NEWS
Jim Bowie Days filled with fun for the entire family
By BARBARA GREEN
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Jim Bowie Days celebrates its 53rd year this past week with large crowds braving the humid and hot weather to enjoy all the rodeo action, parade, turtle races, pet parade and much more.
The final night of rodeo saw Faith Garrett, Saint Jo, crowned the 2019 Miss Jim Bowie Days. She was joined by Brooke Smith, Wichita Falls, who was named Little Miss JBD.
Garrett is a 2019 graduate of Saint Jo High School and a 19-year-old freshman at North Central Texas College where she is pursuing an associate degree in animal science and rides with the stock horse team. She is the daughter of Shane Garrett and Keysha Avens, Saint Jo.
Smith is the 11-year-old daughter of Casondra and Brian Smith of Wichita Falls. She is an eighth grader at Petrolia Consolidated Independent School District.
The crowning of the new rodeo royalty was just one of the highlights of the last night of rodeo action. See more results from the rodeo, mutton bustin’ and calf scrambles in today’s sports.
See all the results and photo coverage in the mid-week Bowie News.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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