NEWS
Shebang returns to TNT on Sept. 11
Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum did not get to celebrate its 10th anniversary of Shebang last year, so it’s back on this year on Sept. 11 to mark 11 years of operation.
Shebang is the annual fundraiser for the museum which showcases Montague County history. There are still tickets available for the big event that features an outstanding meal of filet mignon, cheesy potatoes, green beans, salad, dessert and BYOB. Doors open at 6 p.m.
After dinner guests can enjoy a live auction, silent and bucket auction and spin the wheel to win. Tickets to Shebang are $50 a plate or buy a table for eight for $350. Shebang will be at The Veranda Inn Event Center.
All the proceeds from Shebang are used for maintenance, operations and improvements at the museum. The North Texas Society of History and Culture (dba Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum) is a 501(c) 3 organization and is eligible for tax-deductible donations, endowments and bequests.
Those interested in bidding on the live auction items, go to the museum website at tntshebang.org to see all the items, submit a bid and see the silent and bucket auction items.
Here are a few of the live auction items 50 square bales of coastal hay, two loads of base rock gravel delivery, one load of gravel delivered, Pedal Pub Ride for 14 people, custom Nokona Ball Glove, two-night stay at the Grande Hotel Mackinac Island, MI, flintknapped spear created by Sergio Ayala, Nocona Burgess painting, 1,000 rounds of 22LR, 600 rounds 9mm and 80 rounds 223 Wnchester, signed and number print from Larry Lemons, museum experience for 12 and a two-person guide hot hunt.
The silent and bucket auction will take bidders the night of Shebang and those items include numerous historical boots and artifacts, a long weekend at a Lake Buchanan home, Pie of the Month, homemade Chinese dinner for eight and much more.
Call 825-5330 to reserve your ticket for Shebang.
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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