NEWS
Bowie mourns loss of senior known for smiles, kindness
By DANI BLACKBURN
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Bowie High School students and staff are finding solace in one another as they grieve the death of their classmate, 17-year-old senior Madison Waldrip.
The fun-loving, kind senior whose life ended far too soon will be remembered at 2 p.m. Wednesday with her funeral in the Bowie High School gymnasium. Friends and family gathered at The White Funeral Home on Tuesday night for visitation.
BHS was set to release early at 12:11 p.m. Wednesday in respect of the service.
Members of the senior class and other close friends have gathered for dinners and other activities since the tragic Nov. 9 car accident north of Bowie that claimed the life of Waldrip.
On Monday, the crisis counseling team from the Region 9 Education Service Center was available to students and staff, along with counselors from North Texas Central College and Mark Neese, counselor at Bowie Elementary.
“We set up in the gymnasium and they were able to come and visit as needed,” said BHS Principal Blake Enlow.
A staff debrief session also took place in the library Monday for those who wanted to talk.
“Madison was a great kid who was very passionate about everything she did,” explained Enlow. “She was determined to graduate early and also a hard worker who worked multiple jobs. Madison always had a smile on her face. She was a friend to all.”
Waldrip is the daughter of Todd and Courtney Waldrip and has two siblings Morgan and Mason. A Bowie High senior, she was active in Future Farmers of America and an avid softball player.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Runoff from the ongoing spring rains are bringing great benefits for Montague County lakes as they continue to slowly rise.
Lake levels
Amon G. Carter
May 7 – 100% full,
920.86 msl
April 30 – 100% full,
920.68 msl
Lake is full at 920 msl
Lake Nocona
May 7 – 83.7% full,
824.79 msl
April 30 – 73.1% full,
822.91 msl
Lake full at 827.5 msl
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court face a lengthy agenda when they meet at 9 a.m. on May 13.
An executive session is listed for deliberation on pending litigation. The court also will begin the preliminaries of budget planning with a workshop.
The court will review an engagement letter with Edgin, Parkman, Fleming and Fleming to conduct the annual outside audit.
The sheriff’s office staff will submit several items lead by a request to purchase a radio console for dispatch, along with a memo of understanding between Flock Safety and the SO and an application for participation with the Law Enforcement Support Office.
Commissioners will finally close out the Federal Emergency Management Agency project 4223 for county flood damage during the spring of 2015.
Read the full story on all the agenda topics in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie Independent School District trustees said they wanted a mandate one way or another in regard to the $65.8 million bond proposal, which was one of multiple reasons it went back on the ballot.
While voter turnout out was smaller than the Nov. 7, 2023 election, the mandate was clear as 73.28% of voters said no to the bond. Trustees had hoped a massive education campaign and a single issue election would boost voter turnout, however, that was not the case.
BISD asked voters to reconsider the same $65.8 million proposal that failed 855-1,079 last November. In that Nov. 7 election 1,934 people voted.
On May 4 there were 1,785 total voters, 149 less than in the fall. There were 477 votes supporting the bond and 1,308 saying no. The bond failed by 831 votes with only 26.72% saying yes.
Forestburg ISD asked voters to consider a pair of infrastructure centered bonds and the results were close. The most recent bond election for FISD was in 2018 and it failed 301-195.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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