NEWS
By BARBARA GREEN
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The Bowie Senior Citizens Project hopes to reopen very soon as a major remodeling project winds down and the center is able to return to some of its activities cancelled by the pandemic.
It was March 23, 2020, when the center closed its dining room to guests, but still provided meals for pickup and Meals on Wheels. The center has been quiet with no one throwing down in 42 or walking on a treadmill in the exercise room. Transportation also was cut back and there were no special events hosted at the center.
Lynda Medley, longtime center director, has been involved in different capacities at the center for more than 25 years. The past year without those special interactions with all their seniors has been hard.
“I miss the people so much, it has been so hard to get excited about coming to work. They are my extended family and we lost so many of them this year,” explained Medley.
Renovation
Located at 501 Pelham since 1987, the senior center was formerly in an old church before moving to the city-owned property at Pelham Park, which previously was home of the Jim Bowie Rodeo Association. The original stone building was reportedly built by the Works Progress Administration. A small brass plaque located just outside the front doors of the center notes WPA, 1935-1937.
While the building underwent renovation when the center moved in and at different points through the years, an 86-year-old building has constant issues. Roof repairs have been a regular issue. There also needed to bring the building up to handicap accessibility standards.
Medley said thanks to the family of Phyllis Dodson the center is the recipient of a monetary donation for remodeling. Dodson, 89, passed away on Oct. 20, 2020, but she received home meals and used van transportation. She was a retired school teacher who also assisted her husband in his accounting practice.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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