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OUTDOORS: More CWD cases confirmed
Thirteen new cases of chronic wasting disease were confirmed at a Medina County captive white-tailed deer breeding facility on June 29.
Those were the findings of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Animal Health Commission.
The cases were discovered while conducting an epidemiological investigation on the quarantined facility after a 3½-year-old captive white-tailed doe tested positive for CWD back in April 2016.
The doe was tested due to increased surveillance required by the facility’s TAHC herd plan.
United States Department of Agriculture diagnostic sampling funds were used to conduct the testing – which took place at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
Of the 33 samples, 13 revealed the presence of CWD.
Agencies will be working closely with the facility owner to develop future testing strategies to assess CWD prevalence in the facility.
With the new cases, 25 total white-tailed deer have confirmed positive for CWD in the state – since June 2015. Read more from this outdoors notebook in the June 6 Bowie News.
State agencies have confirmed 13 more cases of chronic wasting disease in deer. (Courtesy photo by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, used with permission)
Do you think a stone you picked up could be an Indian artifact?
Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum will host “What’s Your Point,” an informational event from 1-3 p.m. on March 9 to have your items reviewed by Dr. Sergio Ayala, PhD of the Gault School of Archeological Research. Cost is $10 per person and museum members are free.
Also bring in any metal artifacts found around Spanish Fort that might have been of European origin. Museum Curator Nellann McBroom said if you cannot attend bring you artifacts and leave them, then pick them up on Monday. Call the museum at 825-5330 with questions.
Oct. 7 is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 5 general election.
Voters also should double check their voter registration to make sure all the information is up-to-date. Go to votetexas.gov on the Texas Secretary of State’s website to make any address changes.
Registering to vote in Texas is easy, simply complete a voter registration application on the SOS website and return it to your county election office at least 30 days before the upcoming election date.
Fill in the required information, print and sign the complete application. At this late date it may be best to deliver the registration form in person to the election office in the courthouse annex at Montague.
Any additional information on voter registration can be seen on the county website at co.montague.tx.us, click on elections. Direct any questions to the office at 894-2540.
Marty Hilton and his crew with City of Saint Jo Public Works pulled an all nighter repairing an eight-inch water main break along U.S. 82 and Boggess Street. The break was reported around noon on Wednesday. City officials said one of the hardest parts was digging on U.S. 82 and when large trucks would go by the vibrations kept making the walls fall down causing them to be dug out again. The repair was completed at 10:30 a.m. Thursday and the water turned back on. The city is under a boil order until the water tests are complete, which can’t happen until Monday when the lab reopens. (Courtesy photo)
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