COUNTY LIFE
Commissioners consider applying for more state road grant funding
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on April 13 via a video conference link located on the county website at: co.montague.tx.us.
Commissioners hope to apply for a second round of the County Transportation Infrastructure Fund Grant, which provides road repair funds to repair damage related to energy production. Last year, the State Legislature allocated $250 million for a 2020 round of road funding.
During the first go-round in 2014 Montague County received $2,664,128 of the state’s $224,500,000 fund. The heavy flooding during 2015-16 came during the midst of the road grant projects, which resulted in federal money being available for damage from the floods.
The county is attempting to get another Federal Emergency Management Administration extension to finish up several high dollar large projects.
The court also will receive updates on the mitigation plan and the COVID-19 operations. A new term begins for the county health officer as Dr. Delbert McCaig is expected to be renewed for the new term.
Other topics on the agenda will be: Approve bonds for Billie Otto as deputy county treasurer and Brittany Evans, clerk in justice of the peace one; consider the county attorney’s chapter 59 asset and forfeiture fund; authority for sheriff to apply for a training and forensic software grant from Susteen, Inc.; accept sealed bids for a backhoe and dump trailer in precinct four; permission for precinct four to enter the Randy Nobile property on Nobile Road to clear a fence row and the Scott Reynolds property on Well Service Road to clear a fence road; and precinct one to enter the Sal Rios property on Jim Ned Road to clear a fence road and correct drainage.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
Have piles of old documents cluttering your space and you are finally ready to get rid of them?
The Bowie Chamber of Commerce board of directors will will host its free community Shred-a-Thon on Oct. 10, in the Wellington State Bank bank parking lot.
The event will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1301 N. Highway 59 in Bowie.
The Paper Pig Secure Document Destruction will provide professional, on-site shredding. While the services are free, the Bowie Chamber of Commerce noted any donations collected during the event will be shared with a local charity.
For additional details, call the chamber office at 872-1173.
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