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City preps for more infastructure improvements By Bryce Martin
Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net Jon Brosz of Brosz Engineering gave the city of Bowman some good news and some bad news this week. Brosz addressed the city
commission during a special meeting Wednesday morning to give an update on some of the city’s upcoming projects. With Commission President Lyn James absent, Commissioner Mike Sondeland led the meeting. Brosz began with an overview of the 11th Av-
enue project in which crews will reconstruct and improve the ailing road. An additional $300,000 to $450,000 would likely be spent on the project, according to Brosz, for the additional and replacement of some fire hydrant valves. Sidewalks will also be added on the east side
of 11th Avenue, contributing to the increased cost. After bids are opened by the city June 15—and potentially awarded the following day—the plan is to get started on the street’s dirtwork. Asphalt currently lining the road will be ground up, salvaged and stock-
piled until the dirtwork is complete. Since paving is likely not to begin until summer 2016, the asphalt would be returned to cover the road for the winter months. When the road is finished, Brosz said, it would be constructed of six inches of the ground-up
asphalt, three inches of gravel and three inches of normal asphalt. James previously stated publically that 11th Avenue was not done properly when it was fixed in the 1980s, after the area’s first oil boom. Since then
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Main Street gets new décor Joint venture between BCDC, tax and tourism adds 'pop' to downtown; planters, benches are just the beginning By Bryce Martin
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AT THE PARK — Anna Sarsland, Rhyann Heyen and Emma Halleen have fun Tuesday at the Bowman City Park as they pick up cotton that fell from nearby cottonwood trees and heave it into the air, making it appear that it is snowing. While the girls seem happy to play with the white, fluffy cotton, not everybody was thrilled to see its large plumes, especially those with seasonal allergies. (Photo by Bryce Martin | Pioneer)
Relax, it's not snow
around downtown. While it made for a fun time of frolicking and playing for children— whose last day of school was last week—at the park, for those suffering from allergies it was an unwelcome though familiar sight.
By Bryce Martin
Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net The city of Bowman woke up Tuesday to find fields covered in white. Thankfully it wasn't snow. The large cottonwood trees in the Bowman City Park let go of their seeds, which are borne on cottony structures that allow them to be blown long distances in the air before settling to grounds. They do it every year during the warm season. Many blocks away, the trees' cotton was spotted, swirling in the light breeze alongside curbs
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(LEFT) Fallen cotton spans the green stretches of Bowman City Park. (Photo by Bryce Martin)
Take a stroll down Main Street and you’ll now discover some added elements that the Bowman Tax and Tourism Board and Bowman County Development Corp. hope will add to the beauty of downtown. Forty tall, black flowerpots containing multi-colored flowers were placed on sidewalks in front of businesses along Main Street last week. Teran Doerr, BCDC executive director, said city beautificaForty flower planters dot Bowman's tion projects are Main Street. The placement of 10 part of Bowman’s benches will soon follow to add a strategic plan. little flair to the city. (Photo by Bryce “This is a way Martin | Pioneer) to get it started,” Doerr said. “We hope to do more in the future.” Ten benches will also be placed along the street when they are delivered. Cathy Hedge, executive director of the BCDC, said it would take about a month for delivery. Those should arrive in late June. While adding flowers and benches was a relatively small cosmetic step, it’s DÉCOR | PAGE 5 an important one.
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Several new Bowman County Public School track and field records were set during last weekend's final track meet of the season: the state meet. PAGE 14
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