COUNTY LIFE
Two county VFDs receive equipment grants
During the past two weeks the Texas A&M Forest Service conducted funding meetings for the 2025 Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, awarding 94 grants totaling $2.1 million.
Two Montague County fire departments received grants. Forestburg Volunteer Fire Department and the Saint Jo Volunteer Fire Department each received $25,000 for personal protective equipment.
Grants proposed at this meeting will assist VFDs across Texas in purchasing equipment such as dry hydrants, fire and rescue equipment, personal protective equipment and training aids.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured top: Fire danger has been elevated this past week with red flag warnings. County firefighters were kept busy with lots of grass fires. Nocona firefighters assisted Saint Jo Volunteer Fire Department with 15 bales of hay on fire on the weekend. All the county department joined forces and stayed on alert throughout the week to keep fires from getting out of hand and spreading with the air of the high winds and low pressure. (Nocona fire photo)
A RED FLAG WARNING for Montague County, TX will be in effect today from 11 am until 6 pm. Please be careful.
Today is the first day of spring. In 2025, the March equinox happens on March 20 at 5:01 A.M. EDT. This falls on a Thursday and is the astronomical beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumn season in the Southern Hemisphere.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the spring equinox (also called the March equinox or vernal equinox across the globe) occurs when the Sun crossesthe celestial equator going south to north. It’s called the celestial equator because it’s an imaginary line in the sky above Earth’s equator. Imagine standing on the equator; the Sun would pass directly overhead on its way north.
On the March equinox, the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere receive roughly equal amounts of sunlight; neither hemisphere is tilted more toward or away from the Sun than the other.
Although in most locations (the North Pole and the equator being exceptions), the amount of daylight had been increasing each day after the winter solstice—and after the spring equinox, many places will experience more daylight than darkness in each 24-hour day. The amount of daylight each day will continue to increase until the summer solstice (in June) when the longest period of daylight occurs.
Information from the Farmer’s Almanac
Economic and community development representatives from across the nation participated in the Texas Community Development Institute March 5-6. Among those completing the Advanced course was Cindy Roller, Bowie Community Development executive director.
Roller was in the 2025 class among 26 in the Advanced class with over 100 attendees overall attending. She has officially completed years 1-3 in the CDI curriculum.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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