wording that would set the maximum tax rate at .40 cents per $100. Read the full story in the Saturday News. Pictured:
(Center) Bowie Memorial Hospital Interim Chief Executive Officer Lynn Heller speaks at Wednesday’s meeting of the board. Pictured around the table are board members, Tim Winn, Dwayne Enlow, Ward Wallace, Heller and Margaret Long. Director Carla Swofford also was present, while Jim Campbell did not attend due to illness. (Photo by Barbara Green)
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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