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News opinion: What will you do to make Bowie better?
By BARBARA GREEN
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
At the January Bowie Chamber of Commerce Banquet emcee Dr. Arn Anderson drew upon that quote from Alexander Graham Bell to create a prolific stream of discussion asking residents what they would do to “Boost Bowie.”
He encouraged everyone to stop looking at the closed doors and find new ones to open. It hit home with me.
I spend much of my time writing dire and sad news, so I often find it hard to start each day with a happy face.
I try hard not to be a “whiner” because my life is so very blessed amidst with all the turmoil and sadness in the world.
Let’s face it, Bowie is in a funk and really who could blame it.
Our hospital closed down after nearly 50 years, losing about 130 jobs. That tax district election was very nasty and divisive for our community, often pitting neighbor against neighbor.
Then we have the energy downturn that has hit north Texas hard with hundreds of people laid off right here in our own town.
The cost of living goes up, while wages stagnate. It is no wonder a bad mood abounds.
As I began thinking about how we can improve this negative mindset, I recalled the campaign used to get approval for the bonds that funded construction of the City of Bowie Auditorium back in 1925.
The words came from an ad in The Bowie Blade and they jumped off the page at me because it is all applicable for where we are today in 2016.
It reads:
Think well of Bowie. Believe in its possibilities. Feel that your big opportunity is here — among the friends who admire and respect you.
Talk loyally of your community. Grasp every chance to spread the gospel of faithfulness to your hometown.
Act what you think and talk. Give your efforts to anything that means improvement for Bowie.
Buy from your home merchants. Shoulder your share of civic responsibility. Be generous with good cheer.
Help build Bowie bigger and better! Let’s go!
I can’t think of a more perfect mantra for our community 91 years later.
Read the full column in the weekend News.
By BARBARA GREEN editor@bowienewsonline.com
Tuesday night ’ s meeting of the Lake Amon Carter Water Supply Corporation disintegrated into yelling and name-calling leading to no resolution on providing water to a developer asking for service.
With two items on the agenda the meeting lasted only one hour and ended abruptly as Chairman John Halbrook stood up while a board member was arguing with audience members exclaiming, “We’re done here folks.”
In a late April meeting, subdivision developer Daniel Deweber and two of his residents came to the board asking why they were being denied water when the nearly 30 lots are located within the corporation’s service area. Questions also arose about the board allegedly violating open records and open meeting’s laws by not allowing people to attend some of their meetings or posting meetings.
Board members have told Deweber he needs to file a new non-standard application based on their information from the Public Utilities Commission and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Deweber counters the PUC has indicated he is a qualified applicant and does not have to file again. There also is a dispute whether he has to apply under The new tariff that was adopted in May 2024 or the previous one in place when he originally applied. Deweber said he has been told by thePUC staff not to reapply as he as the original
tariff applies.
Read the full story in the May 15 Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
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