Bowie News and Views: Musician Owen Adams

This week's episode of Bowie News and Views is now on YouTube in two parts. John Rouse and Burt Oliver chat with musician Owen Adams from the City of Bowie Arts Committee. Adams discusses upcoming rock, jazz and hip-hip concerts at the Bowie Playhouse featuring local up and coming artists including Owen Adams' band Stravagant.

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Bowie Business Journal: Maria Lucia and Cindy Freland

Another episode of the Bowie Business Journal is now on YouTube in two parts. John Rouse and Burt Oliver chat with Cindy Freland of Maryland Secretarial Services and Bowie author Maria Lucia.

Cindy is very active in the Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce, and she is this year's recipient of the chamber's Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Maria discusses her latest book Liberation, the first book in the Andrusian Chronicles, a fantasy trilogy that she describes as being like the Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia. Liberation is available on-line, in area book stores, and several copies have been donated to the Bowie library.

Bowie News and Views: Todd Turner

This week's episode of Bowie News and Views is now on YouTube in three parts. John Rouse chats with Bowie City Councilman Todd Turner about social media, Bowie's economic condition, city tax increases, the political campaigns and the reported rise in crime in Bowie. Tune in to find out who Turner is endorsing for county executive, and find out what John Rouse will say on cable television but won't put in writing.

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Bowie News and Views

This week's episode of Bowie News and Views is now on YouTube in three parts. John Rouse chats with political commentator John Lally about the upcoming election and the problems that our county government will face after the election. Tune in to see which local politician John Lally describes as "persistent as the devil."

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Bowie News and Views

This week's episode of Bowie News and Views is now on YouTube in three parts. John Rouse and Burt Oliver chat with Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce President Mark Melvin about the Chamber of Commerce, the state of the economy, zoning authority and more. Melvin announced that the GBCC will host a forum for the House of Delegates candidates in late August or early September.

It appears that the Bowie News and Views videos on YouTube have some fancy new graphics. Check it out.

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Bowie News and Views

This week's episode of Bowie News and Views is now on YouTube in three parts. John Rouse chats with Bowie Mayor G. Fred Robinson about Park and Planning, the upcoming election, the Memorial Day Parade and the relationship between the city and the county governments. Mayor Robinson also shares his favorite Einstein quote:

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity."

You'll have to watch the show for the context.

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Bowie News and Views

This week's episode of Bowie News and Views is now on YouTube in three parts. John Rouse and Burt Oliver discuss the recent bank robberies, crime, politicians, the Memorial Day Parade and more. John doesn't hold back, and he can be seen in the video saying, "he's such a loser!" You'll have to watch to find out who.

At the end of the show, John and Burt make a plea to find Bowie residents willing to produce a show on Bowie cable television. The commitment can be as little as one show per month. Check it out.

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Jeff Krulik's Bowie Related Videos

Bowie High School Class of '79 President Jeff Krulik has been making films and videos for more than 20 years. His material includes a raw man-on-the-street interview with Sam Smith in I like to Meet People and the more polished and quirky On the Bus featuring footage and interviews with Ernest Borgnine as the Emmy Award winner tours the U.S. in a tripped out bus. Krulik recently said that he's drawn back to Bowie more and more, and he has a lot of Bowie film ideas swirling through his head.

Some of Krulik's Bowie related videos can be seen below.

In A Visit with Mrs. Cunningham, Krulik interviews former Buckingham Elementary School Principal Maxine Cunningham as he shares footage that Krulik's mother filmed of one of the Halloween parades hosted at the school.

Krulik toured the Bowie Wastewater Treatment Plant with fellow Class of '79 member and City of Bowie employee Bryan Thompson in a two part video. Krulik's favorite quote from the video is when Bryan Thompson said, "whatever you do, don't step in any of that juice."

In I Took AP Biology with Mr. Smouse, Krulik follows Bowie High School Class of '79 classmate Damian Jones as he visits his old biology classroom.

In Freek Week, Krulik interviews Bowie High School Class of '79 student Bryan Thompson explaining the origin of Freek Week, Thompson's Spirit Week parody from 1979.

In Bulldog Restoration at Bowie High School, Krulik films Bruce Hunter telling the stories of how he created the bulldog painting at the end of the 2nd floor wing at Bowie High School and how he helped restore the bulldog during the Class of 1979 30th reunion.

In Teacher Lounge is 175 Degrees, Krulik takes a tour of Bowie High School with his fellow classmates as part of the Class of '79 30th reunion activities.

Bowie High School had an underground newspaper called Off the Wall in the late 70s. In Off the Wall Reunion, Krulik interviews volunteers for Off the Wall during a reunion in 2008.

Late 70s Bowie on Video

In this age of YouTube, it's easy to take videos for granted, but fewer personal videos were being filmed back in the 1970s.

Bowie High School Class of '79 member Todd Mars brought a video camera to school several times between 1977 and '79. He filmed the school, his classmates and a few scenes from around Bowie.

In preparation for the Class of '79 25th reunion in 2004, Todd Mars and Class of '79 President Jeff Krulik added narration to the films. The films were later reformatted to DVD, and DVDs were given to their classmates during the 30th reunion.

Jeff Krulik recently posted these videos on YouTube using the YouTube user name BowieHigh79. Although the videos are probably most interesting to people that attended Bowie High School during that time, I did find some clips that I thought were of general interest to anyone from Bowie.

This first video contains scenes from what Todd believes is Flechertown Road (from 0:32 to 1:35 on the film), and scenes from around Bowie as Todd is given a ride from Bowie High School to his home on Woodrow Lane in the Whitehall section (from 4:00 to 5:00). It looks like Todd took the following route home:

• East on Annapolis Road by the Library (you can see the old Mobil at the corner of Annapolis Rd and Stonybrook Drive).
• Left on Millstream Drive
• Right on Chapel Forge Drive
• Left on Old Chapel Road
• Right on Whitehall Drive
• *camera off*
• Woodrow Lane

This second video may be of interest to anyone that wants to see what the outside of Bowie High School looked like in the late 70s (see 0:01 to 1:50 on the video).

To see the other Todd Mars videos, visit Jeff Krulik's BowieHigh79 channel on YouTube by clicking here.