NEWS
Bowie Splash Day is June 1
The 2026 swim season is ready to open on June 1 at the City of Bowie pool and the summer fun continues through Aug. 1.
Free Splash day is 1 to 6 p.m. on June 1.
Pool admission is $3. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m., Monday-Friday and 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
A pool pass is $60 for a city resident and $70 for a non-resident. A family pool pass is $115 for up to three people and $5 for each additional member.
Water aerobics begins June 8, Monday-Thursday 6 to 7 p.m. Cost is $2.
Swim lessons will be two sessions in July: July 6-10 and July 13-17, 10:30 to 11 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Cost is $30 per person ages three and up. Call the pool office at 872-1068 to register.
Ice chests are allowed but no glass containers. Floaties are allowed, but not in the deep end. No alcohol allowed. The city pool is located at 1601 E. Wise Street.
Summer recreation
The free Summer recreation program is open to kids kindergarten through age 15 is 8:30 a.m. to noon on June 8-July 3.
Permission slips must be filled out the first day. There will be many activities throughout the month like softball, dodgeball, kickball, flag football, soccer, tennis, basketball, relay races, circle games, arts and crafts, music and swimming. The community center gym also will be used. Youngsters should not come just for swimming.
Children should wear tennis shoes only. Drop children at the pavilion behind the pool at 8:30 a.m. and pick them up at noon each day.
Once a child arrives he/she is not allowed to go to the store or home without prior permission. A child should bring something in which to keep money or personal items. There is a concession stand with drinks and snacks to purchase. Come cool off at the pool.
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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