NEWS
Atmos Energy to purge line as connection is made
During routine pipeline construction, Atmos Energy crews and contractors will oversee a controlled release of natural gas between 10 a.m. and noon on Dec. 18 at the Cripple Creek Gas Plant near Briar Creek and Miller Roads south of Bowie.
Atmos Energy customers will not experience any service disruption while the work is being performed, however, some in the area may hear a noise during the operation. This is the purging of a new 20-plus mile line that runs from the Cripple Creek plant to York Road in Clay County.
The purge is expected to take about 90 minutes. Residents in the area may smell gas and hear a loud noise. This is part of the process to complete the tie-in of the new pipeline for the area.
Officials said as the company modernizes its system to meet expanding demand in the area, the result of this pipeline construction work will be to provide safe and clean natural gas at sufficient pressure and volume.
Atmos Energy employees will be onsite to supervise the process and the Bowie Police Department, Bowie Fire Departments in the area, 911 operators and local officials have already been advised of the controlled release.
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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