NEWS
Early voting ends Friday with extended hours
Early voting for the Nov. 4 general election comes to an end this week on Oct. 31 with the opening week showing low numbers for Montague County.
Elections Director Ginger Wall said there were 657 ballots cast in the opening week. Early voting continues through the end of the week with two extended voting days.
Ballots may be cast from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 30 and Oct. 31, but only at the Montague Annex location.
The other three locations are in Bowie at the senior center, in Nocona at the H.J. Justin Building and the Saint Jo Civic Center will have regular voting 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. those two days.
Election day voting will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following locations: Montague County Annex, Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Bowie Public Library, H.J. Justin Room in Nocona, Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum in Nocona, Saint Jo Civic Center, Forestburg Community Center, Sunset City Hall, Ringgold Fire Hall and Valley View Baptist Church.
Additional information on the amendments is available in a story on page 3A and at the nonpartisan Texas League of Women Voters webpage at lwvtexas.org.
In city elections, Bowie and Nocona each have a contested mayoral race. In Bowie, Mayor Gaylynn Burris is facing a challenge from Glenda Durham.
The three council seats are not contested with Incumbents Brent Shaw and Stephanie Post, running, along with Boyd Hulstine.
Bowie Independent School District has incumbent trustees Jeff Jackson and Kent Dosch running.
On the Nocona City Council Ray Gelo and Christopher Nunneley seek the mayor’s job as Robert Fenoglio did not run. . Two places are open on the council with incumbent Robert Fuller running with Robert Norman and Matthew D. Fenoglio.
Saint Jo ISD has four candidates seeking two positions with incumbents Mike Martin and Rodney Swirczynski running along with Jessyca Wagner and Shawn Armstrong.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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