COUNTY LIFE
Election filing begins Monday for city, school Nov. 2 elections
Election filing begins July 19 and runs through Aug. 16 for governmental entities planning elections for Nov. 2.
In the City of Bowie, voters will consider not only council positions and a mayor, but more than a dozen charter revisions and the sale of a small piece of parkland at Lake Amon Carter.
Council places that will be on the ballot in November include: Mayor, presently filled by Gaylynn Burris; Jason Love, south side councilor; Diana Higgins, north side councilor and Wayne Bell, east side councilor.
Persons wishing to file may do so at the city offices located at the corner of Pecan and Mason Streets.
The Bowie Independent School District will have two places on the ballot: Place One filled by Jacky Betts and Place Two filled by Debbie Leonard.
Prairie Valley ISD reported it will not have an election this November.
The Saint Jo City Council will have four seats open on the ballot. There is one vacant seat open since March 10 when Lucas Thompson resigned. The other three places are filled by Guy Hubler, Carla Hennessey and Shaden Clark.
Information was unavailable from the other entities.
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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