COUNTY LIFE
Coronavirus has become ‘commonplace according to county health authority
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County Health Authority Dr. Chance Dingler said this week testing positive and dealing with Coronavirus has become “commonplace” and in recent months has resulted in few hospital admissions.
The Mayo Clinic database for COVID cases shows on average daily cases at three in Montague County and the total number of cases since the pandemic began in March 2020 is at 5,116. The Texas Department of Health Services no longer tallies daily cases, but for 2020-22 the county statistics are at 4,231 confirmed cases, 675 probable cases and 130 fatalities.
In Texas the new confirmed cases total 6,837 with 48 newly reported fatalities as of Aug. 3. John Hopkins COVID database shows about 64.26% of Texans are fully vaccinated.
Dingler said earlier in the year, February and March, there were five people in the hospital with COVID, and now they have one in the hospital with another illness, but he also tested positive for COVID.
“A lot have tested positive recently, but their symptoms have been pretty benign and no one has been sick enough to be in the local hospital. Nationwide the BA.5 omicron is the main variant now, and we have not really seen people get that sick with it, maybe they feel bad a day or two,” explained the Nocona doctor.
“No one cares any more, it’s become commonplace,” added Dingler.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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