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Montague County receives ‘clean’ audit for 2016-17

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By BARBARA GREEN
Montague County receive a “clean” opinion in its 2016-17 audit presented to the commissioner’s court Monday.
Michael Edgin of Edgin, Edgin, Fleming and Fleming, PC, made the presentation noting the county’s net position experienced a positive change of two percent ($628,692) and resulted in a healthy unassigned fund balance of $6,014,960.
Some of the financial highlights were:
• The county’s assets exceeded its liabilities by $27,327,181. Of that amount $10,519,428 may be used to meet its obligations.
• The county’s expenses totaled $14,491,591, which were less than the county’s program revenues of $5,415,621 and general revenues and special items of $9,704,932.
Edgin noted due to changes in the county’s investment policy the interest income has increased by $42,559 this year due to expanding into other areas that just the state pool.

Read the full story in the mid-week News.

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Gold-Burg High one-act prepares for public show on Sunday

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The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.

Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)

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Voters decide today on two ISD bonds

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Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.

Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.

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City crews replace fire hydrant near downtown

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Water was off Wednesday morning as the City of Bowie public works crew replaced a fire hydrant at the corner of Walnut and Matthews. (Photo by Barbara Green)

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