NEWS
Being a mentor – Lunchtime sessions giving to both sides
By BARBARA GREEN
The Bowie Elementary mentoring program began with three participants in December 2015. Two years later it has grown to nearly 50 mentors assisting children with not only reading, but also a range of other needs.
Boosting Our Jackrabbits Onward Mentoring Program was initiated by Elementary Counselor Mark Neese, who said he was inspired by a Wichita Falls school program, “Assist with Success.”
The Bowie program joins volunteer mentors with elementary students “to participate in meaningful reading and mentor sessions with the goal of increasing student academic and social improvement.”
Mentors are assigned to individual students in a supportive environment which includes a weekly 30-minute mentoring session during lunch and a 30-minute reading focus.
Neese adds these sessions are confidential and may only be shared with school faculty or staff associated with the specific child. The school began with three mentors and has grown to 46 with four waiting for training. A total of 48 children are being served as two mentors work with two children.
“You can see a difference in these children. they are reading closer to grade level and they are responding well with a desire to read,” explains the counselor. “If a student struggles with reading they don’t want to do it. Research shows they should strive to be reading on grade level by third grade. After that point it is a struggle to catch up and sometimes they don’t, which hurts their chances for the future.”
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Atmos Energy has E. Montague St. closed between Mason St. & Lindsey St. for gas line repair.
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A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
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