COUNTY LIFE
CT delivery, delays stall ER reno
By BARBARA GREEN
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Frank Beaman, chief executive officer of Faith Community Health System, said this week he’d like to have a better report on the progress of the emergency medical care services coming to Bowie, but the project has been caught like many others in the COVID-19 supply chain delays pushing out its completion date.
Back in late August, it was announced Faith Community had a new management agreement to provide emergency medical services from the site of the former Central Hospital in Bowie. Beaman said at that time planning had been in the works for more than eight months as the health system evaluated how to bring essential and convenient emergency medical care to the Bowie community.
Bowie has been without a full-service hospital since the facility closed down in February 2020 forcing residents to go out of town for care. FCHS has plans to operate the emergency department at the old hospital location and provide radiology and clinical lab services.
“I would like to have a better report for you,” said Beaman on Tuesday, “but one of the biggest hurdles has been the supply chain. We have to replace the CT scanner.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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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