NEWS
Bowie firefighter awards presented, new firefighters pinned
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
City of Bowie firefighters celebrated family, friends and co-workers at their annual Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 17 recognizing its top firefighters and presenting service awards.
As the event opened the experience of each firefighter was noted as the department has a total of 222.4 years of service. Those ranks have grown as 14 newer firefighters were pinned with their badges by family and friends.
Those pinned included: Dawson Estes, Stephanie Humberd, Alexis Leffingwell, Cory Nava, Jake Ragsdale, Nate Rodrigs, Hayden Rodriguez, Alex Routh, Richard Routh, Dalton Rushing, Marco Sandoval, Cody Yzaguirre, McKenzie Molsbee and Cody Caraway.
The year’s top honors were presented. Ross Hamilton, a veteran of the department with 26 years, received the Roy Gene Williams Award. This is for a volunteer firefighter selected by the volunteer firefighters. Fireman of the Year went to Chad Gerlach, who has been with the department three years.
Read the full story and see more photos in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured above, Mayor Gaylynn Burris gave the oath to the new firefighters who were then pinned with their badges by friends and family. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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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