NEWS
Funeral service on Sunday in BHS gymnasium
By BARBARA GREEN, [email protected]
The Bowie and Nocona areas are mourning the shocking death of Bowie Junior High Coach Rhonda Duncan Parr Wednesday evening after she collapsed with a possible brain aneurysm Tuesday night.
The 28-year-educator taught sixth grade girl’s PE and junior high sports. Bowie Superintendent Blake Enlow announced the loss in a letter to the “Jackrabbit Community.”
“Our beloved teacher, coach and friend, Rhonda Parr, passed away on Feb. 4. Little did we know as we witnessed her work the table at the Nocona vs. Bowie basketball game on Tuesday evening it would be the last time we would see her. Coach Rhonda Parr was not only a pillar in the Bowie community, but her impact stretched to the entire Montague County area and she will be dearly missed,” wrote Enlow.
Parr, age 49, had reportedly left the basketball game because she did not feel well and her head was hurting. As she traveled to her home at Montague, she became ill and had to stop on the side of the road. An ambulance was called and she went to a Fort Worth hospital where she died Wednesday afternoon.
The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Bowie High School gymnasium and the family says everyone is welcome to attend but are asked to wear masks in honor of Parr. Burial will follow in Montague Cemetery.
Viewing hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 6 at the White Family Funeral home.
Read the full story as friends share their memories of Rhonda Parr in the weekend Bowie News.
Runoff from the ongoing spring rains are bringing great benefits for Montague County lakes as they continue to slowly rise.
Lake levels
Amon G. Carter
May 7 – 100% full,
920.86 msl
April 30 – 100% full,
920.68 msl
Lake is full at 920 msl
Lake Nocona
May 7 – 83.7% full,
824.79 msl
April 30 – 73.1% full,
822.91 msl
Lake full at 827.5 msl
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court face a lengthy agenda when they meet at 9 a.m. on May 13.
An executive session is listed for deliberation on pending litigation. The court also will begin the preliminaries of budget planning with a workshop.
The court will review an engagement letter with Edgin, Parkman, Fleming and Fleming to conduct the annual outside audit.
The sheriff’s office staff will submit several items lead by a request to purchase a radio console for dispatch, along with a memo of understanding between Flock Safety and the SO and an application for participation with the Law Enforcement Support Office.
Commissioners will finally close out the Federal Emergency Management Agency project 4223 for county flood damage during the spring of 2015.
Read the full story on all the agenda topics in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
[email protected]
Bowie Independent School District trustees said they wanted a mandate one way or another in regard to the $65.8 million bond proposal, which was one of multiple reasons it went back on the ballot.
While voter turnout out was smaller than the Nov. 7, 2023 election, the mandate was clear as 73.28% of voters said no to the bond. Trustees had hoped a massive education campaign and a single issue election would boost voter turnout, however, that was not the case.
BISD asked voters to reconsider the same $65.8 million proposal that failed 855-1,079 last November. In that Nov. 7 election 1,934 people voted.
On May 4 there were 1,785 total voters, 149 less than in the fall. There were 477 votes supporting the bond and 1,308 saying no. The bond failed by 831 votes with only 26.72% saying yes.
Forestburg ISD asked voters to consider a pair of infrastructure centered bonds and the results were close. The most recent bond election for FISD was in 2018 and it failed 301-195.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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