NEWS
Smoke Eaters: Local fireman travels nation fighting historic fires
By DANI BLACKBURN
dani@postoakmedia.net
During 2018 parts of the nation experienced historical wildfires that claimed more than 80 lives and destroyed thousands of structures.
While Montague County has been fortunate to avoid disastrous massive fires this year, many residents know tragedy can easily strike as the 13th anniversary of the Jan. 1, 2006 Ringgold fire that destroyed 30 homes, burned 15,000 acres and killed hundreds of head of livestock nears.
Brant Frazier, a professional firefighter with the City of Fort Worth and a City of Bowie volunteer firefighter, was at the forefront of those tremendous California wildfires this past year, as well as other large fires in Texas.
He has spent the better part of the year deployed to battle these deadly blazes as part of the North Texas Fire Resources and Texas Interstate Fire Mutual Aid System.
California has led the headlines this year as wildfires scorched acres and acres of forest land and homes, but Texas also suffered as fuels, weather patterns and topography created the perfect environment for wildfires to cause rampant destruction.
“I would say that our wildfires in Texas are driven a lot by our weather patterns,” explained Frazier. “If you look at this year, we typically have the worse wildfire years when we go from a really wet year into a really dry year just due to the vegetation and having that large amount of growth.”
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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.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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