NEWS
Election filings end on Aug. 16
Aug. 16 will be the last day for candidates to file for the city and school board elections planned in the county for Nov. 2.
There are elections for the Bowie and Saint Jo City Councils, plus the Bowie and Saint Jo Independent School District Board of Trustees.
The Saint Jo Council got its first filings this week, plus the council also filled a vacancy.
At the Wednesday night meeting, John Dunn was named to the vacancy that opened up in March when Lucas Thompson resigned. Dunn has filed to run for council and that paperwork has now been pulled reports the city secretary.
Saint Jo has three places up for election, and all three incumbents have filed: Shaden Clark, Carla Hennessey and Guy Hubler. They are joined by newcomers Nikki Brookshear and Debbie Poynor Bryant.
For the Bowie City Council, the mayor’s post is up for election, along with three council places.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris has filed and is challenged by Glenda Durham.
Councilor Jason Love has filed to return to his south precinct seat. The places filled by Wayne Bell, east precinct and Diana Higgins, north precinct, are up for election.
Bell cannot run again due to term limits, while Higgins said Tuesday she does not plan on running.
On both schools boards only the incumbents have filed for re-election.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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