NEWS
Election filings end on Monday
With only a few days left for candidate filing in the Nov. 8 elections, several ballots remain vacant as prospects or incumbents wait until the last day on Aug. 22.
As of Friday, two people had filed for three Bowie City Council positions on the ballot. Councilor Kristi Bates filed for her precinct two place and Laura Sproles filed for precinct one. The places up for the vote are filled now by Laura Hefley, precinct one and Terry Gunter, precinct three. These are two-year terms.
Jeff Jackson filed for re-election to the Bowie Independent School District Board place three, along with Lee Hughes also an incumbent in place six running for the two-year unexpired term. A newcomer, David Kenton Dosch, in place four. Incumbent Trustee Daniel Deweber said he will not run.
Gold-Burg ISD has four places open on the ballot. Incumbents Raymond Rhyne, Brandy Hamilton and Adam Garcia have all filed. The remaining seat is presently filled by James Martin.
All four incumbents on the Prairie Valley School Board have filed: David Allan, Brant Carpenter, Cathy Goolsby and Ricky Roberts.
Forestburg ISD has four places on the ballot that are presently held by Charlie Lanier, Skip Mann, Billie Poirot and Joann Pople. On Friday
eight had filed for the races including all the incumbents plus Cody Wadsworth, Sandra Hensley, Fatima Esparza and Chris Jones.
No one has yet filed for the mayor’s race in the City of Saint Jo. Mayor Tom Weger has not filed and indicated in the spring he would not run.
Incumbent Councilors Leroy Voth and John Dunn have filed for re-election. They are joined by Colton Thomas.
The Saint Jo ISD will see two places open on the ballot with incumbents Mike Martin and Rodney Scwirczynski. No information was available on those filings.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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