NEWS
Tensions rise as county VSO asks court to rescind assistant VSO appointment
By BARBARA GREEN, editor@bowienewsonline.com
The battle over trying to increase county “secretarial staff” pay appeared to be over as the Montague County Commissioner’s adopted the 2021 budget without increasing those five positions, but it moved to a different front as one supervisor asked to have his assistant’s appointment rescinded.
Tensions rose Monday morning as Veteran’s Service Officer Colm Murphy made the request to a less than receptive court. Several years ago the court provided five reduced rate secretarial staff positions in lieu of funding a full-time person. In some instances the office part-time person moved up to this position.
During this year’s budget process several officials asked the position be moved up by $18,200 to be a full deputy due to expanded responsibilities. Tax Assessor Kathy Phillips and Murphy both made pitches in their budgets requests, and they were backed by County Clerk Glenda Henson and District Clerk Lesia Darden, who also have similar jobs in their offices. All of them indicated the jobs have evolved to involve much more than their original description.
In the VSO office, last fall Murphy asked to send this office assistant to training that would allow her to become certified and to work as his assistant accessing veteran records and working with the Veterans’ Administration. He asked the court to rescind her appointment as assistance VSO if she was not going to be compensated accordingly.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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