🌱 How will ending Bay City’s fire marshal pact change local response?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will ending Bay City's fire marshal pact change local response?
• Can Bay City's Blackcats seize control of the district at Navasota?
• What could a new national recreation area mean for Bay City?

Also on today's calendar: Campfire Stories.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 90 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 87, low: 72.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• County shifts burn-ban authority, ends Bay City agreement (baycitytribune.com) — Matagorda County commissioners have shifted authority over county burn-ban conditions to the fire marshal and voted to terminate a mutual-aid agreement with the City of Bay City's fire marshal office, changes that could affect how local emergencies are managed. They also updated Bay City's representative on the county Sexual Assault Response Team, approved new tech for the Sheriff's Office, and advanced several grant, infrastructure, and service contracts tied to county facilities in Bay City.
   

• Predicting the Biggest Week 6 Games in Texas: 4A, 3A, 2A (texasfootball.com) — Bay City's Blackcats head into a huge Week 6 road showdown at Navasota with a likely district title on the line after piling up 511 yards of offense in last week's rout of Brookshire Royal. Quarterback Keimarion Wiggins and sophomore running back Daveion Agu are leading a balanced attack that, paired with an improving defense, has statewide observers picking Bay City to edge Navasota in a tight one.
   

• Cornyn proposes 170-mile national recreation area along Texas coast (galvnews.com) — Bay City residents may see their stretch of the upper Texas coast folded into a proposed 170‑mile Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area, which has been endorsed by the Bay City Community Development Corp. The plan, backed by Sen. John Cornyn and Matagorda County Judge Bobby Seiferman, aims to boost recreation and conservation while protecting the region's industrial economy and leaving local authority largely intact.
   

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Sunday October 4
• El Maton National Hall Live Music Sundays →
  El Maton National Hall, 565 FM1095, El Maton
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Friday October 16
• Campfire Stories →
  Riverside Park, 7330 FM 2668, Bay City
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 21
• Bar Bingo in Bay City →
  Neon Moon, 5212 7th St, Bay City
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Cross Country (HS only) @ Van Vleck
  Sweeny H S Sweeny, TX 77480
  8:00 am
• Rice @ IJH Football
  Boling ISD Boling, TX 77420
  4:30 pm
• JH/JV Football @Industrial
  Van Vleck ISD Van Vleck, TX 77482
  4:30 pm
• JH Football @ East Bernard
  Sweeny H S Sweeny, TX 77480
  5:00 pm
• Rice @ BHS JV Football
  Boling ISD Boling, TX 77420
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Boling at Sweeny →
  Sweeny High School, 600 East Ashley Wilson Rd., Sweeny
  4:30 pm
• BHS F/JV/V Volleyball @ Sweeny
  Boling ISD Boling, TX 77420
  4:30 pm
• Volley ball V/JV/F @ Home vs. Industrial
  Van Vleck ISD Van Vleck, TX 77482
  4:30 pm
• HS Volleyball vs. Boling
  Sweeny H S Sweeny, TX 77480
  4:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Matagorda

• $100M deposit backs MARA's Matagorda plans (baycitytribune.com)
• Matagorda County to receive new beach signage through state coastal program (crossroadstoday.com)
• Strong teal numbers reported as shortened season nears end (baycitytribune.com)

Brazoria

• Did Brazoria County dodge another Hurricane Season? (brazoriacountybulletin.com)
• 75,000 voter registrations stuck in backlog -- is yours one of them? (click2houston.com)
• Here is a general review of why you must vote Republican as if your life depends on judges not letting felons out on no-bond bails (wordpress.com)

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