NEWS
BPD makes push on drug trafficking within city
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Bowie Police Department’s drug interdiction efforts appear to be paying off with numerous recent arrests related to possible drug trafficking from other areas and involving locals.
Police Sgt. Bob Blackburn said there was one arrest this week that yielded cocaine, morphine pills and
“Methamphetamine continues to be the biggest scourge
Bowie also has become something of a “half-way point” for the delivery of drugs of all sorts. The legalization of drugs is Colorado and other states also
“The Walmart parking lot, the old Texaco on U.S. 287 and Cougar Mound are becoming popular drop-off spots to deliver drugs. Folks are bringing items from Colorado to meet up here with folks from Dallas or Austin or even Louisiana. You have out-of-towners and in-towners buying, selling and delivering,” explained Blackburn. Read the full story in the weekend News.
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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