COUNTY LIFE
Upper Trinity Board meets on April 17
The Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District Board of Directors will meet at 5 p.m. on April 17 at the Springtown office at 1250 E. State Highway 199, Suite 102.
The meeting opens with a public hearing on a new well application and an application for exception to spacing requirements submitted by Rio Brazos Water Supply Company in Weatherford.
During the regular agenda, the board will discuss floor plans for the new district office facility to be located at 1855 W. Highway 199 in Springtown. Plans will be presented by GSBS Architects.
Staff from INTERA will given update and demonstration of a web-based tool that allows the staff to identify potential localized impacts of proposed and existing wells.
General Manager Doug Slaw will bring his monthly report and discuss potential district rule violations by a firm in Parker County and one in Wise County.
The remainder of the meeting includes the general counsel’s monthly report, plus the consent agenda, expenditures and budget amendments and plans for the next meeting.
The last big holiday of 2024 arrives on Dec. 31 with News Year’s Eve.
Most government offices and the post office will be closed on Jan. 1. The Bowie News office will close on Dec. 31 and on Jan. 1.
The Bowie News will have an early print deadline on Monday and go out to readers one day earlier on Tuesday. The print edition will be delivered to the post office and racks, while the e-sub will also go out on Tuesday morning.
Bowie Community Development presented awards to the window decoration contest during the Candy Cane Sip & Stroll. Gaylynn Burris of the BCDB presented Rustic Wings/Belle Rose Boutique with the first place award. Second place went to Rustic Rose Furniture and Treasures. Studio 81 Tattoos and Hwy 59 Boutique were third and fourth place winners. The contest is sponsored by Bowie Community Development.
See photos of all the winners in the weekend Bowie News.
Jan. 1, 2025 is the first day of a new elected term for many Montague County officials. There will be a swearing-in ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 1 in the courthouse annex.
The public is invited to attend with refreshments to follow.
Officials being sworn in are: Sheriff Marshall Thomas, County Attorney, Commissioner One Roy Darden, Commissioner Three Mark Murphey, Constables Jerry DeMoss and Harvey Johnson and Tax Assessor Kathy Phillips.
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