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Longtime Bowie businessman dies in motorcycle accident

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A funeral service is set for 10 a.m. Sept. 25 at First Baptist Church in Bowie for longtime local businessman Patrick Walters who was killed in a motorcycle accident in Missouri on Sept. 18.
According to the Missouri Highway Patrol the 70-year-old Walters was driving a 2023 Harley Davidson Sportster west on Highway 242 at the Highway 54 connector when his vehicle went off the road, hit a curb and went down an embankment.
The report states the driver was thrown from the motorcycle and died at the scene at 11 p.m.
Family visitation was from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 24 at White Family Funeral Home.
Walters was a Bowie native and a 1974 graduate of Bowie High School. He earned his professional surveyor’s license in 1986 and married Cheryl Dempsey May 28, 1982.
The couple worked together to create Walters Land Surveying Company, which was the first business to go into the Bowie Business Park. Walters Surveying expanded as a family business with two of their three children working in the firm.
Walters had many community interests including law enforcement, Boy Scouts and as a volunteer firefighter. See his full obituary in today’s edition.

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Nocona City Council readies called meeting

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The Nocona City Council will meet in a called session at 8 a.m. on Sept. 30 at city hall.
An executive session is on the agenda listed as consultation with the city attorney for personnel matters regarding an officer or employee. Any action would be taken back in open session.
In regular agenda items, the council will consider closing the 100 block of East Oak for a street dance during Art of the Song, plus temporary closure of streets for the homecoming parade and pep rally.
A resolution approving Ben Van Wingerden making enhancements to the downtown city park through landscaping, lighting, seating and an enclosed gazebo at no cost to the city will be reviewed.

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County commissioners to meet on Sept. 28

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Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Sept. 28 in the courthouse annex.
The agenda opens with a report from members of the Montague Texas Extension Education Association on their activities this pat year. Jaxon Phipps also will be considered for appointment to the child welfare board.
An executive session is set for personnel matters related to the county jail. Any action would be back in open session.
Several budgetary items are on the agenda including a shortfall in the jail budget of $16,403.04 and a shortfall in the emergency management budget of $3,379.85. Line item budget adjustment for fiscal 2026 will be considered as the year comes to a close. The precinct four budget also will see an adjustment from machinery and equipment to personnel.
Other topics on Monday’s agenda will include: Order setting the term of the commissioner’s court; approval of the county clerk’s records’ management and records archive written plan for 2026-27 and notice of joint/general election for Nov. 3, along with agreements with the Cities of Bowie and Saint Jo and school districts in Forestburg and Gold-Burg to conduct their elections.
Five agreements will be offered: Interlocal participation agreement between the county and Texas Association of Counties CIRA program; licensing addendum between Kologik and the sheriff’s office, approve Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information Services Security addendum between Kologik and the sheriff’s office; interlocal agreement between the Clay County Sheriff’s office and the county sheriff for the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System Access; and management control agreement between the sheriff’s office and Jessica Moster regarding the Texas Department of Public Safety and FBI Criminal Justice Information Systems.

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Deadline to register to vote for the Nov. 3 election is Oct. 5

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The deadline to register in time to vote in the Nov. 3 elections is Oct. 5 and all applications must be received in the election’s office no later than 5 p.m. that day.
A voter can go online to the Texas Secretary of State’s office to check on your registration to make sure it is valid and up to day. To register complete an online voter registration application that is on the SOS webpage or the county elections page at co.montague.tx.us. After your fill in the required information, print, sign and mail or hand deliver it to the county election’s office in the courthouse annex at Montague.
Changes to your voter registration such as a new address can be done online.

Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.

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