COUNTY LIFE
Bowie Municipal Airport receives grant
Bowie Municipal Airport was awarded a grant of $1,890,000 in federal funding for pavement improvements as relief following the economic distress caused by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced this week.
The funding, which was appropriated by Congress in March as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, comes through the U.S. Department of Transportation. Bowie had already been approved for the grant, which included a 10 percent city match in funding; however, with this grant the city will not have to provide any match.
“While COVID-19 continues to disrupt the financial security of our great state, it is critical that our airports get the funds they need to continue operating through the pandemic and beyond,” said Sen. Cornyn. “I pledge to continue to prioritize our airports in Bowie and across Texas.”
The airport improvement grant will completely rehabilitate the runway, fog seal the taxiway and ramps and restrip everything. It is a $2.25 million improvement project through Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division. Work is scheduled to begin March 7, 2021.
Spring has sprung and it is time to nominate top yards from your neighborhood to be considered for The Bowie News Yard of the Month. Top yard honors will be given for April, May and June.
The first award will be made for April and nominations may be submitted through May 1. The winner will be announced in the May 8 edition.
Call the Bowie News office at 940-872-2247 or email it to editor@bowienewsonline.com. Please include the address and name of the resident if you know it or a contact phone number for the nominee. The contest winner gets to show off the brightly colored Yard of the Month sign in their yard during the month.
Do you have unwanted computer components such a desktop computers, laptop computers, LCD monitors, keyboards, mice, scanners, printers, battery back-up units, etc., that you don’t know how to dispose of properly?
If so, members of the Montague Emergency Communications Team can help as they host the annual Computer Recycling Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 19 at the Bowie City Hall parking lot at the corner of Mason and Pecan.
The team will recycle your unwanted computer components and insure they are disposed of properly, in an environmentally friendly manner. It is the perfect time to clean out that closet of nonworking or old electronics at your house.
They also will insure any computer hard drives are destroyed, thus preventing anyone from gaining access to personal information which may be left in the memory.
They also can accept sealed lead acid (SLA), nickel cadmium (NiCad), nickel metal hydride (NiMH) and lithium ion (Li-Ion) batteries for recycling. They cannot accept computer monitors or TV with cathod ray tubes.
This is a public service being offered at no cost to the community.
Any proceeds will benefit the Team and the Montague County SKYWARN program.
For details email kirk-@higginstx.com.
Bowie High School’s one-act play is just one step away from the state University Interscholastic League contest after it placed first in the area round on April 12.
The BHS play, “View From The Bridge,” will now move to regionals at Clyde Huff Pac in Clyde on April 23. The play is expected to perform at 2 p.m.
“We placed first in this round, and all the plays were phenomenal,” said Director April Word.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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