NEWS
Firefighters make a pitch for upgraded radio system
By BARBARA GREEN
Several costly budget proposals including a plan to resolve ongoing radio repeater problems for all the county fire departments were debated by the Montague County Commissioner’s Court this week.
Monday’s session included awards and recognition, but the court also tackled financial issues for the next budget year, while awaiting the arrival of final certified property values and projections for revenue.
Randall Preuninger, chief of the Bowie Rural Volunteer Fire Department, talked with the court representing a committee from the county firefighters association.
Richard Self, local radio technician, said they have come up with a proposal for a simulcast system to replace the repeater system with an ethernet wireless system. It has an estimated cost of $160,000, but Preuninger said they expect it would come in slightly cheaper.
Sheriff Paul Cunningham and Saint Jo Superintendent Larry Smith also discussed the state of a School Resource Officer program with the MCSO. Read the full story in the mid-week News.
(Left) Montague County Sheriff Paul Cunningham and Saint Jo ISD Superintendent Larry Smith discuss a school resource officer program with the county commissioners on Monday. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Pictured – (Left) Randall Preuninger, fire chief of the Bowie Rural Volunteer Fire Department, and Richard Self, local radio technician, talks with the Montague County Commissioners Court Monday about radio upgrade options to resolve communication problems with the fire departments across the county. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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