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Bowie High School readies homecoming events this week

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Bowie High School celebrates homecoming on Sept. 23 and events throughout the week.
The homecoming bonfire will be from 8-10 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the point at Selma Park. Cost is $1 per person for this family-friendly event.
All proceeds will benefit the 2023 Project Graduation. There will be food, drinks and music available. The varsity football team and cheerleaders will be introduced during the bonfire event.
The homecoming parade will be at 6:15 p.m. on Sept. 21. Hosted by the Bowie Athletic Booster Club entry forms are available on the club’s Facebook page.
Entries will line up at 5:45 p.m. with the entry form in hand on Pecan Street after the First Baptist Church parking lot to receive a parade number. High school athlete floats only in the First Baptist Church parking lot with any overflow at the junior high parking lot.
Those with questions may call Angela Short at 940-841-1315 or any booster club member.
The high school pep rally on Friday will begin about 10:25 a.m.; however, groups also will be going to the elementary, intermediate, Smarty Pants starting at 8 a.m. and then to the nursing home after the high school rally.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.

Candidates are: (Back) Seniors, Kynan DeMoss, Peyton Clark, Brody Armstrong, Neely Price, Jose Mares, Natalie Burkhardt, A.J. Whatley and Raquel Cole; (Front) freshmen, Cody West and Jaycee McCandless: sophomores, Russell Anderson and Lia Meier and juniors, Andrew Sandhoff and Ziba Robbins. Crowning will be during half-time. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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Commissioners to meet on Dec. 23

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Montague County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on Dec. 23.
The court will consider obligating $276,961.84 of American Rescue Plan funds to completing the new wastewater treatment plant that will serve the courthouse complex. Commissioners have been working on this project much of the year.
Montague County will apply to the Nortex Regional Planning Commission for a solid waste disposal grant to purchase a tire cutter for use by all four precincts.
Developers for Kingdom Estates Phase 2 subdivision will offer a plant for lots 6-10, 16.06 acres located in precinct two.
A cooperative agreement between Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and the county will be presented, along with a non-exclusive license and service agreement between Local Government Solutions and Justices of the Peace one and two.
Annual bonds for seven elected officials will be offered, along with the county attorney’s 2024 Chapter 59 Asset Forfeiture report.

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New storm shelter grants available

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Montague County has received a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist individuals with the purchase and installation of a residential storm shelter.
The shelter must be FEMA-approved and individuals must install and pay for the shelter. After installation and passing an inspection, the individual could be eligible for 50% reimbursement of the cost of the storm shelter up to a maximum $3,000 reimbursement.
The initial program allows for financial assistance for the installation of up to 100 storm shelters. Visit the Montague County website at co.montague.tx.us and click on “Safe Room Program,” and under quick links to see the qualifications and requirements for participation in the program.
There is no deadline to apply, but only 100 applicants will be accepted

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COUNTY LIFE

First day of winter arrives

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It’s here, the first day of winter marked by the winter solstice at 4:21 a.m. on Dec. 21.
The winter solstice is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight throughout the year, making it the “shortest day” of the year. Thankfully, after the winter solstice the days begin to grow longer and longer again and until the summer solstice, the first day of summer and the longest day of the year

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