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Montague, Tarrant Counties working together to share vaccines for 1A, 1B tiers
Montague and Tarrant Counties have worked out a plan to share vaccines for tier 1A and 1B.
Late Friday afternoon, Montague County Judge Kevin Benton sent out a release announcing the county will be working with Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley who agreed to assist Montague County in a “regional approach” to effectively make additional vaccines available to county citizens.
County citizens will be able to submit an application for the vaccine on the Tarrant County government website, but if approved will have to travel to that county for the shots.
The release states the Texas Department of State Health Services, Tarrant County Public Health, along with other Texas-based entities are providing initial vaccinations to those most at risk of exposure to COVID-19. These people have been designated as tiers 1A and 1B.
These groups include doctors, nurses, first responders, as well as individuals 65 and older and 18 and older with an underlying medical condition.
Tarrant County is distributing the Moderna vaccine at this time, which is only available to individuals 18 and older.
Benton said if you qualify for the vaccine under phase 1A and 1B groups, please be patient. Go to the link at the end of this story to sign up.
Follow the application process and it will allow you to sign up in the Tarrant County portal even though you are a Montague County resident. If the application is approved, the applicant will be contacted about a time and location.
Additional information will be released as it is available.
The judge concluded while a person would have to travel which is not optimum, it provides an option until additional vaccines are allocated to the counties. Use the link below to go to the Tarrant County site.
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May 4 ISD bond election results
Bowie ISD –
For – 477
Against – 1308
Forestburg ISD
Prop A – For 98, against 59
Prop A – For 86, against 72
All results preliminary until formally canvassed
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Gold-Burg High one-act prepares for public show on Sunday
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
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Voters decide today on two ISD bonds
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
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