NEWS
E-recycle day arrives Saturday
Do you have unwanted computer components such a desktops computers, laptop computers, LCD monitors, keyboards, mice, scanners, printers, battery back-up units, etc., that you don’t know how to dispose of properly?
If so, members of the Montague Emergency Communications Team can help as they host the annual Computer Recycling Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 12 at the Bowie City hall parking lot at the corner of Mason and Pecan.
The team will recycle your unwanted computer components and insure they are disposed of properly, in an environmentally friendly manner. It is the perfect time to clean out that closet of nonworking or old electronics at your house.
They also will insure any computer hard drives are destroyed, thus preventing anyone from gaining access to personal information which may be left in the memory.
They also can accept sealed lead acid (SLA), nickel cadmium (NiCad), nickel metal hydride (NiMH) and lithium ion (Li-Ion) batteries for recycling. They cannot accept computer monitors or TV with cathod ray tubes.
This is a public service being offered at no cost to the community. Any proceeds will benefit the Montague County Emergency Communications Team and the Montague County SKYWARN program.
For details email kirk-@higginstx.com.
This tractor-trailer rig turned over Monday morning as it made the turn at the intersection of the service road at State Highway 59 and U.S. 287 service road. The trailer emptied out a load of “sweet feed” along the highway. The roadway was closed for a period of time as the accident was cleaned up. The driver was not injured. (Photo by Barbara Green)
A BOIL WATER NOTICE is in effect for the area between Wise St, Tarrant St, Mill St, & Raymond Street until Nov 18. If you need bottled water, please call Emergency Management at (940) 977-4941.
Bowie Police and Montague County Sheriff investigators are looking into a series of “check washing” incidents where local residents lost money when their checks were stolen and revised.
Police Chief Guy Green explained check washing scams involve changing the payee names and often the dollar amounts on checks and fraudulently depositing them.
According to the U.S. Postal Inspector occasionally, these checks are stolen from mailboxes and washed in chemicals to remove the ink. Some scammers will even use copiers or scanners to print fake copies of a check. Postal Inspectors recover more than $1 billion in counterfeit checks and money orders every year.
Bowie police received three complaints during the past week, while the sheriff’s office has one case during the past week.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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