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Election filing opens for Nov. 5 city, school races (corrected)

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Filing for the Nov. 5 city council and school board elections began Monday and will continue until Aug. 19.
The cities of Bowie and Saint Jo will have city council elections, along with the Bowie and Saint Jo Independent School Districts.
For the Bowie Council, the places of mayor and three council seats are on the ballot. Mayor Gaylynn Burris has filed for re-election, along with incumbent Councilor Jason Love. The east seat of Wayne Bell and the north seat of Arlene Bishop also will be up for election. (Correction; the story in the mid-week edition said Chuck Malone was up for election, this was incorrect. We apologize for this error
For the Bowie ISD, Trustee Three presently filled by Shea Brown and Trustee Four filled by Warren Price are up for election.
In Saint Jo ISD, the seats presently held by Mike Martin and Rodney Swircynski will be open.
The Saint Jo City Council has called an election, but no information was available at the city offices on whose places are on the ballot.
The other school districts conduct elections during even-numbered years, while Nocona entities have their elections in May.

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May 4 ISD bond election results

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Bowie ISD –

For – 477

Against – 1308

Forestburg ISD

Prop A – For 98, against 59

Prop A – For 86, against 72

All results preliminary until formally canvassed

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Gold-Burg High one-act prepares for public show on Sunday

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The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.

Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)

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Voters decide today on two ISD bonds

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Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.

Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.

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