NEWS
Orchid grower signs deal for Nocona site
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona accepted a lease-purchase bid for 50 acres that will provide a location for a new company that may initially provide 20-30 jobs and construct a 63,000 square foot warehouse for the business.
Nocona has been advertising for bids for 50 acres which are part of a 63.99-acre tract of land given to the city by the late Cecil R. Fenoglio several years ago. He initially gave the city five acres in order to drill an an emergency back-up water well during the drought period during 2009-2014. Fenoglio later donated the rest of the tract, plus an additional separate tract.
The rest of the 63.99 acres will be retained, along with acreage around Blue Mound where the Rotary Club has long-term plans to build a walking trail that goes up to the gazebo on the hill.
In a called session Wednesday one bid was accepted from Ben Van Wingerden of Color Orchids, Inc. It is for 50 acres at $7,000 an acre at two percent for five years.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie 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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