NEWS
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
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.
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There was a small turnout for the Oct 29 town hall meeting to explain the new emergency transportation plan being offered to residential utility customers in the City of Bowie.
About 25 citizens attended the session at the community center where Will Winters of MASA discussed the plan that will offered to customers and paid for through a $7.75 fee collected on the city utility bill. Every meter is auto enrolled in the plan, but customers can opt out by filling out a form on the city website or at the city finance office.
Customers will have until Nov. 11 as the deadline to opt out before the fee becomes effective on Dec. 1. There also is a process in effective to opt out at a later time. Opting out in the first 90 days qualifies you for a full bill credit refund, but after 90 days, previous fees are non-refundable.
(Top image – Bowie citizens listen to MASA representative Will Winters about details of the program at the city hall MASA meeting Oct. 29.)
Read the full article in your Thursday Bowie News.
The Supertunia Tiara duo debuted in 2025 and in this brief amount of time has become the darling of the landscape. The love and admiration from gardeners across the country including my area of West Georgia and East Alabama has been nothing short of wow.
As much as gardeners treasure their Supertunia Vista Bubblegum petunias, Supertunia Pink Tiara and Blue Tiara are here to say look at me! Oh yes, and both are building a trophy case with awards.
At first, it would seem the Supertunia Tiara Petunias were designed with the artist gardener in mind. While that could be true it is most likely that these petunias are so unique and beautiful that any combination or application you try simply looks ready for canvas.
Read the full Garden Guy column in your Thursday Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council approved a $950,000 project to improve the walking path at Pelham Park on Oct. 27.
Bowie Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Janis Crawley said the upcoming project will repave 26,277 square feet of pathway in concrete, spanning about 0.6 miles in length.
The work covers the trail section northeast of the Blade, curving past the soccer fields and toward the swimming pool.
Another section goes around the pool and sport courts, then back down toward the Blade. The project will also widen the trail section to eight feet and add a new 36-foot bridge.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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