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Bowie Councilor calls auditorium tax funds illegal, draws anger from audience
Despite a packed audience supporting efforts to restore the Bowie City Auditorium, the city council Tuesday tabled a request to apply for a Texas Historical marker for the building opting to wait until more is known about funding.
Barbara Winingham, representing the Amity Club, along with members of the Friends of the Auditorium and project supporters made the request to make application with the Texas Historical Commission for not only the auditorium marker, but also a marker for the City of Bowie. Amity has been been actively involved in several historical preservation projects, including the marker and plaza area at Elmwood Cemetery.
Councilor Laura Sproles moved to table any action on the auditorium marker application until the council knows more about possible grant funds in the fall, and at one point she called the motel tax money earmarked for the restoration as “illegal,” because nothing has been to the building in the many years the tax has been collected. Her comment angered the audience who exclaimed it was legal. Read the full story on the dramatic meeting in your Saturday News. Pictured – Barbara Winingham speaks to the city council.
Supertunia Mini Vista Pink Cloud petunia is having its debut year or thanks to Susan Middleton Turner in south Georgia’s zone 9 Miller County it’s breakout year.
Susan’s house looks quite like a movie set, and you would have to think that Supertunia Mini Vista petunias play a prominent role.
Last year it was the award-winning Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo that dazzled with incredible color. The petunias were planted in banister baskets across the front of the house. I featured her photos in an article I wrote about Mini Vista petunias.
Read the full Garden Guy column in your Thursday Bowie News.
The boil order for the 400 block of Decatur Street due to a line break and repair mid-week has been lifted.
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Coming this weekend is “Ruin at the Renaissance Banquet” the annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theater fundraiser brought to you by the MOCO Creative Arts Alliance (formally Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts) is coming this weekend for two shows.
Join an evening for laughs, dramatic insults, and flare as we enjoy a feast for the senses with a catered meal, challenges, and fun. Who will be the ultimate champion?
The performances are 6:30 p.m. on May 29 and May 30 and noon on May 30. The $25 ticket cost includes the meal and show.
All funds raised will be part of the youth scholarship program. Tickets can be purchased at mococreativearts.com/.
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