NEWS
MCCWB house open house planned for Sept. 8
This is a story about a house, a house born of a dream. Love and hope created the house’s foundation. Opportunity for healing and resilience exist behind its windows and doors. The dream, the goal, the house’s sole purpose for existence, is to build a community of better families.
The cries of children suffering from the epidemic of abuse and neglect in Montague County sparked the dream. Lack of volunteers, money, and professional resources made the house and its mission only a pipe dream. In 2009, undeterred by the obstacles, the Montague County Child Welfare Board solicited funding from generous donors and the Priddy Grant to purchase an old house that is now paving the way for a new future.
Members of the Montague County Welfare Board would like to invite the public to attend an open house from noon to 3 p.m. on Sept. 8 to view the recently completed renovations. There will be free hamburgers and hot dogs served.
The public is invited to attend and see what the mission of the Montague County Child Welfare Board is all about.
The MCCWB house, located at 506 Hulme, now serves as home base for numerous agencies and volunteers seeking to wrap the most vulnerable members of our community in all the care we can provide. The goal is to provide “Wrap Around Care,” for every child suffering from the unimaginable.
The Bowie house represents a family of organizations, volunteers and professionals who believe in the community the house brings together and the services the house inspires, can in fact build better families. Read the full story in your mid-week Bowie News.
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.
The Bowie City Council meeting scheduled for April 28 was canceled due to the lack of a quorum.
Councilors Boyd Hulstine, Stephanie Post and Brent Shaw were present along with Mayor Gaylynn Burris, Four council members are required. Laramie Truax, Laura Sproles and TJay McEwen were absent. The agenda items were expected to be placed on the next agenda of business for the council.
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