NEWS
Local clubs taking part in cemetery holiday wreath program for veterans
In an effort to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun in 1992 by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester, The Amity Club and the Maids and Matrons Club have joined more than 1,200 participating locations across the country to support the 2018 National Wreaths Across AmericaTM Day on Dec. 15.
Both clubs are members of General Federation of Women’s Clubs – Texas, which is a member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
The mission to “Remember, Honor, Teach” by raising funds to place remembrance wreaths on the graves of military members in Elmwood Cemetery, Bowie, was made possible through efforts made to join with Wreathes Across America and become a host for the placement of wreathes and a Dec. 15 ceremony commemorating the fallen. Volunteers are welcome and urged to gather at 10:30 a.m. for the ceremony beginning at 11:00 a.m. Elmwood Cemetery is located at 1115 E. Nelson, Bowie.
There will be 300 wreathes available for Elmwood Cemetery and may be purchased on-line at www.WreathsAcrossAmerica.org. To volunteer locally or at Arlington National Cemetery, use that same address.
If you live elsewhere and wish to purchase a wreath for someone at Elmwood Cemetery go to that address and look for Elmwood Cemetery, Bowie, Texas and follow prompts.
Cut off date for purchases made for Elmwood Cemetery is Dec. 3. Local contact is Patti Poe who may be emailed at ppoetfwc59@gmail.com.
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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