NEWS
Public meeting about ER on Oct. 30
There will be a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Oct. 30 in the Bowie Community Center for citizens to discuss ideas on what can be done to initiate a process for another hospital or emergency room in Bowie.
Bowie City Manager Bert Cunningham said he has helped organize the meeting as a citizen who is interested in getting health care back into Bowie. He noted the city of Bowie is not involved in this process.
There will be a moderator and an agenda for discussion. While the meeting is an opportunity to explore all ideas related to this issue, Cunningham said it appears once more the creating of a taxing hospital district will be the only way to sustain and subsidize either a hospital or ER.
“The first question needs to be for those in attendance how many people want a hospital district. If we can’t do that we are wasting our time. There is no other way it will succeed, it can’t exist if it is not subsidized,” said the city manager.
Cunningham turned to other questions such as seeing who would volunteer to serve on the first board, who will carry petition that asks for an election and all the things like that.
“My position excludes me from the process, but I want to help initiate it because I am a lifelong citizen of Bowie,” he concluded.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
NEWS
Voters reminded to avoid political hats, T-shirts at the polls
Attention voters:
Elections Administrator Ginger Wall reminds voters that electioneering is illegal within 100 feet of a polling location, and that includes the wearing of hats or T-shirts showing candidate or issue support. The election teams have run into a few instances where they had to ask the voter to remove the item or for a shirt turn it inside out to come into the polling location.
Wall said while it can anger the citizen, her team is following the law.
NEWS
Early voting in Montague County nears 40%
As expected early voting across the nation is hitting record numbers, and Montague County is no exception with 37% of the county’s nearly 16,000 registered voters casting ballots during the first week of early voting.
The early voting process will continue through Nov. 1.
Montague County Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said Monday there have been 5,929 ballots cast as the judges and clerks keep busy with a steady stream of voters. There are a total of 15,654 registered voters in the county.
Early voting will take place Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., courthouse annex location only.
Voting will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 28-Nov. 1 at the Bowie senior center, Nocona Justin Building and Saint Jo Civic Center.
Read more on this story in the mid-week Bowie News.
NEWS
Citizens urged to attend medical needs meeting
If you have concerns about emergency medical care and other health care in Bowie, make plans to attend a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Oct. 30 in the Bowie Community Center.
Citizens are invited to discuss ideas on what can be done to initiate a process for another hospital or emergency room in Bowie. As of Oct. 6, Bowie was once more without emergency medical care as the Faith Community Health System closed its emergency room operating just two weeks shy of its one-year anniversary.
Bowie has been without a local hospital or ER since early 2020 when Central Hospital closed. It had operated only a few years, coming in after Bowie Memorial Hospital closed on Nov. 16, 2015.
There will be a moderator and an agenda for discussion. While the meeting is an opportunity to explore all ideas related to this issue, the creation of a taxing hospital district will be discussed and is considered the only way to sustain and subsidize either a hospital or ER.
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