NEWS
Bowie VFW marks 70th year
Former Post Commander Carl Lilly lays service during a POW-MIA ceremony last Memorial Day. (News photo)
By DANI BLACKBURN
The Reddy-McClellan Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Post No. 8789 of Bowie has helped combat soldiers returning home since the end of World War II and is ready to celebrate its 70th anniversary this Saturday.
The post will have an open house from noon to 6 p.m. on Dec. 10 to recognize the anniversary of its charter, founded on Dec. 10, 1946. Members invite the public for cake and refreshments to help them celebrate.
Ceremonies will begin at 1 p.m. with the Posting of Colors with a welcome and history of the VFW. The post is located at 707 E. Nelson.
A presentation ceremony from the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Bowie Schools begins at 2 p.m., followed by a Missing in Action/Prisoner of War Ceremony by the VFW and Auxiliary members at 3 p.m.
The auxiliary presentations will close the ceremonies at 4 p.m.
The members have plenty to celebrate as they honor their history and the big changes they have made during the last couple of years.
Twenty-five men signed the original charter in 1946, the number required to form the local organization.
Read the full feature in the mid-week News.
The post charter
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
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.
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