NEWS
Prayer vigil first step to grieve senior who drown Thursday
Trent Walker at last week’s Bowie FFA awards banquet. (News photo)
By BARBARA GREEN
As Friday dawned, Bowie High School began the daunting task of helping its students and staff deal with the drowning death of a popular senior on Thursday.
A prayer vigil took place Friday morning for they community as they grieve Trent Walker, 18, who drowned in a tragic accident at Mose Johnson Lake located next to Bowie High School. Students, teachers and family members, including the teen’s mother, Melissa, and his grandmother, attended, along with some of the local first responders.
Funeral service for Walker will be at 2 p.m. on May 16 at First Baptist Church of Bowie.
The 911 call for the drowning came in to the Bowie Police Department at 11 a.m. Thursday. Sgt. Bob Blackburn said on the initial call there were some mixed message about what had truly happened including a report of a car going into the lake, which proved to be untrue.
Walker and a friend were fishing at the lake enjoying the spring day when Walker decided to swim across the channel to a canoe that was located on the opposite shore. Blackburn said the witness told him Walker made it about half-way across when he began having difficulties.
Read the full story in the weekend News. Please see Trent Walker’s obituary in the weekend News and her on bowienewsonline.com
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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
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