NEWS
City, school election filings end Monday
Election filings comes to an end on Aug. 20 for those wishing to run for city and school elections on Nov. 6.
For the Bowie City Council there will be three races on the ballot. Place One filled by Craig Stallcup; Place Two, Terry Gunter; and Place Three, Chuck Malone.
Gunter has filed to run for re-election. Chuck Malone also filed and is challenged by former Councilor Ben Wiseman and newcomer Brent Shaw. Diana Higgins and Thomas Kent are running for place one.
For the Bowie Independent School District incumbent Trustee Jacky Betts has drawn a challenge for place one in Cory Hickey. Debbie Leonard, place two, has filed for re-election.
The Saint Jo City Council has a mayor’s race and two council positions on the ballot. Ben Amerson has filed for council, where there is one vacancy and one seat filled now by Randall Flusche. The mayor is Lucas Thompson appointed in October 2017 when the former mayor resigned.
The Saint Jo School Board has drawn only its two incumbents, Leeton Phillips and Dee Weger. The school board also has called a bond election for a $6.6 million construction project.
Prairie Valley ISD also has all four incumbents filed: Brant Carpenter, Cathy Goolsby, Sid Hammons and Clint Pigg.
In Gold-Burg ISD, Trustee Brandy Hamilton is the only person to have filed. The other places up on the ballot are filled by Robert Barzano, Rebecca Horton and Raymond Rhyne.
Forestburg ISD has Charley Lanier filed to retain his trustee position. The other places are filled by Hoyt Mann and Billie Piorot. The district also will have a $1.775 million bond election for safety and maintenance issues.
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 election is Oct. 9. To verify if you are registered or to register visit the state website at: votetexas.gov. or go to the county website at: www.co.montague.tx.us.
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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