COUNTY LIFE
Upper Trinity to consider permanent rules in December
The Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District continues a series of public hearings on proposed changes to the district’s permanent rules which are sent to be approved in December.
The first two meetings will be at 9 a.m. on Nov. 9 at Hood County Annex I, 1410 W. Pearl Street, Granbury and also on the same day at 2 p.m. in the Parker County Agricultural Service Center, 604 N. Main, Weatherford.
The Montague County public meeting will be at 2 p.m. on Nov. 15 in the Bowie Community Center, 413 Pelham. Also on the same day at 9 a.m. there will be a meeting at Weatherford College in Bridgeport, 502 Big Sandy Court.
Some of the permanent rules proposed for changes will include an expanded minimum for a well moving up to five acres, and the commercial users and public water systems will go from a registration to a permit system.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
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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