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2017 news took many trails, from citizens’ dissension to business development

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By BARBARA GREEN
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
Oprah Winfrey may have the right idea with that statement as the past cannot be changed, we can only move forward. Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one. Happy New Year.
Below are some of the top news items covered by The Bowie News during 2017. While it is far from all the news, we selected to ones that impacted the most people.
It was a year fraught with uncertainty on many fronts nationally and locally. Montague County news spanned the gambit from citizen outrage at their local government to citizens joining together to help those reeling from the hurricanes. As the new year dawned, firefighters in the Bowie area battled a massive blaze at the old Bellmire Home on Rock Street. The front building was completed destroyed by fire.
A large slate of newly elected county government officials took the oath of office including Sheriff Marshall Thomas, District Attorney Casey Polhemus and Commissioner Roy Darden in precinct one.

Read the full review of the 2017 news in the weekend edition.

The city ladder truck sprays water onto the fire from above. (Photo by Dani Blackburn)

Architectural rendering of the new patient rooms at NGH. (Courtesy BYSP)

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Early deadline for New Year’s week paper

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The Bowie News office will be closed Dec. 24-25 for the Christmas holiday, and Dec. 30 and Jan. 1.
There is an early deadline of 4 p.m. on Dec. 27 for the Jan. 1 Bowie News for all news and ad items.
Your Jan. 1 edition will be delivered to the mail and racks one day earlier due to the New Year’s holiday. We hope you have a great Christmas week.

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Your Bowie News staff wishes you the blessings of a wonderful Christmas as you enjoy time with family and friends. Our offices will be closed Dec. 24-25 for the holiday.

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County obligates ARPA funds for sewer plant project

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Montague County Commissioners wrapped up a few items before the end of the year as they met on Dec. 23.
Grant Coordinator Charley Lanier asked the court to go ahead and obligate $276,961.84 from the American Rescue Funds to complete the new wastewater treatment plant that will serve the courthouse complex.
He explained Dec. 30 is the last date where grant funds can be obligated, and he did not expect any issues since this project had already been approved in court using ARPA funds, he called it a “safety net,” to avoid any problem and possible return of the funds to the federal government.

Montague County has about $276,961.84 in grant funds which has not been allocated.
The court gave approval on the request.
Lanier also asked the court to apply for a grant for a tire cutter. Funded through the Nortex Regional Planning Commission and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the application will ask for $26,865 to purchase a larger gas-powered cutter on a trailer, which can be moved around for use. It would cut the larger tires into four pieces, which would be allowed into a landfill. Lanier said if the cutter comes through the county would need to obtain a permit for its use from TCEQ, which he added should not be an issue.
Commissioner Mark Murphey said he picks up more tires abandoned on the county roads than he disposes of at his own yard, adding he probably has 500 at his yard. The court gave approval to apply for this competitive grant.
The remainder of Monday’s brief meeting were year-end items. Bonds for the justice of the peace one, county clerk, county attorney, district attorney, sheriff, commissioner three and constable two were accepted.
A cooperative agreement with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the county was approved, along with a license and services agreement with Local Government Solutions to provide software for both justice of the peace officers. The county attorney’s Chapter 59 Asset Forfeiture report was presented with no new seizures or forfeiture.

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