NEWS
County needs to step up U.S. Census response
As July winds down many communities can expect to see census takers visiting homes to be counted in the 2020 census.
Initial invitations to take part were sent out earlier this year as citizens went online to answer 12 brief questions. Some paper invitations also were sent out.
As of July 16 there was a 57 percent response rate in the State of Texas, 50.5 percent in Montague County, 56.7 percent in Bowie and 57.7 percent in Nocona. These numbers appear low when many parts of the state have been in “lock-down” or at least partial shut-down due to COVID-19 restrictions. A quick and easy task when you are at home.
The census is a constitutional mandate to count the citizens every 10 years. It is data that will determine many things in the country from representation in Congress to the amount of federal funding coming to your town for school lunch programs.
Read the full story about the census impact on the community, county and state in the weekend Bowie News.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
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)
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