COUNTY LIFE
Warming centers opened to help during power outage
A trio of emergency warming centers have been set up across Montague County.
The Bowie Community Center is open to assist those who may not have power or heat at their homes.
Late Tuesday Montague County Judge Kevin Benton said the Montague County Cowboy Church was opening its fellowship building as a warming center and are going to make attempts to keep it open 24/7 at this time. Staff was on the scene working to set up.
The warming center set up at the Saint Jo School cafeteria was moved to the Saint Jo Fire Hall, 101 S. Meigs.
The Saint Jo Fire Department and the City of Saint Jo are coordinating together with the Saint Jo ISD to offer a warm place during the power outage. The Saint Jo ISD cafeteria is now open for residence without power to come and warmup.
The Saint Jo Fire Department Facebook stated the following:
- Life Safety is our Top Priority.
- COVID19 Measures are in place.
We are able to provide a warm place and electricity for medical devices (oxygen, nebulizers, etc).
This is a temporary measure to help mitigate power outages in the area. The goal in establishing this site is to help our vulnerable population survive this extreme weather event.
You can contact Scott Thomas or Colton Thomas at 940-235-0654 for any questions.
Come to the north parking and enter by the cones.
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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