NEWS
Filings open slow in city, school elections
Filing for the city and school Nov. 3 elections has been underway a few weeks, but things are moving slowly as only a few people have thrown their hats into the ring. Filing continues through Aug. 17.
Applications for the various city and school elections are now available at the city and school administrative offices.
No one has filed to run for the Bowie City Council which has three place up on the ballot: Precinct one, Laura Hefley; precinct two, Chuck Malone and precinct three, Tami Buckmaster.
Bowie Independent School District will fill three places presently served by Guy Green, place five; Kenny Miller, place six and Brenda Ogle, place seven. Guy Green has filed, along with Kenny Miller. Local veterinarian Dr. Pam Barlow has filed for place seven.
The City of Saint Jo will have the mayor and two councilors on the ballot. Lucas Thompson is the present mayor, while Jason Cook and Randall Flusche serve on the council. No one has filed for that election.
The Saint Jo ISD will elect three trustee positions presently filled by Rebecca Harris, Jeff Pledger and Scott Thomas.
Gold-Burg ISD will fill three seats: Becky Case, Weldon Duff and Lynn Allen, four-year terms and Robert Barzano, two-year term (he filled out an unexpired term). Adam Garcia has filed for one of the places.
Forestburg ISD has four places on the ballot filled by Jimmy Raney, Kristy Tillman, Audiemarie Keown and Chad Hudspeth.
Prairie Valley ISD will fill three places served now by Scott Carpenter, Frank Glass and Jimmy Harr
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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