NEWS
Two die in mobile home fire
By BARBARA GREEN
A tragic mobile home fire that took the lives of an adult and a child Thursday afternoon could have possibly been caused by space heaters.
The early afternoon fire is under investigation by the Montague County Sheriff’s Office and the North Central Texas Arson Task Force.
Bowie Rural Volunteer Fire Department responded to 175 Gate Street at 2:10 p.m. Thursday to find a mobile home fully involved. A large column of black smoke billowed up from the single-wide mobile home as flames shot into the air quickly devouring the home.
Sheriff Marshall Thomas said four people resided in the home and there was information two people may have been inside.The bodies of a man and male child were found in a back bedroom.
Preliminary investigations point to a possible space heater causing the fire, but officials don’t want to speculate until the final autopsy results are available and the investigation complete.
Read the full story in the weekend 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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