Bowie blooms with beautification award winners By CHRISTINA BLAKENEY Staff Writer
Todd Kear was this year's top winner at Bowie's annual Beautification Awards, which took place at the Bowie Senior Center.
The distinguished yard winner and beautiful landscape designer received a $100 gift certificate from Patuxent Nursery and a sign that reads "Bowie's 2008 Distinguished Yard."
Runners-up in the awards received a mum, donated by Frank's Garden Center, and gift certificates from Patuxent Nursery.
The All-Star Gardens was a fifth-year-in-a-row winner, with Tulip Grove Elementary winning the distinguished school category and Sunoco gas station on Stonybrook Drive for its distinguished business landscape.
The city of Bowie and the Soroptimist International of Bowie-Crofton organization sponsored the program this year, and president Beth Hoyt hosted the ceremony, with program coordinator Matt Corley.
The awards program featured the presentations as well as a slide show detailing all the winners, including Virginia Smith's distinguished back yard; David Dolney's front yard and Dorothy Campbell, side yard winner.
Heather Dunahoo was the distinguished townhouse winner of the year.
Mayor G. Frederick Robinson and several members of the City Council congratulated all the residents as they received an award for the particular landscape category. Said Robinson, "These beautification awards are an example that Bowie residents care about the community and their homes."
