COUNTY LIFE
Early voting opens for Sept. 29 special election
Early voting locations for the Sept. 29 emergency election for Texas Senate Seat 30 opened Monday and will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the week through Sept. 25.
There are four locations open across the county: H.J. Justin Community Room in Nocona, Saint Jo Civic Center, Montague County Courthouse Annex Community Room and Bowie Bible Baptist Church.
Votes may be cast at any of the four locations.
For the Sept. 29 Texas Senate race, voters will select a person to fill out the two years remaining on the term, which was vacated by Pat Fallon who was selected by the State Republican Party to run for the Texas’ 4th Congressional District.
Candidates include Jacob Minter, Democrat; and Republicans District 68 State Rep. Drew Springer (R-Muenster), Andy Hopper, a Decatur software engineer and rancher; Chris Watts, former mayor of Denton; Chris Carter, Metroplex area businessman and Shelley Luther, Dallas area business owner.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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