COUNTY LIFE
Prairie Valley School District proposes tax rate
Trustees of the Prairie Valley Independent School District handled multiple routine items of business in their June and August meetings preparing for the new school year.
This included the 2025-26 budgets for the Montague County Tax Appraisal District, the Region 9 Education Service Center agreement and the Texas Association of School Board update 125.
The 2024-25 Public Education Information Management System Discipline Report and the School Health Advisory Council report also were accepted, along with student transfers.
The board met on Aug. 4 and set public hearings for the 2025-26 budget and the 2025 tax rate. A proposed tax rate of .6822 cents per $100 is offered for 2025 down slightly from the 2024 rate of .73550 cents.
At this session the board approved the Home School University Interscholastic League participation for students with two exception: The home school student was not enrolled the previous year at Prairie Valley and the student did not drop out during the current year and still wants to participate. All school districts must decided to opt in or out per Legislative directive.
Approval also went to the school lunch program pricing, pre-K self-assessment, the teacher and student handbooks, code of conduct and athletic policy.
Superintendent Tim West added the new six-man football program is creating excitement in the district. While all the games will be played away, he believes they will be able to have some home games in 2026.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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