NEWS
Election filing for Nov. 7 city, school races now underway
Election filing for city and school races on the Nov. 7 ballot began July 24 and will continue through Aug. 21.
Most of the cities and school districts in Montague County will have elections in November. Filing will take place at the city and school district offices through the Aug. 21 deadline.
The City of Nocona recently got approval through the legislature to change from May to November elections, but will wait to have the first election next year. The bill goes into effect on Sept. 1 and the council will have to approve a resolution, as will the Nocona Hospital District and Nocona Independent School District.
Montague, Forestburg and Prairie Valley Independent School Districts alternate years and will have elections in 2024.
The Bowie City Council will have a mayoral race plus three council races. Mayor Gaylynn Burris is presently serving, while the council positions are Place One Brent Shaw, Place Two Jason Love and Place Three Stephanie Post.
The Bowie ISD has three places on the ballots presently filled by Guy Green, place five; Lee Hughes, place six and Keith Richey, place seven.
The Saint Jo City Council has three places up for election including those filled by Carla Hennessey, Debbie Bryant and the late Randall Flusche who died in late February. The council had appointed a person and conducted an election, but both people were unable to serve the term so the seat was left vacant.
Saint Jo ISD will have four places on the ballot, one with a two-year unexpired term and three with regular terms. No information on the trustees up for election was available at press time.
Gold-Burg ISD has three places on the ballot that are presently held by Becky Case, Weldon Duff and Lynn Allen.
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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