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Bowie Councilor calls auditorium tax funds illegal, draws anger from audience

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12 years ago

06/06/2014

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.

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Bowie tennis girls take state title

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2 days ago

05/08/2026

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3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS COMING HOME TO BOWIE!

Heidi and Willow Siebert of Bowie High School have won the 3A state tennis championship! for girl’s tennis doubles!

A decisive 6-3, 6-3 victory in the State Championship brings the gold medal and state title back to Bowie!

Watch for full coverage in your next Bowie News.

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Fairytail Fresco can launch flower fest in your yard

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3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Though I am writing this in April the garden season in Georgia has been a blast and Fresco has been my favorite. You no doubt are pondering what Fresco is?
Well Fresco is a new hydrangea making its debut this year. So, I better get the correct name front and center. It is Fairytrail Fresco Cascade Hydrangea.
So, the fact that The Garden Guy is telling you I have fallen madly in love with a hydrangea that has been blooming in April already starts to stir the imagination.
Proven Winners tells everyone up front that it is early to bloom but Fairytrail Fresco was already blooming when other hydrangeas were deciding if they were going to live through the winter with the repeating vortex.

Read the full story in Thursday’s Bowie News.