NEWS
Sheriff changes his inspection report, RWP permit approved for mudcrawl
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Things got a little tense among county officials at the Sept. 6 public hearing on a mass gathering permit for the Rednecks with Paychecks off Road Fall Mud Crawl Sept 18-21.
The hearing looked like a regular court session as County Judge Kevin Benton required each person who commented to take an oath to tell the truth. Per county policy a mass gathering permit is required for events that top 2,500 in attendance and must meet requirements set forth by the state administrative code. This permit policy was approved in June 2016 and the first permit issued to Rednecks in September 2016.
This was Judge Benton first time for the process since he took office in 2020. He said as far as he knows not permit has been sought during his tenure until this one.
Rednecks with Paychecks was established by Derrick Morse in 2011 on his family’s property outside Saint Jo. The 1,200 acre park is an off-road amusement venue that usually conducts two main events a year, one in the spring and one in the fall.
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Photo – Sheriff Marshall Thomas spoke to a full house at the Sept. 5 public hearing on the mass gathering permit. (News photo by Barbara Green)
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
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