COUNTY LIFE
Main Street Bowie honors vision, spirit of its supporters
(Center) Tawni Jones, owner of The Rack, accepted the Merchant of the Year award presented by Main Street President Kyle Tate and Shelly Wilson. (Photo by Barbara Green)
By BARBARA GREEN
Main Street Bowie honored the spirit, vision and volunteerism that drives the organization during its annual appreciation dinner Monday night.
An official Texas Main Street City, the Bowie organization has been a driving force in revitalizing downtown Bowie the past 20 years.
A full house attended the dinner which honors volunteers and business sponsors.
Kyle Tate, 2017 board president, presented the Visionary Award to the Windol Robbins family for their renovation of an historic building that became “The Brick,” a downtown coffee shop and arcade. Windol Robbins and his son Ben accepted the award.
Merchant of the Year went to Tawni Jones, owner of The Rack, a downtown pub and eatery.
Read the full story on Monday’s appreciation dinner in the mid-week News and watch for more photos in the weekend News.
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Swim lessons for youngsters of all ages were conducted the past two weeks at the city pool. It was a good place to be during this summer heat. See more photos in the weekend News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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