NEWS
Support Texoma Gives as it aids Montague County nonprofits
More than 235 nonprofit organizations from 13 North Texas and Southern Oklahoma Counties will come together on Sept. 7 for the area’s largest online giving day, Texoma Gives.
Ten of those organizations are located in or serve Montague County. Participating nonprofits include: Affirming Texas Families Services, Easy Street Animal Shelter, Friends of Bowie Public Library, Friends of the Bowie Animal Shelter, Kelly’s Wildlife Care, Montague County Carpenter’s Shop dba Nocona Senior Center, Nocona Lucky Paws Animal Shelter, Saint Jo Public Library, Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum and The James Bruner TK Ranch.
The 16-hour event focuses on bringing the region together on a single day to highlight the nonprofit organizations that work daily to improve the lives of others.
Online giving days like Texoma Gives also provide opportunities for nonprofits to go beyond geographic boundaries to connect with donors across the country and beyond. Since the first Texoma Gives in 2016, over $9.4 million has been raised by nonprofits in the region and gone directly to work to support important nonprofit efforts in our communities.
Early giving for Texoma Gives is now underway and will continue through 10 p.m. on Sept. 7. The minimum donation is $10.
Participants also are eligible to win “prize” money throughout the day. To donate go to texomagives.org.
Bowie High School staff and students welcomed veterans for their annual tribute and breakfast on Veterans Day. Members of the FFA, Kyle Keeler and Rylan Cole folded the American flag as each fold was explained during the ceremony.
Newly elected members of the Saint Jo City Council will take the oath of office when they meet at 6 p.m. on Nov. 13 in city hall.
While the city did not conduct an election due to none of races being contested, new officers will include Mayor Kelly Williamson and returning Aldermen Colton Thomas and Melissa McPherson. A new mayor pro tem also will be elected and the mayor, mayor pro tem and one council member will be added to city financial accounts.
The majority of Wednesday’s meeting is reorganization with member changes to the economic development boards and other officers.
New appointments to the Saint Jo Economic Development Board 4A are: Amber Smith, president; Melissa McPherson, vice president; Kelly Bob Bayer, treasurer; and Jennifer Vogel, secretary. Smith and Bayer will be added to the board’s bank account signatures, while Carla Hennessey and Lucas Thompson will be removed.
Hennessey resigned from the boardin July and Thompson is no longer on the council. Debbie Dennis, city secretary, said these changes were made at the directive of the bank to have specific updated names for those who can sign documents.
Colton Shelton will be removed from the 4B board bank account.
Other topics
Beau Mauldin will make a request to place a tiny home on property located at 101 Katy Lake Road.
The council will discuss removing James Tidwell with Wolfe, Tidwell & McCoy as the city attorney and approve Zac Renfro of Reeves, Renfro Law Group as the new city attorney.
By BARBARA GREEN
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While Montague County’s ban on outdoor burning expired, commissioners still urge residents to use caution.
Commissioner Mark Murphey in public comments told the court Tuesday while the burn ban has expired after its 90 days, people should still exercise extreme caution with burning. He urged any person doing major burns to call the sheriff’s office at 894-2871, ext. 1, to let them know.
In a brief post-holiday meeting Tuesday the Montague County Commissioners approved numerous routine items.
The court paid two invoices out of its American Rescue Plan federal funds for work on the sewer plant for the courthouse/annex complex. One bill is the permit fee of $620 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. County Judge Kevin Benton said this will be an annual fee, which they will pay for with ARPA funds this year and budget it next year.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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