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Chargers win in OT
Cibolo Qulters donate Alz-heimer activity mats to the Menger Springs Memory Care Unit.
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Alleged drug dealer taken down in Boerne Arrested on felony drug charges
Alleged drug dealer Alex-ander Marquez Pena was arrested Wednesday by task force officers of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and Boerne Police Department.
Pena, 24, was under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking. After hearing evidence obtained from the investigation, a federal grand jury indicted Pena last month on charges involving possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
An arrest warrant was issued and the DEA sought assistance from the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force to locate and apprehend Pena.
Through collaborative efforts with the Boerne Police Department, task force officers located Pena at a house in the 100 block of Aransas Pass in Boerne. He was taken into custody without incident.
“This evening’s arrest dis-played the diligent efforts of both federal and local law enforcement officers work-ing together to help ensure that justice was served,” U.S. Marshal Susan Pamerleau, said. “We look forward to our continued relationship with our law enforcement
partners for the purpose of arresting additional fugitives who are still on the run.”
Additional informational about the U.S. Marshals Ser-vice can be found at www.usmarshals.gov.
Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force:
New Braunfels and San Antonio police departments, the Bexar and Comal county sheriff’s offices, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Crim-inal Justice – Office of the Inspector General, Immigra-tion & Customs Enforcement – Office of Detention & Removal and the U.S. Mar-shals Service
Pena
Parade of Lights 2018 – A spectacular show in Boerne
On Wednesday evening when most workaday folks were tumbling out of their cars and calling it a day, a handful of professionals climbed into a seafoam-col-ored Shabby Bus, heading off in that conveyance to judge the Parade of Lights.
The winners are:Most Festive: Texas Gourmet PantryBest Lights: Lone Star PropertiesBest Window Display: The Sanctuary for the
Vintage SoulBest Neighborhood: Woodside VillageApartment: 1000 Diamond DriveGriswold Award: 140 Shadow KnollsReason for the Season: 232 Jordan PlaceTraditionally Elegant: 107 Hampton Run East
Judging such an event isn’t for yuletide wimps, rather it requires a clipboard, a passion for all things holi-day, an appreciation for hot cocoa (with maybe a chug of Bailey’s thrown in for good measure).
They also must have the ability to gaze upon a super-abundance of multihued lights, many of which swirl and flash and undulate in a manner unique to Christ-mas craziness since those who enter their homes in the Parade of Lights are serious blinkaholics and technophiles.
For these competitors there is no such thing as too many bulbs flashing in time to too-jazzy music. For such individuals there is no such thing as Christmas light overkill.
In fact, these light-string elves seem to find exuber-ant release in mechanically automated characters and extension cords and cir-cuitry that out-blazes their neighbors
Kimberly Wolfe. Boerne Parks & Recreation coor-dinator, made sure that her judges – hailing from sponsoring companies The O’Connor Team, JB Goodwin Realtors and Goosehead Insurance – were well fortified with wine and snacks for a trip that wove around the city for several hours.
Stops included Woodside Village where a block party of Christmas light enthu-siasts put in plugs for their neighborhood:
“We have 31 houses and
only one Grinch didn’t put lights up,” one red-hatted community booster told the judges.
Linda Bohls plied the judges with cookies and popcorn and hot beverages before the clipboarded group clambered back into their little green bus, headed for another neighborhood and another mesmerizing urban display.
In Boerne Heights, one house is so blinding in its Christmas splendor that it’s “gone viral,” Wolfe said. It has appeared on a national news show and Jimmy Fallon.
More good cheer was spread in this neighbor-hood too, but Wolfe and her judges didn’t seem to be flagging.
BY ELENA TUCKER■ Staff Writer [email protected]
Star photos by Elena TuckerOn the night of Boerne’s Parade of Lights judging, Linda Bohls, surrounded by a cadre of neighborhood lighting enthusiasts, offered goodies to the judges before they headed off to the next brilliant, flashing masterpiece.
Wolosin takes seat as Dist. 1 council member
One-time Boerne city councilman Joe Anzollit-to’s removal from Boerne City Council was made official on Tuesday night as Ty Wolosin was unani-mously voted in as District 1 representative.
Wolosin, founder of sustainable food supplier Windy Hills Foods, is also head brewer for Cibolo Creek Brewing Co., a pop-ular Main Street gathering spot.
In addition to a gift from the city, Anzollitto received a standing ovation for his years of service as he stepped down.
Other city council business involved a pre-sentation by Assistant City Manager Dan Blankenship who reported on the com-pleted edition of the fiscal year 2019 economic devel-opment work plan.
“We tried to list all of the individuals and groups that are integrally involved in economic development,” Blankenship said, explain-ing the city council’s
involvement in the subject.Blankenship began
his presentation with “workforce challenges,” citing finding qualified individuals to fill jobs as the “number one issue in the business world today.”
He also noted that one of
the plan’s goals will be to improve area mobility, one project which will involve working with TxDOT to regain Main St. jurisdiction.
Emphasizing that the basis of future development
BY ELENA TUCKER■ Staff Writer [email protected]
Star photo by Elena TuckerTy Wolosin was sworn in at the start of Tues-day night’s regular Boerne City Council ses-sion by Mayor Mike Schultz.
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Photo by Elena Tucker: Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District’s newest director, Ben Eldredge was sworn into office earlier this week by County Clerk Darlene Herrin.
Cow Creek board gets a new director
At Monday night’s monthly Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District meet-ing, Ben Eldredge was sworn in as the water monitoring agency’s newest of four directors. Eldredge, who holds a degree in environ-mental science, is director of education at the Cibolo
Nature Center and Farm. CCGCD general manager
Micah Voulgaris reported that of the district’s 40 monitor wells, 14 wells experienced lower levels during the month of November, while 25 of the monitored wells had increased levels and one well’s levels remained unchanged. Three out of four wells were up for the year as a whole.
More than 36 inches of rain have fallen so far this year.
BY ELENA TUCKER■ Staff Writer [email protected]
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Roseanna Mae JohnsonMay 19, 1928 – Dec. 4, 2018
It is with great sadness we announce that Roseanna Mae Gaylord Johnson, born May 19, 1928, in Shoshoni, Wyoming, passed from her life here on earth Tuesday night, Dec. 4, 2018, about 9:30 p.m. in San Antonio. The very best mother, grandma and friend in the whole world is flying free from dementia, whole and happy with her Lord and Savior. We thank God for His great love and mercy!
Roseanna brought such amazing laughter, life, fun, devo-tion and unending, amazing love to her whole family: her son Dana Johnson of Del City, Oklahoma, and her daugh-ter Janet Johnson O’Day (Mike) of Fair Oaks Ranch. The pride and joy of her life were her three granddaughters Kristy Johnson Moss (Jim) of Yangon, Myanmar, Lindsay O’Day of Boerne, and Shannon O’Day of Castroville, who lived knowing they were greatly loved and spoiled with delight! They treasure memories of the fun times spent with her! She treasured her wonderful Wyoming family and friends from all over. She loved adventure, would try anything once, and lived with such zest for exploring and learning. She was blessed to travel the world and see so many amazing places she had always read about and dreamed of seeing. Her most beloved place of all though was Lander, Wyoming, where her cremains will be interred at a later date.
Roseanna was preceded in death by her parents Spencer and Lillian (Thompson) Gaylord; four siblings Bobby, Jim, Bruce, and Jean; her stillborn son Timothy; and her former husband and friend Carroll Johnson, whom she cared for
the last eight years of his life. She is survived by her son, daughter, beloved granddaughters, one sister Cathy Gay-lord Gustin of Lander, Wyoming, and was a favorite aunt to numerous beloved nieces and nephews who will miss the joy and fun she brought to family gatherings.
We also thank the wonderful, caring staff for the loving care received at Heritage Place Boerne, Kendall House Boerne, and the memory care unit at the Isle of Watercrest at Dominion.
We will celebrate Roseanna’s life with a memorial ser-vice on Monday, Dec. 17, at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, 205 James St. in Boerne, followed by a get together in the Family Life Center. Roseanna always wanted a celebration, not sadness, so we ask that you wear happy colors and help us celebrate her beautiful life. As an artist, she loved color and beauty! Fly high, Roseanna! We love you so!
In lieu of flowers, you may make donations to Alamo Hospice, 1595 S. Main Street, Boerne, TX 78006, who lovingly cared for her, the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org, First United Methodist Church, or any organization that cares for animals, such as Hill Coun-try Animal League, and her granddaughter Kristy’s spay, neuter, release pro-gram, TNR Yangon. To leave condolences for the family, please visit www.ebensberger-fisher.com and select obituaries.
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VFW honors Wolff as Teacher of the YearBHS govt. teacher wins post, district honors
VFW Post 688 in Boerne has cho-sen Boerne High School’s Elizabeth J. Wolff as its 2018-19 Teacher of the Year. Post Member Tommy E. Blake nominated Wolff for the Smart-Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award by writing a 350-word nomination essay.
As VFW Post 688 Teacher of the Year, Wolff will receive a $500 cash award from the Post at the Boerne ISD board meeting Dec. 17. She represented Post 688 at district-level Teacher of the Year competition and was also named Teacher of the Year for VFW District 13. Her nomination packet is now being judged along with other district winners at the state-level Texas Department VFW Teacher of the Year competition.
Wolff teaches Advanced Placement Government and Politics, Psychology and World Geography at Boerne High School where she is in her fourth year. A graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio, she has eleven years
teaching experience in South Texas high schools. In addition to her teach-
ing duties, she has embraced other notable responsibilities:
She assisted students register to vote for their first time by becoming a county deputy voter registrar, led the “Now You Are 18” program at BHS to assist students understand the legal implications of becoming adults and coordinated the VFW’s “Vets in the Classroom” program at BHS to allow students to meet local veterans and dis-cuss their service experiences.
She also coordinated VFW’s Voice of Democracy audio essay competition at BHS to assist students compete for cash awards and scholarships and the the Texas-sponsored “Citizen Bee” contest at BHS.
Wolff encourages BHS students to participate in annual public readings of the U.S. Constitution at Boerne’s Veter-ans’ Plaza and helps develop the annual “Hoops for Troops” BHS basketball game which donates proceeds to local Veterans groups.
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Special Boerne residential garbage collection planned for upcoming holidays
Waste Management has adjusted the Christmas Day and New Year’s Day gar-bage collection schedule for Boerne residents who pay a garbage fee on their City of Boerne utility bill.
Residential customers who normally have garbage col-lection on Tuesdays should place their containers out on Monday before the holiday. This year, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day cus-tomers should put out their waste wheelers on Monday, Dec. 24, and on Monday, Dec. 31.
All other garbage and recycling collections during Christmas week and New
Year’s week will be as usual. On all collection days,
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For questions or more information, call the Boerne Utilities Customer Service Office at 249-9511; how-ever, note that the offices will be closed on Dec.24 and 25 and on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
City crews will also start collecting dead Christmas trees on Jan. 7 so Boerne Utilities customers should call Customer Service to get their address on the pick-up list or complete an online request at boerne-tx.gov/456/Request-a-Service.
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is the Master Plan, Blan-kenship stated that progress reporting would be integral to next year’s economic develop-ment work plan.
Laura Talley, Boerne’s planning and community development director, asked for more direction from the council regarding the direc-tion that the future year’s annexation should take.
Building on a presentation she gave last month, Talley discussed the city’s most cost effective annexation options, asking council members to provide her with their top three annexation options.
Instead, city manager Ron Bowman opined that it would be premature for annexation areas to be immediately pinpointed.
Councilman Tim Handren stressed the importance of a conversation about the pur-pose of annexation.
“It’s not just a money grab,” Handren said.
Mayor Mike Schultz asked Talley to come back to the council with a list of “priori-ties, reasons and costs.”
Talley also noted that a pub-lic hearing is scheduled for Jan. 8 regarding a recommen-dation made by the planning and zoning commission that Frey St. be reclassified from a primary collector to a local street.
“During review of two residential developments occurring along Frey Street it came to staff’s attention that the classification of Frey Street in this area is no longer reflective of the actual func-tion of Frey Street,” Talley said. “Frey Street as it transi-tions from Old San Antonio Road – a minor arterial - does not function as a primary col-lector beyond Bandera Road. It was originally planned to
punch through to River Road but there is no plan to make that connection now. It acts as a local street primarily con-taining neighborhood traffic. Staff, with the update of the Thoroughfare Plan, will con-tinue to review existing streets like this one.”
Finally, Talley reminded the council that in January, a rec-ommendation will be made with regard to consultants for the city’s Unified Develop-ment Code – this will launch the lengthy process of produc-ing a comprehensive, inclusive development-directed code.
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Geneva grammar school gets new digsPortables take trip down Main St. to be repurposed
Geneva School of Boerne is on the move once again. The portables which have been used by the Grammar School traveled down Main Street throughout the fall semester, much like when they were moved to the 32-acre cam-pus at 113 Cascade Caverns Rd. back in 2004. The last portable was transported off campus recently.
Some portables remain on campus for office or stor-age space and many were given to area ministries and non-profits.
“Although the time has come to say goodbye to these portable buildings, they served the school and its stu-dents well for many years and have been replaced with per-manent buildings,” Geneva Development Director Amy Metzger said.
The newest perma-nent buildings on the Grammar School campus were recently celebrated with a Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting Ceremony in early November.
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Photo by Kate Friesenhahn Geneva School recently moved the portables off campus and down Main Street after 14 years of use.
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The hour is just about here. As 2018 fades from the cal-endar, the outline of a long-expected event shows on the horizon. This is the Robert Mueller-led, Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference of the 2016 presiden-tial election.
Also in play are links between members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, and evidence of criminality that may have been uncovered. These have already led to seven guilty pleas and counting.
The inevitable comparisons to Richard Nixon’s Watergate era have begun. 2019 will acquaint new generations with names and vernacular that were common currency from 1972 to 1974. These will include James Dean, G. Gordon Liddy, Bob Woodward, “The Saturday Night Massacre,” “The Smoking Gun,” and Mark Felt, i.e. “Deep Throat.”
Watergate stands as one of the most gut-wrenching, gall-stone-passing-painful episodes in American political history, so much so the general assumption was that Americans had learned never to try that again. Somebody in Trump Tower evidently never got the memo.
So how does America again find itself confronting a consti-tutional crisis of the first order? For the very same reason it did in 1972: people tampered with a U.S. presidential elec-tion, a crime, and got caught. Also in both cases, there was this little matter about a hack.
“Hack” or “Break-In,” choose your terminology. Although Watergate, and possibly its 2016 counterpart, was preceded by other illegal activities, the trigger point of both was hack-ing the Democratic National Committee.
In 1972 in the pre-historic time before the Internet, hacking entailed actual physical labor. To steal politically damaging documents hackers mostly had to do it the old-fashioned way, which was to break and enter a building.
On June 17, 1972 five Nixon operatives of his cam-paign committee, the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), were arrested placing surveillance devices in the DNC. The DNC was then located at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C.
This break-in would be emulated 44 years later by Russian burglars similarly engaged in a criminal effort to shape a U.S.
Since the passing of President George H.W. Bush, there has been much praise of his character, integrity, leadership and service to our nation. Locally, this praise has included letters to the editor and columns written in the Boerne Star by Kevin Thompson and Kendall County Democratic Party Chairman Kevin Henning, who graciously offered positive thoughts about the Republican President.
I share this well deserved positive commentary. I was extremely proud to have him as our President. President Bush led our nation at a critical time in world history, with a steady hand as the forces of freedom won the battle over the evils of Marxism and darkness.
The USA was in a different place by the late 1970s as opposed to when President Bush left office in 1993. We had lost the war in Vietnam, while Watergate and the impeachment of Richard Nixon shook the foundations of our Republic. Americans were wondering if our nation’s best days were behind us.
Ronald Reagan inspired millions to join in the effort to rebuild the morale of the USA with an energizing eco-nomic program and rebuilding of our military. Winning the GOP primaries in 1980 due to his strong conser-vative base, President Reagan realized that he needed to bridge the gap with segments of the party viewed as more traditional or establishment oriented. Thus, he selected George H.W. Bush as his running mate.
The team that led America for the next eight years was experienced and competent and displayed great wisdom in tackling many difficult issues. People across the globe once again looked to America for leadership and moral clarity. When President Reagan’s two terms were com-pleted, it seemed natural that his second in command would run to succeed him.
Not only was President George H.W. Bush extremely qualified to serve as our Commander in Chief, he served in a time when our federal government functioned well. President Reagan showed us that you can accomplish a lot of things legislatively even when the opposing party controls Congress.
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V i e w p o i n t sEmergency medical care for veterans
During a medical emergency, veter-ans should immediately seek care at the nearest medical facility. A medi-cal emergency is an injury, illness or symptom so severe that without imme-diate treatment, you believe your life or health is in danger. Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department right away.
Veterans do not need to check with VA before calling for an ambulance or going to an emergency department. During a medical emergency, VA encourages all veterans to seek imme-diate medical attention without delay. A claim for emergency care will never be denied based solely on VA not receiving notification prior to seeking care.
VERY IMPORTANTIt is, however, important to promptly
notify VA after receiving emergency care at a community emergency facil-ity. Notification should be made within 72 hours of admission to a community medical facility.
This allows VA to assist the veteran in coordinating necessary care or transfer, and helps to ensure that the administra-tive and clinical requirements for VA to
pay for the care are met.SERVICE-CONNECTED
EMERGENCY CAREIn general, VA can pay for emergency
medical care at a local emergency facil-ity for a veteran’s service-connected condition, or if the care is related to a veteran’s service-connected condition.
Specifically, emergency medical care for a veteran’s service-connected or related (adjunct) condition is eligible for VA payment as long as the VA wasn’t reasonably available to provide the care.
In accordance with the following sit-uations and requirements, VA can pay emergency care costs for:
1. A veteran who receives emergency treatment of a service-connected, or adjunct condition* in a community emergency department; or
2. A veteran who is permanently and totally disabled (P&T) as the result of a service-connected condition is eligible
for emergency treatment of any con-dition; or
3. A veteran who is participating in a VA vocational rehabilitation program, and who requires emergency treatment to expedite their return to the program, is eligible for emergency treatment for any condition; and (scenarios 1-3 must all meet No. 4)
4. The emergency was of such a nature that the veteran (or other prudent layperson without medical training) would reasonably believe that any delay in seeking immediate medical attention would cause their life or health to be placed in jeopardy.
* NOTE: A service-connected condi-tion is one that has been adjudicated by the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and a disability rating has been granted. An adjunct condition is one that, while not directly service-con-nected, is medically considered to be aggravating a service-connected condition.
Legal authorities and payment meth-ods for VA payment for emergency care for service-connected conditions are contained in Title 38 U.S.C. §1728, 38 CFR §17.120 and 38 CFR §17.132
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Letter to the EditorPO Box 820 Boerne, TX 78006
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Letters to the Editor
Whiners not Winners Having grown up in the community I have seen and heard
a lot of things over the years that amaze me about the athletic programs for either of our high schools. From the Coaching staff to the Booster club. Recently rumors about people who are unhappy generating a “so called” survey of the coaches’ performance and players’ ”trust” have been going around. It is really opening my eyes to the world and I now know why we as a country have discontent. Not to mention the programs difficulty going from good to elite.
Yes, you know who you are. You don’t put your name on anything and you never hold your kid accountable. Nor will you address any concerns face to face professionally. Some of you move away and either come back or want to come back because elsewhere isn’t such ”greener” pasture. I cannot wait for the excuses your kids will tell their college professor or better yet their boss. Wake up. Suck it up and get junior to earn their place. Nothing in this world comes easy so quit your whining!
– John Boyers, Kendall County
A return visitor A proud timePROGRESSIVE VIEWS
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KENDALL COUNTYJUDGE DARREL LUX201 E. San Antonio
Boerne, Texas 78006830-249-9343Commissioners
CHRISTINA BERGMANNRICHARD ELKINS TOMMY PFEIFFER
DON DURDEN201 E. San Antonio
830-249-9343
CITY OF BOERNEMAYOR MICHAEL
SCHULTZ402 E. Blanco830-249-9511
BOERNE ISD Superintendent
DR. THOMAS PRICE123 W. Johns Rd.
Boerne, Texas 78006830-357-2000
COMFORT ISDSuperintendent
DR. TANYA MONROE232 High St., Comfort 830-
995-3664
STATE LEVELGOV. GREGG ABBOTT
State Capital, Room 200Austin, Texas 78701
512-463-2000
STATE BOARDOF EDUCATION
District 5 - 205 W. TravisFredericksburg, TX, 78624
830-997-9759
STATE SENATOR, DIST 25DONNA CAMPBELL
888-824-6984donna.campbell@sen-
ate.texas.govMcAllister Plaza
9601 McAllister Free-way, Suite 150
San Antonio, TX 78216 (210) 979-0013
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White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave.Washington, DC 20000
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Washington, D.C. 20510(202) 224-5922
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REP. LAMAR SMITHCongressman Lamar Smith
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The Tetco Center, 1100 NE Loop 410, Ste. 640
San Antonio, TX 78209 210-821-5024
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Antonio, Boerne
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FROM PAGE 4COMMENTARY
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As of December 10, 2018, the City current conditions are: • Well Level 60-Day Average = 1169.77 feet above Mean Sea Level • GBRA Canyon Reservoir elevation above trigger point.
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Undoubtedly the Democrat majority made it more challenging for Reagan to implement his policies, but successes included reducing the income tax rate from 70 percent down to under 30 percent while passing much needed tax reform that eliminated many egregious tax deductions for special interests.
Both accomplishments received significant bi-parti-san support. Despite the doubling of revenue during this time, deficits grew as federal spending continued to increase beyond the rate of inflation and population growth.
President Bush took the heat for breaking his pledge of “read my lips, no new taxes.” Many have heard his concerns over the federal deficit in released audiotapes of his diary. He strongly felt that increasing debt was a threat to our future prosperity.
Many analysts today state that the 1990 budget agree-ment set the stage for the growing economy of the 1990s and rapidly shrinking federal budget deficits.
A decade that started with a $290 billion deficit ended with a surplus, while the percentage of GDP that federal spending consumed shrank from 21.9 percent to 18.2 percent.
Over half of this reduction was due to savings in defense after the end of the Cold War, which was won thanks to the “Peace through Strength” phi-losophy of Presidents Reagan and Bush. Our total national debt shrank from 49 percent of GDP down to 35 percent.
Today, Social Security and Medicare are actuarily unsound and scheduled to run out of “trust fund” money by 2033 and 2026 respectively. Other entitle-ment programs often serve as a disincentive to be more productive, thus hurting individual advancement while increasing reliance on government.
What we need is leadership to deal with these finan-cial challenges. Yet, what we have is many Democrats calling for even more expensive “free” programs, while Republicans seem afraid to reform government programs for fear of being labeled evil and mean-spir-ited. We see plenty of demagoguery but where is the leadership?
It has been said that President Bush lacked the ability to display empathy and develop a connection with the American people. That may be true, as he lost re-elec-tion in 1992, but it does not change the feeling that millions of Americans have of having been proud to have him as our President.
He lived to serve our nation and was not afraid to tackle difficult challenges, be it as an 18-year-old fighter pilot, Director of the CIA or as President who helped pound the final nail in the coffin of Soviet Marxism or dealing with financial challenges.
George H.W. Bush’s was a life well spent in serv-ing a nation he loved dearly. America is lucky that he answered the call to service.
NONSERVICE-CONNECTED EMERGENCY CARE
VA can also pay for emergency medical care at a community emergency facility for a veteran’s nonser-vice-connected condition. However, there are several requirements and factors that affect the extent to which VA can cover those services.
Specifically, emergency medical care for a veteran’s nonservice-connected condition is eligible for VA pay-ment when all of the following five elements are true:
1. Care was provided in a hospital emergency depart-ment (or similar public facility held to provide emergency treatment to the public); and
2. The emergency was of such a nature that the veteran (or other prudent layperson without medical training) would reasonably believe that any delay in seeking imme-diate medical attention would cause their life or health to be placed in jeopardy; and
3. A VA medical facility or another Federal facility was not reasonably available to provide the care; and
4.The veteran is enrolled and has received care within a VA facility during the 24 months before the emergency care; and
5. The veteran is financially liable to the provider of emergency treatment.
There are limitations on VA’s ability to provide coverage when a veteran has other health insurance (OHI). If OHI does not fully cover the costs of treatment, VA can pay certain costs for which the veteran is personally liable.
By law, VA cannot pay copayments, coinsurance, deductibles or similar payments a veteran may owe to the provider as required by their OHI.
VA is also legally prohibited from providing coverage for individuals covered under a health plan contract because of a failure by the veteran or the provider to comply with the provisions of that health plan contract, e.g., failure to submit a bill or medical records within specified time lim-its, or failure to exhaust appeals of the denial of payment.
*NOTE: Legal authorities and payment methods for VA payment for emergency care for nonservice-connected conditions are contained in Title 38 U.S.C. §1725 and 38 CFR §17.1000.
• For additional information, please reach out to the nearest VA medical center responsible for processing the claims.
Agent CashierDallas VA Medical Center, Clinical Addition, Building
1, Room 1B-300, 214-742-8387 Ext. 71207 or 71206.Agent CashierSam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center, Building 1,
Room 165, 903-583-2111 Ext. 36575 or 36511.Visit www.va.gov/communitycare for more information.
election more to their liking. Like their Watergate predeces-sors, the Russians were intent on ferreting out damaging information on American political figures.
Prior to 1972, the very idea that a U.S. President would solicit criminally obtained intelligence to use against his political opponents was considered only less outrageous than say, the notion that a presidential candidate would accept assistance from a hostile foreign government to do the very same.
The key difference between 1972 and 2016 was that in the latter the hack was electronic. The key similarity was that both sets of burglars were bumbling inept at escaping detection.
Also unimaginable in 1972 was that an American president would willfully obstruct an investigation into his own crimi-nality. Yet on tape and in his own voice Nixon was recorded scheming to have the CIA obstruct the FBI. This tape was obtained by Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski.
Watergate was a crime felt all the way into America’s DNA. It pressed the same buttons which had led America’s found-ers to revolt against the English monarchy in the first place: fear of government-sponsored criminality directed against its own citizens.
Speaking of founding fathers, nowhere in the Constitution is “What about-ism” declared a form of legal defense. “What about-ism” is to rationalize or justify one person’s current actions through an entirely different person’s alleged previ-ous actions.
It reads something like “But what about when (circle one) Bill/Hillary/Obama did _(fill in action) back in (specify year) 19xx/20xx/201x)?”
Watergate led to 40 government officials indicted or jailed. In the 1980s, Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh won convictions against 11 members of President Reagan’s staff during the Iran-Contra Affair.
These indictments, which occurred during Republican administrations, did not exonerate or excuse Bill Clinton’s reckless conduct in the Oval Office the following decade. Nor should Trump be given this allowance in the future.
In 2019 Americans should take heart from its widely acclaimed Greatest Generation. This magnificent assembly of common folks outlasted Dust Storms, Great Depressions and Nazis. They launched men to the moon and returned them safely to the earth. They also performed one less cred-ited, but equally important service.
On Aug. 7, 1974, these indominable Americans had the moral fortitude to demand accountability from their Presi-dent. In the best tradition of American exceptionalism, these people stayed true to the Constitution for which they had bled and forced Richard Nixon from the highest office in the land.
And the American experiment with democracy continued unto its next generations. Alleluia and Amen.
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ANGLICAN
ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN
7 Sisterdale Rd. • 249-3978 or 331-4001
Don Hughes, Rector • Sunday 10 am
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
LIVING HOPE CHURCH OF BOERNE
603 Frey St. • 249-2174 • Jeremy Errickson, Min.
TEMPLO VIDA NUEVA
#11 Sisterdale Rd. • 249-7544
BAPTIST
BIBLE BAPTIST
113 Industrial St., Ste. 1 • Manuel Garcia, Jr., Min.
COMFORT BAPTIST
104 Amber Dr., Comfort • 995-3638 • James H. Holt, Jr., Min.
COMFORT HISPANIC BAPTIST MISSION
236 Broadway, Comfort • 995-3993 • Pedro Aguila Lopez, Min.
CURREY CREEK BAPTIST
35 Cascade Caverns Rd. • 755-8806 • John Free, Min.
FBC BOERNE
631 S. School St. • 249-2527
Worship Times: 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
KENDALL COUNTY COWBOY CHURCH
826 Johns Rd. • 210-669-7819
Fellowship 9:30 a.m. • W.S 10:30 a.m.
Pastor Steve "Cowboy" Gross
www.kendallcountycowboychurch.org
FIRST BAPTIST HISPANIC
114 W. Advogt • 249-9289 • Tony Romo, Min.
HILL COUNTRY CHURCH AT FAIR OAKS RANCH
31375 FM 3351 (Ralph Fair Rd.) Fair Oaks Ranch
438-8504 • Eric Hightower, Pastor
Bible Study 9 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m.
IGLESIA BAUTISTA EMANUEL
103 Chapel Hill • 537-4589
LEON SPRINGS FIRST BAPTIST
24133 Boerne Stage Rd., San Antonio • 698-2880
Dan Allen, Min. • S.S. 9 a.m.• W.S. 10:30 a.m.
Wednesdays: Adult Bible Study and Youth Group 6 pm
BIBLE
BOERNE BIBLE
1026 E. Blanco Rd. • 249-2343
FAITH BIBLE CHURCH OF BOERNE
#1 Bergmann Rd at I-10 W • 249-8448 • Tim Ekno, Pastor
Sunday 8:30 a.m & 10:45 a.m. • Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
BOERNE COMMUNITY BIBLE
745 W. San Antonio • 210-896-2631 • www.cbcboerne.com
Terry Parks. Pastor • Worship 10:30 am
CROSS COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP
8770 Dietz Elkhorn Rd • 210-363-3099 • Pastor Gary McCarron
Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. • Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
CATHOLIC
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH
114 N. Highway 87, Comfort (Church)
510 Broadway, Comfort (Office)
Rev. Martin Garcia Avila • 830-995-3708
Mass Times:
Sunday 11am and 1pm (Spanish)
Mon/Wed/Thurs 12:05pm • Tues 12:05pm Communion Service
First Friday/month 12:05pm • Saturday 4pm
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament:
Wednesday 11am - noon • Thursday 6:30 - 7:30pm
Confessions: Saturdays 2:30 - 3:30pm
ST. ELIZABETH SETON CATHOLIC
8500 Cross Mountain Trail, San Antonio • 210-698-1941
Msgr. Conor McGrath • Mass 8am Mon. - Fri., Sat. 5:00pm,
Sun. 8am-9:30am, 11:00am. • Spanish Mass at 12:30pm & 7pm
ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC
HC 54, Box 2074, Bulverde • 980-2268
ST. PETER THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH
202 W. Kronkosky St. • 816-2233 • Father Norman Ermis
Weekend Mass Schedule:
Saturday 5:30pm; Sunday 9:00am, 11:00am,
12:30pm (Mass in Spanish); 6:00pm (Life Teen Mass)
Spanish Mass: Every Sunday at 12:30pm
Weekday Mass Schedule:
Monday 6:30pm • Tuesday 8:30am
Wednesday & Thursday 6:15am; Friday 10:00am
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament:
Each Wed.: 4:30 – 8:00pm • First Fridays: 10:30am – 5:00pm
CHRISTIAN
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER MINISTRIES
43360 IH-10 West • 537-5244 • Walter H. Tracy, Jr.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE GROUP
Church and Sunday School • Wednesday Testimony Meeting
For info call: 830-331-9779 • www.spirituality.com
UNITY CHURCH OF BOERNE
CHURCH OF THE DAILY WORD
121 Scenic Loop Rd. • Sunday Services 11am
830-755-5419 • www.unityofboerne.org
VAN RAUB CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
8770 Dietz-Elkhorn Rd. • Jim Boring, Min.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
BOERNE CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday Bible Classes 9:30am • Sunday Worship 10:30am
249-2685 • www.boernechurchofchrist.org
All are welcome!
CHURCH OF CHRIST - SOUTHSIDE
46 Old San Antonio Rd. • 210-316-3824 • Howell Moore, Min.
Sunday Worship 9am, Bible Study Following
Wednesday Bible Study 7pm
EPISCOPAL
ST. BONIFACE EPISCOPAL
116 Hwy 87 N., Comfort • 830-995-3897 • Rev. Carol Blaine
Sunday 8:45 & 11 • Sunday School 9:45
www.stboniface-comfort.org
ST. HELENA’S EPISCOPAL
410 N. Main St. • 249-3228 • The Rev. David G. Read
Wed.: 10am; Sunday: 7:45am, 9am, 11am • www.sthelenas.net
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
CITY HILLS CHURCH
Currently meeting at Starplex Cinema Boerne:
205 Old San Antonio Road, Boerne • 830-428-3038
Sundays at 9:30am & 11am • cityhillstx.com
CROSS MOUNTAIN
24891 Boerne Stage Rd. • Sundays at 9:30am, 11am
Randy Ayers • www.crossmountain.org
FULL LIFE FELLOWSHIP
825 Hwy 289 (Nelson City Event Center)
1/2 mile off IH 10, Exit 533
9:30 am Breakfast and Fellowship, 10:15 am Worship Service
www.full-lifefellowship.org
HIS HANDS CHURCH
111A Jennifer Dr, Boerne • 830-537-5324
Pastors Ronnie & JoAnn Squyres
Sunday 10:30 am • Tues. Bible Study & Prayer 7 pm
nineteen:ten church
130 FM 1376 (Sisterdale) • 830-249-1217
1910church.com • Pastor Jason Brown
Sundays at 8:30 am, 10 am, 11:30 am
JEHOVAH’S WITNESS
JEHOVAH’S WITNESS
304 N. School St. • 249-2452
JEWISH
JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE HILL COUNTRY
The Unitarian Universalist Church • 960 Barnett Street, Kerrville
Services at 6:30 pm Fridays • 830-331-8941
LUTHERAN
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN
318 High St. Comfort • 995-3756 • Shelley Simmont, Min.
MESSIAH LUTHERAN
9401 Dietz-Elkhorn Rd. • 755-4300
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN COMMUNITY (ELCA)
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Sunday Communion Service - 10:30 am • Pastor Steve Rode
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ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH
315 Rosewood Ave. • www.stjohnlutheran.com
249-3651 • 816-1853
Pastor Eric Waters • Pastor Mariola Bergquist
Worship 8:00 am, Traditional & Contemporary 10:30 am
Sunday School 9:15 am
METHODIST
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
205 James St. • 249-2565 • Sunday: 8 am, 9 am, 11 am
Pastors: Ricky Burk and Russell Miller • www.fumc-boerne.org
GADDIS UNITED METHODIST
141 Hwy. 87, Comfort
Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. • Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Carolyn McGuire, Pastor
SPRING CREEK UNITED METHODIST
28970 Old Fredericksburg Rd., Fair Oaks Ranch, Tx 78015
Sunday: 9 am and 10:30 am
830-981-8331 • Rev. Stephen Sanders
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
203 Stonegate Rd. • Boerne • 830-249-7257 • www.lds.org
Fair Oaks Ward - 9am to 12pm • Bishop Ryan Baum
Boerne Ward - 11am to 2pm • Bishop Jeff Horne
PENTECOSTAL
BOERNE UNITED PENTECOSTAL
235 Frey St. • Sunday 9:30 a.m. • 830-249-5993
www.boerneupc.org • Kerry Hammer, Min.
IGLESIA HISPANA ‘NUEVO RENACER’
221 Theissen St. • 915-873-3134 • 210-779-1117
Servicios Domingo 4 p.m., Miercoles 7 p.m. y Viernes 7 p.m.
Escuela dominical 11 a.m.
PRESBYTERIAN
CHRIST OF THE HILLS (ECO)
215 Lohmann St. (At Ye Kendall Inn) 830-328-3969
Pastor John W. Dearman • www.christofthehills.org
9:15 Bible Study 10:15 Fellowship 10:45 Worship
LEON SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN
23943 IH-10 West • 698-2325 • Pastor Wayne R. Urbanowski, Jr
Sunday School 9-10am • Fellowship 10-10:20am • Worship 10:30am
PIPE CREEK PRESBYTERIAN
8598 St. Hwy. 16 S., Pipe Creek • Rev. Dr. Victoria M. Isaacs, Min.
ST. MARK PRESBYTERIAN
208 W. Bandera Road • 830-816-3000 or 830-249-3232
Sunday Services: Contemporary 9am-Traditional 11:10am
Sunday School Classes from 10:10 - 11:00am
Rev. Dr. Joan Watson • www.stmarktx.org
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)
31 Ammann Road • www.trinityboerne.org
8:00 Worship, 9:30 Sunday School, 10:10 Fellowship, 10:30 Worship
Proclaiming Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life.
OTHER
A HILL COUNTRY CHAPEL
886 Mountain View Lane • Pipe Creek, just off Hwy 46
510-4731 • www.hillcountrychapel.org
Albert “Skip” Marks, Minister, Nathan Marks, Youth Minister
Sunday School, 9am for all ages, Morning Worship, 10am, Evening
Worship, 6pm, Wednesday Bible Study, 7:30pm for all ages, First
Sunday Evening of the Month is Family Night at 6pm
CALVARY TEMPLE CHURCH OF CENTERPOINT AND COMFORT
4 mi. west of Comfort on Hwy. 27 • 995-2459 • David James, Min.
CENTERING PRAYER
16 W. Highland Dr. • 210-286-4320
CIBOLO CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH
30395 Ralph Fair Rd. • 830-981-8989 • Paul Wilson, Min.
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
17 Old San Antonio Road, Boerne • Kronkrosky Center
Sundays at 10:30am • 210-496-5096
www.cbcboerne.com • Pastor Robert Emmitt
KENDALIA COMMUNITY CHURCH
108 Arthur Street, Kendalia • 209-781-0849 • kcctx.org
Sunday 11:00am • Pastor Bryan Van Pelt
FAIR OAKS CHURCH
Praise & Worship each Sunday at 10:30 am
Discipleship Bible Study Wednesdays at 6:30 pm
28703 IH-10 West, Boerne • 830-981-5355
GRACE BIBLE CHURCH
31007 IH 10, Ste 211, Boerne • 830-428-0076 • gbcboerne.org
PRODIGAL’S TABLE
39590 IH 10 W, Boerne • 210-393-5853
Sunday 10:30am • Tom Lanier, Pastor
The Living Church TLC3
369 S. Esser & River Rd. (At Longhorn Cafe upstairs)
210-602-8197 • www.tlc3churchboerne.com
Sunday 10:30am • Wednesday 7:00pm • Pastor Kerry Kinchen
THE CHURCH AT BOERNE A COWBOY FELLOWSHIP
1100 N Main, Ste 102. • 210-414-8616 • Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
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We Christians proclaim the Bible to be “The Word of God.” The problem remains, of course, whose interpre-tation of the Bible is the “right” one? – ergo, 33,000 denominations and sepa-rate Christian organizations worldwide. (Some say over 40,000.)
With that little wrench thrown into the grinding gears of Christendom, I planted yet one more church in Boerne about two and a half years ago. After all, I was only 69 and my best years were ahead. This is my seventh pastorate. (Seven is a signifi-cant Biblical number. I guess I can make Scriptural hay out of the Biblical numerology of starting my 7th church in my 70th year?)
In all seriousness, I would never have bought into the idea that a man or woman can experience a “call” to ministry if I had not actu-ally experienced it for the last 56 years. I hardly ever tell anyone that I was “called to preach.” It’s not because I’m embarrassed about it, but because it just sounds so eso-teric – like that makes me “special.”
What I truly believe is that all people are special and every follower of Jesus is “called.” There is no sep-aration between that which is “secular” and that which is “spiritual.” Everything is spiritual. As Martin Luther said, “The cobbler glorifies God when he makes a good pair of shoes.”
All of us are here by a lov-ing God’s specific purpose and design. Every last one of us is precious in his sight and “called” by him every day of our lives – to the very last breath we take.
Another pastor in town who has occasionally read my scribblings over the years asked me a while back:
“Have you somehow changed your views over the last 10 years or so?” I answered her so quickly that I shocked us both.
“I certainly hope so!” I replied.
“I thought so!” she said. Life is a journey. Life in the
conscious presence of the liv-ing Christ is an ever-evolving journey, a never-ending learn-ing process. We are all called to be “disciples,” which trans-lates “learners.”
I cannot see how a person can possibly fail to grow and learn and change in the pres-ence of Christ – even elder preachers.
One of my friends greatly honors older Christians and refers to them as “Saints Emeritas.” The slowest or dullest or oldest disciple will grow, mature and change in Christ, not so much because of his faithfulness to Christ, but because of Christ’s faith-fulness to him.
I’ve recently been greatly blessed by a seasoned minis-ter friend who met the living Christ outside of any church. All his church experiences have not been very positive – rather negative, actually. His life of ministry has never been church-based, church-spon-sored or church-centered. But he’s ministered to thou-sands all over the world in Christ’s name.
On the other hand, I did meet Christ in church many years ago. My ministry spans over five decades –almost all of it in the context of some form of organized “church.” I’ve always believed that all believers actually are the
church whether they are involved in an organized fel-lowship or not. My own life has been a love-hate kind of affair with the organized Christian religion.
“Church” has been the source of many of my great-est blessings as well as many of my greatest curses. So I understand those who cannot relate to the church culture while still maintaining a love for Christ.
Jesus called us to him-self—not the organizations that would rise in his name. He claimed that he himself would “build his church.” He also said things like “I have other sheep that are not of this fold.” In his famous “Sermon On the Mount,” recorded in Matthew chap-ter five, Jesus deliberately placed his interpretation of the Scriptures above all the Biblical scholars of his day (and ours). At least five or six times he said, “You have heard … but I say unto you….”
Today we easily overlook the seriousness and scandal of what Jesus was claim-ing for himself – the sole authority to rightly interpret and – don’t miss this – even supersede the Bible of his own Jewish religion!
Claiming this kind of authority most assuredly earned him the distrust and disdain of the scribes and Pharisees, the leaders of his own “church.” They called him worse things than “her-etic” and eventually plotted his death for “blasphemy,” using their interpretation of the Scriptures.
But Jesus never recanted.
He was and remains more important than any religion and even the Bible and our various ironclad interpreta-tions of it. Christ came not only to die for us, but to live for us and reveal the truth about his Father in heaven, that he was not the venge-ful, wrathful, genocidal God of the Old Testament carica-tures, but the forgiving and restoring Father that Jesus pictured in the parable of “The Prodigal Son.” (Luke 15)
My whole life and minis-try has been a testimony to the fact that toxic religion infects most of us, and that Christ has his hands full in exposing and eliminating the lies we have believed about God. I have voluntarily taken leave of pastoral ministry more than once to cleanse my mind from toxic church experiences for a while. But I am always restored and cau-tiously return to my Christian brothers and sisters in some kind of church setting where we are free to enjoy our lives in union with our Creator, the “God who was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself.” (II Cor. 5:19)
So, I happily will welcome you to my current church – “The Prodigal’s Table.” But, even more, I invite you to be open to God’s power to reveal himself to you in specific terms, either inside or outside of any church setting.
Many of us can testify that it’s never too late for a fresh start and Jesus is always call-ing you.
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F a i t hPreachers, churches or the eternal Christ
Accurate word of truthThe title is a portion of 2
Timothy 2:15 which says in full, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accu-rately handling the word of truth.”
We have all seen egregious examples of the truth being mishandled by government officials on both sides of the aisle. We have seen distor-tions of the law from our courts, but in this case Paul, the writer of a good portion of the New Testament, is cautioning us to be careful how we handle the Scripture – God’s word.
Sadly enough most of us have heard the Scriptures used and abused by people in positions of ecclesiasti-cal authority. Everybody from the guy giving the announcements to the Sun-day school teacher to the preacher sometimes get a lit-tle careless with their use of Scripture.
The most common error is plucking a verse out of context to support something they want to say. It is always best to read the verses before and after the one you want to quote.
Let’s begin with Philip-pians 4:6-7 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all com-prehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
It is common for verse 6 to be left standing alone. Cer-tainly we want to take our anxious thoughts to the Lord but surely we want to know the result. He will not only give us peace but guard our hearts and minds. In other words a wonderful promise is tied to the instruction.
The next one is a difficult verse in itself. Philippians 4:13 typically translated is “I can do all things through Christ …” But let me ask you, do you really believe that?
Can you preach a good ser-mon? Can you climb Mount Everest? Can you write a musical masterpiece?
The Message Bible is closer to the truth I believe. “Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.” The implication is, I can face
anything with Christ.This is one of my favor-
ites. Romans 8:28 is almost always quoted by itself. But in truth, verse 28 should never be separated from verse 29.
Verse 28 gives us great comfort especially when modified to say, “God makes all things work together for our good.” But let’s face it, the “all things” don’t always work together for our good from our perspective.
So what does verse 29 add to the picture? “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become con-formed to the image of His Son…”
Aha! So the “all things” have a purpose, whether they seem good or bad from our point of view they are not accidental or coincidental.
Another difficult teach-ing that I have rarely heard from the pulpit is found in Ephesians 5:20: “… always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father …”
And 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “…in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
I am not pretending to tell you this is an easy admo-nition. Short of applying a great deal of faith it is next to impossible. Once again here we are faced with the penetrating truth of “Christ in you the hope of glory.”
The last verse to consider is one that may be the most misunderstood and misused verse in the entire Bible. The only one in the entire Bible that tells us to confess our sins in order to receive forgiveness.
1 John 1:9: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
It sure sounds like confes-sion earns forgiveness for the believer – unless you read verse 8 where John is talking to unbelievers who think they have not sinned.
He is telling them they must recognize that they have sinned and need to con-fess it to God.
Jack Purcell
ON THE JOURNEY
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Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University course will be held at St. John Lutheran Church in Boerne every Sun-day from Jan. 6 through March 3.
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C a l e n d a rTHRU DECEMBER 23BOERNE COMMUNITY
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The Cibolo Creek Quilters Guild, a community of quilters, gather for friendship, sewing, donating time and enjoying the fellowship of other sewing enthusiasts.
Part of the guild’s mission is to provide charitable donations to local charities. This year the guild was busy creating and donating quilts and activ-ity mats to several local organizations. The annual presentations were made at the November meeting, including:
• 30 quilts to the NICU at Univer-sity Hospital in San Antonio, where the tiniest and sickest babies reside until they are able to make the trip home. Quilts provide comfort and a cover for incubators so babies may develop sleep patterns while still in the hospital.
• 15 quilts to the Kendall County Women’s Shelter to provide comfort to those in need at this holiday season.
• 15 Alzheimer activity mats to the Menger Springs Memory Care Unit. The mats help those afflicted with Alz-heimer’s improve their brain activity by manipulating various mat activities.
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Each month there are individual quilt-ing bees for appliqué, charity quilts, fiber arts as well as special projects, as well as invited guest speakers at our monthly meetings.
Lindsey Nash and Monty Draney of Menger Springs Memory Care Unit show two of the Alzheimer activity mats created by Cibolo Creek Quilt Guild members for
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What to know about tax harvesting?As December winds to a
close, you’ll probably see many reports and analyses of how the financial markets behaved this past year – and, of course, you should review your own investment portfo-lio’s performance.
As in most years, you’ll likely see some gains and losses – which may be of particular interest if you want to consider a strategy known as tax harvesting.
Your potential use of tax harvesting depends on what you plan to do with invest-ments that have fluctuated in value. Gains and losses are “paper” – or “unrealized” – until you actually sell the underlying investments that either increased or decreased.
So, if you sell an investment that has gained value since you bought it, you may incur capital gains; conversely, if you sell investments that have declined in value since you purchased them, you may incur capital losses.
Essentially, tax harvesting involves selling investments that have lost value and using these capital losses to off-set some capital gains you achieved by selling other investments that have gained value.
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Keep in mind that, in general, taxes shouldn’t drive your investment decisions. So, before you actually begin any tax harvesting, ask yourself these questions:
• Is this specific invest-ment necessary for my portfolio’s balance? Like all investors, you need to achieve portfolio balance by owning a diversified mix of investments – stocks, bonds, mutual funds, government securities, and so on – appropriate for your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon.
It may be that you could sell a specific investment with-out jeopardizing this balance, especially if you also have other, similar investments, but you need to be sure of this before you act.
• Does this investment have a good outlook? Whether an investment has gone up or down during the past year doesn’t necessarily indicate whether its prospects are good.
If you do think an invest-ment, such as a stock, has positive fundamentals, you may be more inclined to keep it than if its future looks more dubious.
• Do I have a plan for using the proceeds? If you are going to sell an investment triggering tax consequences, you should at least have an idea of what you will do with the proceeds.
Should you immediately put the money in one or more investments that fit in to your overall strategy? Or should you hold the funds in a cash account and wait for a good investment opportunity, such as when the markets have gone through a decline and prices are favorable?
You should consult with a financial and tax professional on how selling investments then buying new ones could affect your portfolio’s bal-ance and outlook as well as your tax situation. By plan-ning ahead, reviewing your options carefully and getting the help you need, you’re more likely to make a deci-sion that works for you.
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Local sales tax revenue continues upward trend
Both cities in Kendall County and the county itself are continuing to see growth in sales tax rebates distributed by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar. These allocations are based on sales made in October by businesses that report tax monthly.
Boerne’s tax receipts saw a double digit increase, rising to $624,054, a 10.12 percent increase over the $566,692 the city received for December 2017. So far this year, the city has received almost $6.9 million, a 5.9 percent increase over the $6.5 million for the year to date in 2017.
Fair Oaks Ranch’s sales tax rebate jumped 21.5 percent for the month. The city received $62,828 this December, compared to $51,712 last December. For the year, FOR is running 15.4 percent ahead of last year, receiving $739,340 compared to $640,638.
The county received a $299,903 check for December, 8.49 percent over the $276,423 it earned in 2017. For the year to date, the county is 7.76 percent ahead of last year, almost $3.5 million compared to $3.2 million in 2017.
International Cultural Exchange Services (ICES) welcomes Heather Shannon as a new local coordinator for the Boerne area.
“I have lived in Boerne for the majority of my life so far. My family and I recently took a vacation to Germany and loved experiencing the differ-ent culture. My husband and I are both high school teachers and coaches and have had many great experiences with exchange students in our classes. I am excited to host
exchange students so that my own children get to learn about many other cultures. I look forward also to help-ing other host families match with the perfect exchange student. I love sports, read-ing, vacation, going to church and spending time with my family. I’m excited to work with exchange students because I love the idea of the teen getting to experience the American way of life as well as learn all about their culture.”
Shannon said she feels that having exchange students in local schools and com-munities increases mutual understanding and improves relationships between countries.
Shannon is currently looking for families that would like to host for the 2019school year. Exchange students live as a member of the host family – not a guest or boarder. They participate in family activities, follow host family rules and help
with chores. Students have their own
medical insurance and spending money to cover all personal expenses. Host fam-ilies provide room and board and loving parental guidance to the student.
As the local coordinator, she is available to answer questions, give advice and provide general support to students and host families throughout the experience.
For more information, call her at 210-643-5463.
Shannon joins International Cultural Exchange Services
Area livestock producers maybe eligiblefor 2018 Livestock Forage Assistance
Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) will distrib-ute $12.1 million in capital credits to its members this December.
The 2018 distribution was approved Nov. 19 after the PEC Board of Directors reviewed the cooperative’s fiscal health and determined the amount would not result in any adverse impact.
“PEC is pleased to report the positive financial con-ditions that allow us to return these margins to our members,” PEC Chief Financial Officer John Davis said. “This is more than an annual bill credit — it’s the cooper-ative difference at work.”
Members will receive more information about capital credit distributions with their December bill. Additional information is also available at pec.coop/capital-credits or by calling PEC’s capital credits line at 800-230-2207.
PEC to distribute $12.1 million in capital creditsRick Neffendorf, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) county executive direc-tor in Gillespie, Kendall and Blanco counties, has announced that ranchers and livestock producers may be eligible for assistance in the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for grazing losses incurred in 2018.
According to Neffendorf, “Gillespie, Kendall and Blanco Counties recently met qualifying drought ratings that ‘trigger’ eligibility for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program on full season improved pasture, native pasture and sorghum forage.”
LFP provides compensation to live-stock producers who suffered grazing losses due to drought. Qualifying drought ratings are determined using the U.S. Drought Monitor at droughtmoni-tor.unl.edu/.
Eligible livestock include alpacas, beef cattle, buffalo, beefalo, dairy cattle, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, rein-deer or sheep that have been or would have been grazing the eligible grazing land or pastureland during the normal grazing period.
Applications are required for 2018 losses. To expedite applications, produc-ers who experienced losses in 2018 are
encouraged to collect records document-ing their losses. Supporting documents may include information related to graz-ing leases or federal grazing permits, contract grower agreements and more.
“We encourage producers to contact our office for an appointment and to learn what records are required to apply for assistance before the final applica-tion date of Jan. 30, 2019,” Neffendorf said.
For more information, contact the Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco County FSA office at 830-997-3453 Ext 2. Informa-tion can also be found online at disaster.fsa.usda.gov.
Mary Kay donates to KCWSInside Kendall County
Women’s Shelter’s “Fab-ulous Finds” thrift store, Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants Kim Beckett and Kate Orr and Mary Kay Indepen-dent Sales Director Kristy Newson presented $398 in donations to Sonja Guti-errez, KCWS director of community partnerships and Hattie Allen, CEO of KCWS.
KCWS provides a safe and supportive environ-ment where Texas Hill Country domestic violence victims and their children can receive support services to build new lives.
Kim Beckett, left, and Kristy Newson, right, present a $395 donation to Kendall County Women’s Shelter director Sonja Gutierrez and CEO Hattie Allen.
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1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president declared that Thanksgiving would be celebrated on the last Thurs-day in November?
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3. ACRONYMS: Where did the name “jeep” come from?
4. ASTRONOMY: The planet Venus has how many moons?
5. LANGUAGE: What is unusual about the words facetious, abstemious and arsenious?
6. FOOD & DRINK: What is foie gras?
7. GEOLOGY: What is the only rock that floats?
8. LITERATURE: In what 19th-century novel is the character of Captain Nemo introduced?
9. GEOGRAPHY: What inland U.S. state has the lon-gest freshwater coastline?
10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the birthstone associated with the month of June?
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S t a r S p o r t sStar Sports
QUICK KICKS
SPORTS SCHEDULEBoys Basketball
Boerne Champion*Friday, Dec. 14,
Champion at McCollum, 6:30 p.m.
*Tuesday, Dec. 18, Memorial at Champion, 6:30 p.m.
Boerne High*Friday, Dec. 14, Poteet
at Boerne, 6:30 p.m.*Monday, Dec. 17,
Boerne at Hondo, 6:30 p.m.
Boerne Geneva*Friday, Dec. 21, Alum-
ni Game*Thursday – Friday,
Dec. 27-28, Geneva Tournament
Comfort High*Friday, Dec. 14, Com-
fort at Llano, 7:30 p.m.*Tuesday, Dec. 18,
San Angelo Lake View at Comfort, 7:30 p.m.
Girls BasketballBoerne Champion
*Friday, Dec. 14, Mc-Collum at Champion, 6:30 p.m.
*Tuesday, Dec. 18, Champion at Memorial, 6:30 p.m.
Boerne High*Friday, Dec. 14,
Boerne at Devine, 6:30 p.m.
*Monday, Dec. 17, Providence at Boerne, 6:30 p.m.
Boerne Geneva*Friday, Dec. 21, Alum-
ni Game, 1 p.m.*Thursday – Friday,
Dec. 27-28, Geneva Tournament
Comfort High*Friday, Dec. 14, Com-
fort at Llano, 5 p.m.*Tuesday, Dec. 18,
Crystal City at Comfort, 5 p.m.
Boys SoccerBoerne Champion
*Thursday, Dec. 27, Medina Valley at Cham-pion, 2 p.m.
Boerne High*Monday, Dec. 31, Har-
lan at Boerne, 11 a.m.
Boerne Geneva*Tuesday, Dec. 18,
New Braunfels Christian Academy at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Girls SoccerBoerne Champion
*Saturday, Dec. 29, Champion at New Braunfels, 12 p.m.
Boerne High*Thursday – Saturday,
Jan. 3-5, NISD Tourney
Boerne Geneva*Friday, Dec. 14, Ge-
neva at SACS, 5 p.m.*Tuesday, Dec. 18,
New Braunfels Christian Academy at Geneva, 5 p.m.
Swim & DiveBoerne High &
Boerne Champion*Friday, Dec. 14,
League Invitational at Palo Alto, 5 p.m.
*Friday, Jan. 11, Winter Invitational at Davis Na-tatorium, 9:30 a.m.
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Thank a veteran and a serviceman every day!
Nine different Lady Grey-hound volleyball players received recognition from the District 28-4A coaches.
Senior Brook Turner was voted Outstanding Setter and junior Jasmine Nelson was named Offensive MVP.
First-team selections for the Lady Hounds were junior Corinne Kadric, junior Bri-anna Brock and junior Anna Story.
Senior Abigail Phillip was named to the 28-4A sec-ond team, along with junior Mackenzie Vasquez, while honorable mention picks for BHS include senior Kori Stringer and sophomore Addison Amick.
The Lady Greyhounds ended the year at 25-17 and went 8-2 in district. BHS finished second in 28-4A and handed district champ Wimberley their only loss in
BY KERRY BARBOZA■ Sports Editor
Star photo: Kerry BarbozaBoerne High’s Brooke Turner (17) shown hitting the ball, was named the District 28-4A Outstand-ing Setter and teammate Jasmine Nelson (left) was voted the 28-4A Offensive MVP.
Nine Lady Greyhounds earn all-district recognition
See 28-4A, page 12
Star photo: Kerry BarbozaBoerne High’s Madison Ebner (14) flips a pass to teammate Maddie Far-ris (4) from the gym floor after coming up with a steal during Tuesday’s nondistrict contest against Hondo.
Star photo: Kerry BarbozaBoerne Champion’s Parker Delay (22) drives and dishes during Tuesday’s district opener for the Chargers at home against Seguin.
Chargers win thriller in OT
Boerne Champion won an exciting game Tuesday night at home when they hosted Seguin in the District 26-5A opener for the Chargers.
Tuesday’s contest went into overtime before the Chargers claimed the 63-49 victory over the Matadors to start district play at 1-0.
Champion, 11-5 overall, visits McCollum Friday as they continue 26-5A action.
The Chargers had a slow start on Tuesday and were trailing 30-18 when the game went into halftime. Cham-pion coach Chris Adamek said nerves played a role and added that Seguin also had something to do with it.
BY KERRY BARBOZA■ Sports Editor
See OT, page 12
Lady Hounds handle Hondo
Boerne High had a very consistent scoring night Tuesday when the Lady Hounds defeated Hondo, 47-35, in a nondistrict con-test at Greyhound Gym.
Boerne High was in double figures in all four quarters and scored between 10 to 13 points in each of the stanzas to improve to 11-5 overall this year.
The Lady Hounds visit
Devine Friday and then host Providence Monday. They are playing a day early next week to give the players three straight days off dur-ing finals week.
Boerne High coach Amy Ruede said one of the keys to the win was not letting the Owls get to the line a whole lot on Tuesday.
“We did a good job of keeping them off the free-throw line,” she said. “They like to attack and get to the free-throw line and they
only had 11 free throws in the game so that’s good for us defensively.”
BHS was off last Friday and went into the Hondo game on a seven-day break and Ruede said it showed at times, especially on the glass where they Owls pulled down 26 offensive rebounds compared to 11 for BHS.
“They got a lot of offen-sive rebounds, that’s
BY KERRY BARBOZA■ Sports Editor
See HOUNDS, page 12
The Comfort High boys basketball team visited Ban-dera on Tuesday night and came away with a victory over their 4A opponent.
The Cats got the bet-ter of the Dogs, 75-59, and improved to 11-4 overall. Comfort is at Llano Friday in a doubleheader with the girls team. The Deer tip off at 5 p.m. and the varsity boys at 7:30 p.m.
Comfort took a 19-13 lead
at the end of the first quarter and then outscored Bandera in the second, 22-19, for the 41-32 lead at the break.
Both teams slowed down a bit in the third, but the Cats still won the quarter, 13-12, to open up a 10-point ad-vantage at 54-44 as the game headed to the fourth quarter.
In the final stanza, the Cats shot it well and tallied 21
Bobcat boys team beats Bandera Tuesday night
See CATS, page 12
The Comfort Deer hosted the Lytle Lady Pirates in girls basketball on Tuesday night and held on for a 10-point victory.
Comfort won the game, 50-40, and evens their season record at 9-9. The Deer visit Llano on Friday as they continue nondis-trict action.
Comfort came out of the gate strong and held a 20-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Lytle doubled up the Deer in the second, 14-7, to cut the lead to seven at halftime, 27-20.
It turned out to be a great third quarter for Comfort who tallied 14 points, while hold-ing the Lady Pirates scoreless in the stanza
to open up a 41-20 lead as the game went into the fourth.
In the final period, Lytle made a pretty good run at the Deer and outscored them, 20-9, but couldn’t catch them and CHS held on for the 10-point win, 50-40.
Savanna Weyel led the Comfort Deer in scoring and finished with 14 points, Brenda Cervantes and Emiko Sweeney netted 6 points each, Kendall Finke and Cadyn Feller both tallied 5, Madeline Sharp finished with 4, Ashlynn Rodriguez added 3, while Anna Walser and Dezirae Hansen recorded 2 apiece and Taijah Rose hit a free throw and scored 1.
Deer sail away from Pirates
Eagles take district opener in soccerThe Geneva School of
Boerne boys varsity soc-cer team pulled out a 5-0 win over St. Gerard on Monday night in their first 3A TAPPS district game played in Boerne.
The Eagles were back in action on Thursday and traveled to Kerrville to face Our Lady Hills. Last year, Geneva and OLH faced each other twice and both walked away with one victory each.
Scoring for Geneva against St. Gerard was forward Wyatt Erfurt and midfielder Ethan Valdez with 2 goals each, while midfielder David Grote added 1 goal.
Star photo: Pam AkinGeneva’s Jackson Friesenhahn (21) avoids a defender in the Eagles’ 5-0 win over San Antonio St. Gerard on Monday night at home.
Boerne Champion won its second straight district contest Tuesday night when the Lady Char-gers visited Seguin and recorded the 64-40 vic-tory against the Matadors.
Champion is 2-1 in 26-5A and 10-5 overall. The Lady Chargers host McCollum Friday at 6:30 p.m., as they continue dis-trict action. They are also at Memorial Tuesday for another 26-5A contest.
Seguin struggled in the first and third quarters against Champion, only scoring 5 points in the first and 6 in the third. They played well in the second and hit for 17 and added 12 in the fourth, but only mustered 40 points in the game.
Champion opened the
The Geneva School of Boerne girls soccer team secured another district win in their home opener Mon-day against John Paul II Catholic in Schertz.
The Eagles doubled up the Guardians, 4-2, and are 2-0 in district. Geneva traveled to Kerrville Thursday for their second match of the season with Our Lady of the Hills.
The first half opened with an early goal from JPII six minutes in. Geneva responded two minutes later to tie it with an equalizing goal from Katelyn Davis off an assist from Sam Doran.
Geneva took the lead with 18 minutes left in the first half after fresh-man Avery Myrick scored on the Audrey Davis pass/assist just inside the Guard-
ian 18-yard box for the 2-1 lead. Later in the first half, an unfortunate penalty call against the Eagles gave JPII a PK which leveled the score at 2-2 going into halftime.
In the second half, Kate-lyn Davis converted off another Sam Doran assist, giving the Eagles a 3-2 lead
Geneva girls top JP II in soccer, 4-2
Lady Chargers record 2nd straight district victory
Star photo: Kerry BarbozaCaitlin Moon had a big game Tuesday vs. Seguin and finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds.See DISTRICT, page 12
See SOCCER, page 12
The Boerne High boys bas-ketball team visited Austin Travis earlier this week and dropped the road contest to the Rebels, 62-51.
Boerne High is 8-7 overall and hosts Poteet on Friday as they continue nondistrict action. The BHS boys also play Monday at Hondo, moved up a day because of school finals next week.
Travis held a 14-9 lead over the Greyhounds at the end of the first quarter, but Boerne High outscored the Rebels,
20-12, in the second to take a 29-26 lead into halftime.
Travis went on a 10-0 run at one point in the sec-ond half and outscored the Hounds by 10 points in the third quarter, 16-6, to retake the lead at 42-35 as the game went into the fourth period.
In the final stanza, Boerne made a run at the Rebels and scored 16 points but couldn’t catch them as the Austin school matched that and finished with 20 points in the period to get the win.
Boerne boys hit the road, tripped up by Austin Travis
For the complete District 28-4A volleyball first and second teams, see page 12.
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Members and regular play-ers are the heart and soul of a golf club, and the holidays are perfect for a little fam-ily rivalry. The Winter Cup, a team match play tourna-ment that draws everyone to the course, caps the Flying L tournament year. Fifty-six golfers, divided into two teams of 28, played on Dec. 1 in this year’s Cup. Every-one competed in two 9-hole matches against golfers of equivalent ability.
Former Flying L head pro Arnie Segura is now at Riverhill Country Club in Kerrville but he still lives at the Flying L and stays in touch with Flying L events and golfers. Arnie captained the losing team in the 2017 Winter Cup, and the loss has haunted him all year. John Pace assumed Arnie’s cap-tainship for the 2018 Cup, but Arnie was nevertheless eager to see his former team get revenge.
Segura sent an email to the Winter Cup participants prior to the tournament promising that he and his
wife Kathleen would be there to celebrate with his old team when they erased last year’s loss from his memory. Inspired by Arnie’s “Win one for the Gipper” challenge, John Pace’s team swept to a 2-match victory over Joseph Arredondo’s team, winning 29 to 27.
The outcome of the match was in doubt until late in the day. Arredondo’s team was ahead after the first round by a score of 14.5 to 13.5. The come-from-behind vic-tory by Pace’s team was not assured until the final groups finished the second round.
The Good Old Boys played the following Monday, and Hondo’s Byron Watts played such an amazing round that it took one of the signature golf tournaments of the Fly-ing L year to knock him out of the headlines of this column.
Exactly when the Good Old Boys were formed and began play is lost in the mists of time and the lower drawers of a file cabinet somewhere, but the original Good Old Boys likely had to fend off dinosaurs roaming the Fly-ing L fairways. The record
number of points earned at a Good Old Boys tourna-ment is as unknown as the date of that first tournament, but Byron Watts earned more points than any current player can remember at the Dec. 3 event.
Watts collected an incred-ible 15 points from a round of 79. His round was a testa-ment to the value of steady, consistent play as he birdied the 4th hole and made par on three of the holes in the toughest stretch of the golf course, holes 8-11.
The good news is that Byron took home the lion’s share of the purse with that impressive point total. The bad news is that he will have to keep up his sterling play if he wants to make any points during the next few months.
Boerne’s Rocco Perciavalle had a good day when he shot 94 and earned 5 points. That would be enough to win at many tournaments, but not on a day when Watts was rampaging through the course like Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Good Old Boys will continue their regu-lar schedule through the holidays.
BY CHARLIE PROKOP■ Special to the Star
Good Old Boys Golf League results
28-4A All-District
Volleyball 2018Name School Grade
MVPRose Stuewe Fredericksburg Senior
Offensive MVPJasmine Nelson Boerne Junior
Defensive MVPMaddie Maxwell Wimberley Senior
Outstanding SetterBrooke Turner Boerne Senior
Newcomer of the YearPaige Crawford Wimberley Fresh
First TeamCorinne Kadric Boerne JuniorBrianna Brock Boerne JuniorAnna Story Boerne JuniorReilly Horn Wimberley SeniorOlivia Linton Wimberley JuniorRayna Pack Wimberley JuniorCalissa Vollmer Fredericksburg SeniorMolly Pluenneke Fredericksburg SeniorRiley Mickey Canyon Lake SeniorMariah Haight Canyon Lake SeniorPresli Mooney Bandera SeniorMolly Lindner Llano Senior
Second TeamAbigail Phillip Boerne SeniorMackenzie Vasquez Boerne JuniorJordan McFarland Wimberley SophBrina Jones Wimberley SophPaige Bower Canyon Lake SeniorLainee Moses Canyon Lake JuniorLarkin Penn Fredericksburg SeniorKate Wenzel Fredericksburg SeniorSullivan Wilke Bandera SeniorMattie Morrison Bandera SeniorKendall Wenzel Llano SeniorFaith Manning Llano Senior
Honorable Mention (Boerne High only)Kori Stringer Boerne SeniorAddison Amick Boerne Soph
league play.Boerne opened the post-
season with a sweep over Salado in the first round in Llano and then fell to defending state champion Needville in the second round at Giddings in a match that went five games before it was decided.
BHS coach Tisha Pettibon said the team played a great
match vs. Needville who was returning seven players from their state team.
“We left our sweat and tears on the floor in Gid-dings, but left with a whole lot of pride and excitement for next season,” she said. “We gave them a run for their money, but came up short in the fifth set. We are proud of our seniors for the leadership and loyalty to the program. We are ex-cited to see what’s in store for the Greyhounds next season.”
28-4AFROM PAGE 11
“I think we were a little anxious in the first half, most of these guys, it was their first varsity district game, almost all of them as a mat-ter of fact,” he said. “There was a little anxiety and ner-vousness, that coupled with Seguin’s athleticism, all that combined is how we got down 12 at the half.”
Whatever nerves the Char-gers may have felt in the first half gave way to solid outside shooting when the third quarter started. Cham-pion hit six 3-pointers in the third, four from Nathan Ghavidel, and one apiece
from Marshall Renfroe and Parker Delay, to help the Chargers outscore the Mata-dors, 23-10, in the quarter and take a 41-40 lead going into the final stanza.
“We loosened up a little bit, we knew we were in a fight with their athleticism and started to play better,” the coach said.
The teams were pretty even in the fourth with Champion scoring 8 points and Seguin 9 to send it to overtime, how-ever, the Chargers did have a chance to win the game in regulation, but turned it over twice in the final minute.
The first turnover came when Champion was ahead 49-47. Seguin came up with a steal and went the other way and converted a two-
pointer to tie it at 49-49 with 25 seconds left.
From that point on, the Chargers were going to try to win it at the buzzer or send it to overtime, but the Mata-dors stole another errant pass with time winding down and launched a running lay up just before the buzzer that rimmed out.
“We were fortunate to go into OT,” Adamek said. “As long as we learn from it we can clean that up. We can take a look at it and learn that it’s something we can’t do in crunch time.”
Once the game went to the fifth period, it was all Champion. The Chargers outscored the Matadors 14-0 and drained three more 3s in the extra stanza for 14
3-pointers in the contest.“We were playing loose
and free,” Adamek said. “They did help us by miss-ing a couple of shots.”
Nathan Ghavidel finished with 26 points and knocked down seven 3s in the game, while Marshall Renfroe recorded five 3s and tallied 18 points with 9 of the points coming in OT.
Parker Delay added 9 points and hit a 3, Graham Gross chipped in with a 3-pointer, Sam Moreno had 5 points and Hunter Darling added 2 points.
Ghavidel came up with a team-high 8 boards and also dished out 5 assists, while Delay had 6 assists and 3 steals and Darling also recorded 3 steals.
OTFROM PAGE 11
probably just because we haven’t played and were out of rhythm as far as boxing out off of the zone. We’ll work on rebounding this week,” Ruede said. “We had been in a rhythm and then
they took a step back, but it’s easy to get back when you play consistently.”
Boerne High was certainly consistent with their scor-ing on Tuesday night, hitting 10, 12, 13 and 12 in the four quarters. Boerne was up 10-4 at the end of one and took a 22-16 lead into the break after they matched the Owls with 12 points in the
second stanza.Boerne High won the third
period 13-10 to open up a 35-26 lead going into the fourth stanza and then out-scored the Owls, 12-9, in the final quarter.
Gracie Walker led the Lady Greyhounds in scoring with 15 points and Maddie Far-ris dropped 12 on the Owls for two Boerne players in
double figures. Shea Dudney and Jessica Davila netted 7 apiece, while Tori Riebel, Julia Everhardus and Jordyn Lemm all chipped in with 2 point each.
Lemm led the Hounds on the boards with 8 rebounds, Dudney and Davila dished out 3 assists each, while Madison Ebner and Davila both came up with 5 steals.
HOUNDSFROM PAGE 11
points, while the Bulldogs netted 15 points to give Comfort the 16-point win.
Cooper New and Coltyn Barraza paced CHS with
17 points apiece, Alan Her-nandez added 14 and Ethan Lempar made it four Bob-cats in double figures after he finished with 10.
Chris Rutherford scored 7, Tucker Weyel recorded 6, while Jose Herrera and David Ashcraft both chipped in with 2 points.
Diamond C Stables & Ranch recently welcomed the Schreiner Equestrian Team, who came out to ride with Branden Culver.
Culver who use to rodeo when he was younger, fol-lowed his love for horses. He has been teaching at Dia-mond C Stables for the last 16 years, all levels of rid-ing, and is known for his patience and work breaking horses. Through his les-sons, Culver teaches others to teach their horse differ-ent disciplines, mainly barrel racing and pole bending, but
has also showed horses in lounge line and reining.
Culver’s favorite thing is breeding, he has been to two schools for breeding, collect-ing, artificial inseminations, and freezing straws.
Ashley Brune the coach for the Schreiner Eques-trian Team watched one of Culver’s lesson and decided she liked his technique and started setting up clinic’s before they would go and compete. They start off with their warm up, and then get started with on-the-rail drills and they also work on trail
Schreiner Equestrian Team visits Diamond C Stables & Ranch
Submitted photoThe Schreiner Equestrian Team visited the Diamond C Stables & Ranch to ride with Branden Culver.
patterns and the correct way to set, and hold your hands
and queuing the horse.Brune is good about hav-
ing them work out, getting the core in shape, when your
core is in shape it makes it much easier to ride correctly.
CATSFROM PAGE 11
contest with 12 in the first quarter and that was their lowest total in any of the four periods.
The Chargers tallied 18 in the second and took a 30-22 lead into the break. Cham-pion blew it open in the third when they outscored the Matadors, 21-6, for the 51-28 lead.
The teams traded buckets in the fourth, with the Char-gers scoring 13 and Seguin 12 points to give Champion the victory.
Caitlin Moon gave the Mat-adors fits and finished with 21 points on 10 of 15 shoot-ing to go with 12 rebounds to make it a double-double.
Field Gatlin added 13 points and Hannah Bar-raza made it three Chargers in double figures after she dropped in a dozen points.
Hadyn Stadler netted 7 points, Katie Drawdy tal-lied 5, while Megan Herrera, Prestley Hammond and Syd-ney Reston all recorded 2 points apiece.
Khiara Flugence grabbed 8 rebounds and blocked 2 shots, Gatlin snagged 7 boards and Drawdy pulled down 6 rebounds and dished out 5 assists.
Gatlin and Herrera also distributed 3 assists apiece for the Lady Chargers on Tuesday night.
and with 8 minutes left in regulation, Davis added her third goal from freshman
KK Chisholm’s assist. Katelyn Davis finished
with her first “hat trick” of the season, while mid-fielder Sam Doran tallied 2 assists, freshman Avery Myrick had 1 goal; Audrey Davis recorded an assist and
freshman midfielder KK Chisholm added 1 assist.
Keeper Kenzie Fitzgerald came up with 7 saves, while Elise Valdez, Sarah Coul-tress, Kellyn Beauchamp and Sam Doran controlled the back line well.
DISTRICTFROM PAGE 11
SOCCERFROM PAGE 11
Geneva School of Boerne defeated TMI – The Epis-copal School of Texas Tuesday night in a boys nondistrict basketball game.
The Eagles won the con-test, 49-42, over their 1H-10 rival. Geneva was back in action Thursday against Texas School for the Deaf.
Geneva had a good start to the game and jumped out to a 16-9 lead at the end of the
first quarter. TMI outscored the Eagles in the second, 11-9, but Geneva still held a 25-20 lead at the break.
TMI again won the third quarter, but only by a point, 8-7, and Geneva’s advan-tage was at four points heading into the fourth quarter, 32-28.
In the final stanza, both teams kicked it up a notch and the Eagles tallied 17
and TMI hit for 14 to give Geneva the 7-point win.
Marshall Jones paced the Eagles with 17 points and 9 rebounds, Soren Burk-holder added 14 points and Andrew De Luna tallied 5 points and 3 steals.
Tuesday was also Hoops for Heartland night at Geneva. For more about the fundraiser, check the Boerne Star.
Geneva volleyballers earn postseason honorsGeneva School of Boerne varsity volley-
ball team members were recently honored with TAPPS 4A end-of-season awards.
Senior Amy Ambelang was named TAPPS Second Team All-State with 222 kills, 29 aces and 189 digs.
Those earning First Team All-District were Ambelang, Chloe Higgs, Katherine
Lacy and Aimée Metzger. Lily Langenbahn Avery Myrick and Katie
Grace Styles were named Second Team All-District for the Eagles.
In addition, seniors Ambelang and Metzger were named TAPPS Academic All-State for their excellence in the class-room and on the court.
Star photo: Pam AkinMembers of the Geneva School of Boerne varsity volleyball team were recognized for individual awards at the end of their season. Amy Ambe-lang (2) was named second team all-state for the Eagles.
Geneva edges TMI in boys basketball
The Geneva School of Boerne girls basketball team won a close one Tues-day night at home when they defeated Wimberley by three points, 52-49.
The Eagles are 12-5 over-all and will play Texas School for the Deaf to close out the week before taking some time off for finals and Christmas break.
Tuesday’s game was close throughout and Geneva managed a one-point lead
after the first quarter, 11-10, and then outscored the Lady Texans, 11-9, in the second for the 22-19 halftime lead.
Geneva’s three-point lead at the half held until the end after both the Eagles and Texans scored 30 points in the second half and both tallied 14 in the third and 16 in the fourth in Tuesday’s evenly matched contest.
Gabi Griffey led the Eagles in scoring with 15 points, Katherine Lacy
added 14 and Kensi Parker finished with 12 to make it three Geneva players in double figures. Lacy also snagged 11 rebounds to make it a double-double.
Micah Howard netted 5, Kellie Khlot and Emma Russell both scored 2, while Sydney Griffey and Taylor Tippit hit one free throw.
Also, Gabi Griffey pulled down 8 boards, dished out 3 assists and came up with 2 steals.
Geneva girls hoops messes with Texans
R e p o r t s
BOERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT
December 48:48 a.m., 100 Water –
Child abuse was reported.9:17 a.m., I-10 mile 540 –
A caller reported a man was standing on a blue Chevy truck stopped in the middle of the fast lane.
9:23 a.m., 300 E. Bandera – After a man said he left the license plate he found in the road at his mailbox in hopes the driver who lost it would pick it up, police tried to contact the owner.
9:51 a.m., 1000 N. Main – A woman complained a neighboring business was throwing their trash in her dumpster.
10:09 a.m., 300 E. Theis-sen – It wasn’t enough for the guy a caller said was in a shoving match with a woman in the street, when police arrived, he decided to fight them. EMS was called and he was taken to the ER in shackles.
12:25 p.m., 500 Hampton Cove – A man complained his roommate put all his stuff outside.
2:53 p.m., 1100 Grand – a caller reported getting the old IRS scam phone call.
2:53 p.m., 1000 N. Main – A woman complained a neighboring businesswoman was harassing her over the use of a dumpster.
3:11 p.m., 10000 Johns Rd. – During a traffic stop, one person was arrested.
4:30 p.m., 100 Hagen – Another caller reported getting an IRS scam phone call.
4:42 p.m., 400 W. Ban-dera – EMS was called for injuries sustained in a crash between a couple of SUVs and a car.
6:25 p.m., 900 River – A woman said her purse was stolen from her vehicle while she was at work.
Officers also made 29 traffic stops, assisted the public once and an EMS crew once, investigated two suspicious people and three suspicious vehicles, worked one non-injury wreck and handled one reckless vehicle report, one animal call, 16 security checks and three false alarms.
December 55:47 a.m., 300 Hickman
– A woman complained construction workers across the street started their noisy work way too early.
6:22 a.m., 1200 S. Main – The plastic-covered man a caller reported told police he was homeless and going from east coast to west and would be moving on as soon as the sun rose.
8:06 a.m., 100 Old San Antonio – An officer reported his vehicle was damaged.
8:50 a.m., 300 Hickman – Another caller complained about the racket cranes pouring cement were mak-ing since 2 a.m.
10:16 a.m., 900 N. School – A woman said someone stole her purse.
12:52 p.m., 100 Old San Antonio – A charter school student ran away.
1:31 p.m., 300 Irons – A man said someone went into his unlocked house and stole his husky puppy, but a few hours later he reported his pup had been returned.
3:22 p.m., 1300 S. Main – A caller reported fraud on his checking account.
4:19 p.m., 1200 S. Main – During a traffic stop, one man was arrested.
4:29 p.m., 1200 S. Main – EMS was called for two people injured in a traffic crash, but both declined treatment.
5:02 p.m., 100 Pfeiffer Rd. – During a traffic stop a man was arrested for possession of marijuana.
5:05 p.m., 200 Champion – A caller suspected the two juveniles she saw going door to door were looking for packages to steal.
6:30 p.m., 100 Industrial – Firefighters were called to extinguish a burning vehicle.
9:15 p.m., I-10 mile 544 – A caller complained the lack of signage marking a lane closure almost caused an 18-wheeler to run him off the road and he hit a con-struction barrel.
Police also made 14 traf-fic stops, assisted the public eight times and an EMS crew once, checked out two suspicious people, two sus-picious vehicles and a 911 hang-up call, worked one non-injury wreck and han-dled one welfare check, two traffic hazards, four reckless driver reports, one civil mat-ter, 13 security checks and one false alarm.
December 612:09 a.m., 33000 I-10 –
After a caller reported a man was threatening an elderly woman, police arrested him.
12:48 a.m., 1400 River – A man complained about road construction in the area.
6:10 a.m., 300 Hickman – A caller complained con-struction had already started by a crew without early morning permits.
8:40 a.m., Charger & River – After a student called the school to say they may be late because traffic lights weren’t working, a school official called police who found the lights were work-ing fine.
10:16 a.m., 1200 S. Main – A hotel clerk reported a guest checked out, but left his gun behind.
11:46 a.m., 1100 River – After a man reported a Ford pickup hit his Accord and drove away, a school bus driver provided the license plate number and said they may have video.
2:04 p.m., 800 Johns – A couple said a woman has been harassing them and others for three to six years with fake social media accounts.
3:58 p.m., 200 James – A woman said someone ripped her windshield wiper off her SUV while it was parked overnight.
4:15 p.m., 200 Jordan Pl. – Possible mail theft was reported.
4:53 p.m., 100 Old San Antonio – A woman said an employee stole her jacket.
6:48 p.m., 100 Cool Rock – Boerne firefighters traced the smell of leaking gas to a faulty flex tube.
8:13 p.m., 100 Old San Antonio – A mother com-plained her two teen daughters are disobedient and always fighting.
10:16 p.m., 700 River – A couple of men out by the swimming pool were reported being too noisy.
Deputies also made seven traffic stops, assisted the public 20 times, checked out three suspicious people and one suspicious vehi-cle, worked one non-injury wreck and handled two wel-fare checks, one civil matter, 21 security checks and two false alarms.
December 75:32 a.m., 700 River – A
caller said it sounded like her upstairs neighbors were throwing furniture around.
8:25 a.m., 35000 I-10 – A man complained people trying to get their early morning jolt of joe were causing traffic to back up for miles.
9:43 a.m., 100 Old San Antonio – Someone turned in the property they found.
10:16 a.m., 31700 I-10 – A woman said her husband has dementia and is not sup-posed to drive, but he rented a car.
10:26 a.m., 200 Charger – A student was caught in possession of alcohol.
12:52 p.m., 500 E. San Antonio – A woman reported someone stole a check she had mailed and attempted to cash it.
Deputies also made 10 traf-fic stops, assisted the public four times, checked out two suspicious people, worked six non-injury wrecks and handled one reckless driver report, four traffic hazards, three civil matters, 21 secu-rity checks and four false alarms.
December 88:50 a.m., 37100 I-10 –
A clerk reported someone passed fake bills last night.
9:10 a.m., 100 Creekside – A woman reported her daughter stole her vehicle.
1:22 p.m., 100 Old San Antonio – A woman reported getting harassing phone calls.
3:26 p.m., 400 W. Ban-dera – A caller reported a “complete idiot” moved his
vehicle with the doors open and kids inside and was yell-ing at another driver.
5:26 p.m., 400 W. Bandera – A caller said her mother was involved in a vehicle-pe-destrian wreck yesterday and now was going to the ER for her pain but needed a police report.
8:04 p.m., 100 Old San Antonio – The suspicious man an officer stopped to check out was arrested.
9:54 p.m., 1600 River – A store manager suspected the abandoned scooter in the parking lot may be stolen.
Police also made 23 traf-fic stops, assisted the public four times, investigated one suspicious person and two suspicious vehicle and handled one welfare check, one reckless driver report, one traffic hazard, one civil matter, one animal call, 23 security checks and five false alarms.
December 912:01 a.m., 100 Oak Park
– After a woman gave offi-cers permission to search her vehicle during a traffic stop, she was arrested.
9:55 a.m., 100 Devonshire – A caller complained about a street being blocked off for a market.
10:05 a.m., 100 Menger Springs – An ER nurse called for help convincing a ‘tween patient to get out of his parent’s vehicle.
1:47 p.m., 100 E. Frederick – After a woman reported smelling smoke coming from the attic, firefighters searched, but found nothing suspicious.
7:38 p.m., 700 River – A woman was concerned that neighborhood children were involved in narcotics.
9:12 p.m., 1300 S. Main – A shopper discovered someone had keyed his Scion.
9:11 p.m., 800 Johns Rd. – A man complained his wife was harassing him and threw something at him.
Officers also made 30 traffic stops, assisted the public twice and another law enforcement agency once, checked out four suspicious people and one suspicious vehicle, worked one non-in-jury wreck and handled one welfare check, two traffic hazards, one civil matter, two animal calls, 24 security checks and one false alarm.
December 1012:02 p.m., 100 Cham-
pion – A caller suspected the people in a truck driving slowly through the neigh-borhood might be porch pirates looking for packages left at houses.
1:12 p.m., 100 Park-way – A man reported a local business had taken an advance payment and now he can’t reach anyone there.
1:34 p.m., 100 City Park – A caller reported a motor home & Jeep had been left in the parking lot for two days and no one is allowed to spend the night there.
1:49 p.m., I-10 mile 540 – A deputy picked up the step ladder that was lying in the road.
3:03 p.m., 500 Schweppe – EMS was called to treat a young man’s bleeding
chin after he struck a parked vehicle.
6:59 p.m., 100 Sharon Dr. – A man complained about getting unwanted calls from a business.
9:13 p.m., Charger & River – A woman crashed her vehicle during a medical problem.
Police also made 38 traf-fic stops, assisted the public seven times and an EMS crew once, checked out one suspicious person and a 911 hang-up call, worked five non-injury wrecks and handled one welfare check, three reckless driver reports, one traffic hazard, one ani-mal call and 22 security checks.
KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENTDecember 77:38 a.m., Staudt St. – A
woman was arrested on a criminal trespass warrant.
8:01 a.m., Staudt St. – A woman complained her ex-boyfriend was harassing her with text messages.
8:18 a.m., 900 E. Hwy. 46 – A fight broke out between a driver and the person they ran over in a parking lot.
8:28 a.m., Apache Tr. – A man reported another had threatened to shoot him.
9:11 a.m., 100 E. East Circle – Bovines went bum-bling along the boulevard.
9:19 a.m., 100 Dresden Wood Dr. – After a caller said a guy walking around with a bloody nose didn’t seem to belong in the neigh-borhood, deputies detained him.
9:25 a.m. Apache Tr. – A woman complained a man was harassing her.
10:39 a.m., 100 Hidden Oaks Circle – A man said his vehicle was stolen some-time since 9:30 last night.
11:41 a.m., 6200 Ranger Creek Rd. – A mailbox was damaged.
12:12 p.m., 400 Moun-tain Springs Dr. – A mother who reported her daughter crashed into a mailbox told deputies she was going to take her to the ER.
1 p.m., I-10 mile 523 – EMS was called when a truck crashed off the road and into a tree.
1:33 p.m., 1100 N. Hwy. 87, Comfort – The trucker was uninjured when his 18-wheeler slid off the road and down an embankment.
5:10 p.m., 500 FM 289 – Firefighters were called to free an entrapped woman from a wrecked Focus and EMS was called to treat her.
9:16 p.m., 500 FM 1376 – A deputy hauled the big rock a caller said was a traf-fic hazard out of the road.
In addition, deputies made four traffic stops, assisted the public seven times, investigated one suspicious person, two suspicious vehi-cles and a 911 hang-up call, worked three non-injury wrecks, attempted to serve one warrant and handled two welfare checks, two reckless driver reports, one animal call, five civil matters, 10 security checks and three false alarms.
December 811:13 a.m., 100 Freder-
icksburg St., Waring – A man complained his ex-wife wouldn’t return a bed.
2:31 p.m., 500 Oak Ridge – After OnStar reported the location of a vehicle stolen in Bexar County, Deputies recovered the car.
4:05 p.m., 300 Wild Turkey Blvd. – Deputies couldn’t find the skateboard-ers a caller complained were creating a hazard on a dan-gerous curve.
4:43 p.m., 3000 FM 473 – The giant goat a caller said was running in and out of the road was put back through the hole it escaped from, but when it got out again, it was taken to the animal shelter.
5:07 p.m., 100 W. Wind-ing Loop – The caller who reported two credit cards and his cell phone account were hacked by someone in LA was told to talk to the authorities there.
5:33 p.m., 100 Gua-dalupe Bend – When a woman found a message on her answering machine threatening to kill her, dep-uties traced the number to a woman who said her young grandkids were prank call-ing people at random.
5:47 p.m., 300 Ammann Rd. – A caller said porch pirates had stolen packages.
Deputies also made 15 traffic stops, assisted the public three times and an EMS crew once, checked out one suspicious person, attempted to serve one war-rant, worked one non-injury wreck and handled five reckless driver reports, one traffic hazard, one animal call, two civil matters, 10 security checks and three false alarms.
December 92:16 a.m., Old No. 9 –
A person was reported missing.
8:19 a.m., I-10 mile 535 – During a traffic stop, one man was arrested.
9:13 a.m., 100 Clear Sky – A woman who wanted to know if she could shoot a pig decided to take it to a ranch to do the deed.
11:02 a.m., 50700 I-10 – The grass fire a caller reported was found to be a controlled burn.
11:56 a.m., 2800 FM 473 – A man said someone cut his fence and may have taken a deer.
12:25 p.m., I-10 mile 545 – A deputy removed the deer feeder someone dropped in the road.
2:34 p.m., 32000 I-10 – A caller reported trespassers.
Deputies also made 25 traffic stops, assisted the public twice and an EMS crew once, checked out one suspicious vehicle and han-dled one welfare check, five reckless driver reports, two animal calls, 12 security checks and one false alarm.
December 1010:31 a.m., 100 Esperanza
– A caller complained about dump trucks speeding to get to the new school site.
10:53 a.m., 800 FM 289 – A woman reported fraud.
3:07 p.m., I-10 mile 523 – A man lost a load of metal on the highway, but the driver cleared the road before deputies arrived.
3:55 p.m., 100 Coveney Tr. – A man feared his Social Security number was com-promised following a scam phone call.
4:56 p.m., 900 High St. – When a deputy checked on a suspicious vehicle, he found the passenger had warrants out of state.
9:19 p.m. 500 Sunflower, Comfort – A woman com-plained her ex-boyfriend was throwing her stuff out of the apartment.
Deputies also made eight traffic stops, assisted the public twice, checked out two suspicious people and two suspicious vehicles, attempted to serve one warrant and handled one welfare check, one animal call, two reckless vehicle reports, eight civil matters, three animal calls, five secu-rity checks and two false alarms.
December 118:04 a.m., 100 Freder-
icksburg St., Waring – A woman complained her ex was harassing her with text messages.
8:24 a.m., 37100 I-10 – A deputy with active warrant in hand arrested a man.
12:06 a.m., 100 FM 474 – A caller complained that gravel trucks were flying up and down FM 474.
12:24 p.m., 100 C ordil-lera Trace – A passerby was concerned when he saw a man yelling at a woman near the mailboxes, but dep-uties learned the man with dementia became confused and was yelling at his wife.
5:06 p.m., 200 W. Bandera – When an officer stopped to check out a suspicious man, he arrested the fellow on possession of a controlled substance.
8:08 p.m., 1000 High St., Comfort – A woman reported a man who just got out of state prison took things from her property.
9:51 p.m., I-10 mile 522 – A man reported his SUV was damaged by road debris.
10:53 p.m., 1400 E. Blanco – During a traffic stop, two men were arrested.
Deputies also made 22 traffic stops, assisted the public five times and an EMS crew once, checked out three suspicious vehi-cles, attempted to serve one warrant and handled one welfare check, one reck-less driver report, one civil matter, one animal call and three false alarms.
LAW ENFORCEMENTThe following is a brief, par-
tial recap of incidents reported by the Boerne Police Depart-ment and the Kendall County Sheriff’s Department. General locations are listed rather than specific addresses. An arrest should not imply guilt or inno-cence which will be decided in court at a later date. Anyone with information about any of these incidents is asked to call the Boerne Police at 830-249-8645, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office at 830-249-9721 or Kendall County Crime Stop-pers at 1-800-348-LEAD (5323) or kc-crimestoppers.com.
If you’d like to reach nearly 22,000 affluent, educated, high-achieving adults in Boerne, Fair
Oaks Ranch and Kendall County, just let us know.
Source: Pulse Research, October 2017, based on 7,637 net households reached by the Boerne Star and boernestar.com, and readership of 2.87 persons per household, U.S. Census QuickFacts for Kendall County.
For more information, contact Jeff parra at [email protected] or 830-249-2441.
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CDL Driver/Vacuum Truck Operator. $20/hour. M-F, 35-50 hours per week. Manual labor required. 830-249-4000.
K i t c h e n A s s i s t a n t position for the Rainbow Senior Center at Kronkosky Place. Monday-Friday, 8am-3pm, occasional nights & w e e k e n d s , minimum of 30 hours. E x p e r i e n c e preferred, but not necessary. Contact Richard Polomo at: chef@ra inbow s e n i o rc e n t e r.com, or 830-249-2114.
V o l u n t e e r Meals on Wheels Drivers Needed!! Are you looking for some volunteer o p p o r t u n i t i e s and a way to give back? Home for the summer and have some free time? The Rainbow Senior Center is in need of volunteer Meals on Wheels Drivers, Monday thru Friday! This is a family friendly opportunity and is a great way to help serve seniors in the Boerne area! Please contact Josue Romero at 830-249-2114 or: meals o n w h e e l s @r a i n b o w s e n i o rc e n t e r.com.
FSBO or Lease. 134 Bluebonnet Cir, $218,000, owner financing. 1,987 sq.ft., 3BD, 2BA, good cents home by builder. 210-382-4137, 830-537-4708.
352 Bentwood Dr, 3BD, 2BA, CH/A, fireplace, double garage, big fenced backyard. Totally remodeled with all new kitchen a p p l i a n c e s . $220,000. 830-734-1913, 210-573-6818.
REPO, MUST Sell! $106/mo buys deeded land in gated c o m m u n i t y . Medina Lake C o m m u n i t y . 830-460-8354. OWNER.
Medina Lake lakefront lot, Repo, Utilities installed, must sell. 830-460-8354.
LAND REPO, Hill Country/Bandera, ¼ acre with access to Medina Lake, water, sewer and electric installed. F i n a n c i n g available. 830-796-3143.
LAND REPO, ½ acre, water, sewer & electric i n s t a l l e d . Bandera Hill Country. Owner f i n a n c i n g available. 324-271-0151.
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SAFE STEP walkin tub, 29”x52”, with h y d ro t h e r a p y system. Fully f u n c t i o n i n g tub unit to be removed soon. $2,900. 830-537-4841.
FOR SALE: 55 gallon ink drums $10, wood pallets $5 and end rolls $10. Call Granite Printing, 512-352-3687, or come by 2675 CR 374, Circleville, TX.
The Sisters Attic Thrift Store, 216 W Highland, open Monday-S a t u r d a y . Donations gladly accepted. Lots of great stuff at great prices!
151 Oak Grove, Saturday, 12/15, 8am-1pm & Sunday 12/16, 1 1 a m - 2 p m . C h r i s t m a s , h o u s e h o l d , clothes.
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Tree Service & Removal, mowing, tilling, t r a s h / b r u s h hauling. 30 years experience. 830-995-2782, 830-377-7548.
Tree Service, Rock & Concrete Work. All types of fences, hauling and ranch m a i n t e n a n c e . Free estimates. 830-446-9079.
Mike’s Affordable Painting and R e m o d e l i n g . Free estimates. R e f e r e n c e s available. Call 830-522-0600, 210-749-4262.
D e p e n d a b l e Lawn Care. Fall clean-ups. 830-229-7022.
Bo’s Small Engine Repair. 123 E Frederick St, Boerne. 830-331-0060.
NOTICE: To All Customers of Guadalupe Valley Telephone C o o p e r a t i v e , Inc. On May 18, 1998, the Public Utility C o m m i s s i o n of Texas d e s i g n a t e d G u a d a l u p e Valley Telephone C o o p e r a t i v e (GVTC) the “ E l i g i b l e Telecommunica -tions Carrier” for its service area for universal service purposes. The goal of universal service is to provide all citizens access to essential telecommunica -tions services. GVTC provides voice grade access to the public switched t e l e p h o n e network and dual tone multi-f r e q u e n c y signaling or its functional e q u i v a l e n t . GVTC also provides single party residence (with unlimited local usage) and business service for rates which range from $22.48 for residential customers and from $27.00 per month for business c u s t o m e r s . This includes access to: Long distance carriers, E m e r g e n c y s e r v i c e s , O p e r a t o r s e r v i c e s , D i r e c t o r y a s s i s t a n c e , Telecommunica
-tions Relay S e r v i c e s , Other services designed to persons with d i s a b i l i t i e s , Toll blocking for qualifying l o w - i n c o m e consumers. Use of these services may result in added charges. In addition, GVTC provides one copy of its annual local directory without charge. Touch Tone service is included in the monthly charges for residential and business service. GVTC would be pleased to provide you with specific rates for your area upon request. GVTC also offers qualified c u s t o m e r s Lifeline Service. S i n g l e - p a r t y residential and b r o a d b a n d are Lifeline s u p p o r t e d services. Lifeline is a government program. You must be eligible to receive Lifeline. You are allowed only one Lifeline discount per household. You cannot transfer your Lifeline discount to someone else even if he or she is eligible. This service includes free toll blocking for qualifying customers. For i n f o r m a t i o n about applying for Lifeline discounts, visit the Lifeline website at www.lifelinesupport.org as well as d o w n l o a d i n g the application. Please call GVTC at 1-800-367-4882 if you have any questions or visit our website
at: www.gvtc.com.
NOTICE: To All Customers of Guadalupe Valley Communications Systems, L.P. On November 2, 2012, the Public Utility C o m m i s s i o n of Texas d e s i g n a t e d Guadalupe Valley Communications S y s t e m s , L.P. (GVCS) an “Eligible Telecommunica -tions Carrier” for its service areas for universal service purposes. The goal of universal service is to provide all citizens access to essential telecommunica -tions services. Guadalupe Valley Communications S y s t e m s , L.P. (“GVCS”) provides voice grade access to the public s w i t c h e d t e l e p h o n e network and dual tone multi-f r e q u e n c y signaling or its functional e q u i v a l e n t . GVCS also provides single party residence (with unlimited local usage) and business service for rates which range from $18.80 for residential customers and from $18.00 per month for business c u s t o m e r s . This includes access to: Long distance carriers, E m e r g e n c y s e r v i c e s , O p e r a t o r s e r v i c e s , D i r e c t o r y a s s i s t a n c e , Telecommunica -tions Relay Services, Other services
designed to persons with d i s a b i l i t i e s , Toll blocking for qualifying l o w - i n c o m e consumers. Use of these services may result in added charges. In addition, GVCS provides one copy of its annual local directory without charge. Touch Tone service is available for a charge of $1.25 per month. GVCS would be pleased to provide you with specific rates for your area upon request. GVCS also offers qualified c u s t o m e r s Lifeline Service. S i n g l e - p a r t y residential and b r o a d b a n d are Lifeline s u p p o r t e d services. Lifeline is a government program. You must be eligible to receive Lifeline. You are allowed only one Lifeline discount per household. You cannot transfer your Lifeline discount to someone else even if he or she is eligible. This service includes free toll blocking for qualifying customers. For i n f o r m a t i o n about applying for Lifeline discounts, visit the Lifeline website at www.lifelinesupport.org as well as d o w n l o a d i n g the application. Please call GVCS at 1-800-367-4882 if you have any questions, or visit our website at www.gvtc.com.
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R&S Dairy Queens, Inc., is now hiring for
Assistant Managerat our Bandera & Comfort Locations
Health, Dental, Life, 401K and Vacation Available!Please apply at store
or fax resume to 830.609.4814No Phone Calls Please!
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Start at $9.50/hr.
210.494.7966
Texas Star Nut & Food Co., Inc. is currently
taking applications for the following positions:
Packaging Operator
Machine Operator
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Powerful Questions for 2018 ... Week 50I can’t believe we are soon
coming to the end of 2018 and our year-long journey with powerful questions. So, let’s consider the next set of questions for week 50 of 2018, challenging us with December’s Celebration lifeskill.
These questions are offered by Bob Tiede at Leading With Questions, from wisdom leaders around the nation and world.
Question 1: What is the number one motivator in your life right now?
My response to this ques-tion is the same from a previous column question – my daughters and grandson are coming for Christmas! Everything else takes the back seat this month, for sure.
Question 2: What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?
When I handed my husband who has a bad cold a hot brew of lemon oil and peppermint oil and told him to inhale! I did caution him to keep his eyes closed and keep his nose at least six inches from the cup and breathe normally.
But did he listen? Of course not. With eyes open he took a deep breath and almost choked on it, and his eyes were watering pools of tears!
Yes, he survived and thought it best to take my suggestions seriously from that moment on, at least for this moment!
Question 3: Who was the last person you said “I love you” to?
After I finished my laugh-ing fit watching my husband breathe in the hot lemon-pep-permint brew, I did say “I love you, my sweet” and added “even though you are such a big baby when you get sick.”
He’s a man and either ignores everything and keeps on working as if he were not fighting a cold or lands in bed wrapping up with as many blankets as he can find and tearfully complains how sad and not fair that he has a cold!
I guess I need to have more compassion, shouldn’t I?
Since it is cold and flu season, we all need to do whatever we can to stay well and “lovingly” take care of those working through this season.
Question 4: When was your first impression of someone totally wrong?
First impressions are really tricky ones. They can often come back to bite you.
We never know what another person is going through at a time, particu-larly when tempted with first impressions.
I know I am guilty with first impressions. Yet, at 74 years old now, I can’t remember when I presumed a first impression of someone totally wrong. I am confi-dent there were a few through the years, particularly in my younger days.
I am hopefully kinder and less likely to jump to first impressions during my senior years.
Question 5: What specific character trait do you want to be known for?
This question’s related to question seven of a previous column. I would hope the top three qualities I look for in a friend – faith, integrity and
fun – are the same ones I also offer my friends.
But since I have to choose one specific character trait, I would hope it would be my faith. Genuine faith and trusting dependency on a lov-ing God is the foundation for all other character traits one would desire to offer others.
Question 6: What is the number one quality that makes someone a good leader?
With the President Bush’s memorial services last week, I would say someone who through the years walked their talk.
Someone who is a good leader also has to make many hard choices that are motivated by a person’s enduring strength of char-acter, kindness, humility and generosity ... someone who through those years has loved family and anyone who crossed paths during one’s lifetime.
With every hard choice and decision, these qualities hold them steadfast when, not if, someone decides to vehe-mently oppose them.
Anyone in leadership will be hit from all sides. It’s like there is a sign on their back saying, “Give it your best shot!”
Yet, a good leader, a great leader continues to stand.
Question 7: What ques-tions do you often ask yourself?
One question I often ask myself is “Am I doing the best job I can?” Another one is “How do you want to cele-brate today, Sharon?”
Both questions keep me on my toes and help me put everything in perspective throughout the day each day.
Now, it’s your turn again to describe the number one
motivator in your life right now, the last thing that made you laugh out loud, the last person you said “I love you” to, your first impression of someone totally wrong, the specific character trait you want to be known for, the number one quality that makes someone a good leader and what questions you often ask yourself when you think of “Celebrating” and your life.
Sharon L. Benedict, is a speaker, author and weaver. She is available as a speaker, free-lance writer and cus-tom weaving. She welcomes questions and comments at [email protected]. Visit www.celebratingyour-journey.com.
Intermezzo Gallery on the move again – to San AntonioIntermezzo: a Gallery of
Gifts, Art & Music is mov-ing to a very beautiful new location in San Antonio. Intermezzo opened at 119 E. Theissen in Boerne in 2013 and moved to 716 High St. in Comfort in 2015.
“You’ll find a very similar collection of art from mostly local artists, gifts handmade by local artists and fair trade artisans from around the world, wearable art and functional art - to bring color and beauty into your every-day life. We will continue
to present curated art exhi-bitions, nonprofit gatherings and other special events,” Kathy Cody Gallaway said. “We’ll have gifts for chil-dren and babies, books and journals and a lovely col-lection for the home. Our
classes and workshops will continue with new dis-ciplines in art instruction, journaling, poetry, medita-tion and more.
The last shopping day in Comfort is Dec. 23 and the new gallery, Las Almas at Los Patios, at 2015 NE Loop 410 will open in January 2019.
Los Patios is set on 14 acres of pristinely managed land on Salado Creek. Patsy and Edwin Sasek of Mustard Seed Designs will be col-laborating with Kathy in the beautiful new space.
Intermezzo Gallery is offering 25 percent off almost everything and 10 percent off all work con-signed by the artists at the Comfort location until the closing date.
For more information, visit www.intermezzogallery.com or www.mustardseed-designs.com.
Jeannette MacDougall entered the doors of Inter-mezzo in 2016 as curator and one of the gallery artists. Since then she has brought her practice as a profes-sional artist and instructor to the Texas Hill Country community.
And so, it is a natural tran-sition that as Intermezzo moves to the new San Antonio location, Jeannette is teaming up with artist Cara Hines to open Studio Comfort Texas as the new business owners at 716 High Street.
They will be offering art instruction as well as gallery exhibitions and special art events. To learn more, go to www.studiocomforttexas.com.
“We wish them well in their endeavors and we are so pleased that we have been able to plant a seed for the arts to keep growing in the
community of Comfort, in the center of the Texas Hill Country!” Kathy said.
E-mail [email protected]. HCCArts develops and enriches an environment that supports and promotes awareness, appreciation, education and access to all the arts. Visit the arts council at www.HCCArts.org.
ARTS CALENDAR Through Dec. 16 – Play-
house 2000, “Nuncrackers,” VK Garage, Kerrville, tick-ets 830-896-9393.
Through Dec. 29 – “Vin-tage Beauty” by Artist Susan Riley, Art Gallery Pruden-cia, San Antonio.
Through Dec. 23 – Boerne Community Theatre, “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)” tickets
830-249-9166 or www.boer-netheatre.org.
Dec. 14 – Gallery 195 Boerne hosts “Late Night Pie”, www.gallery195.com
Dec. 15 – Boerne Perform-ing Arts, “The Ten Tenors,” 7:30 p.m., Champion High School Auditorium, tick-ets 830-331-9079 or www.boerneperformingarts.com/tickets/; Holiday Art Walk, 4 until 8 p.m., Johnson City.
Dec. 15 – Holiday Art Walk, 4 until 8 p.m., John-son City.
Dec. 20 – Live at the Library: Peace on Earth by Poets for Peace, 7 p.m., Pat-rick Heath Public Library, Boerne.
Dec. 29 - Paseo de Choc-olate at River Art Group, 2 p.m., San Antonio.
The Christmas GardenerSome time back I went to
a pruning seminar at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. It reminded me of a few things that I need to talk to you about.
As you may remember, this is the ideal time to do your pruning. The trees that are supposed to go dormant already have and the others are sort of in a state of sus-pended animation – they’re still growing, but very, very, slowly. So, now is the perfect time to prune.
All pruning should be done at a bud or branch. Remem-ber that you’re pruning to improve the structure and strength of the tree or bush.
If it’s a tree, you may be pruning to help the tree develop a central leader. If you have a tree that has a v-shaped crotch near the top and the two branches are about equal in length, remove the smaller of the two so that the dominant one can take over.
If you don’t remove it now, when the tree grows up, that crotch will be a weak point and one of these “blue North-ers” with winds 35 to 40 miles per hour might just split it in two. That’ll proba-
bly kill the tree. You also need to prune to
create what is known as scaf-folding. This is the spacing of the lateral branches. Prune them when the tree is small so that they don’t compete with each other for space later.
Also eliminate any branches with crotch angles less than 60 degrees – that’s about 10 and 2 o’clock. These are weak angles and stand the chance of breaking and “skinning” the bark down the trunk.
Never cut more than one-third of the branches off a tree.
To make a tree or bush thicker, prune the tips of the branches. Each cut will produce two to four new branches thus making the plant bushier.
GIFTS FOR GARDENERS
Just a little reminder about
Christmas gifts for the gardener in the family. In case you need to do some last-minute shopping and are stumped, here are a few items that can always be used by almost any gardener.
A new garden rake, not a leaf rake.
A new spading fork.A new hand trowel. Not the
cheapie kind, but a real good one. It’ll last for years.
Gardening software for the die-hards.
A new gardening hat. Not some dorky-looking thing, but a real gardener’s hat.
A kneeling pad. They’re usually about 2 inches thick and about 8-x-15-inch size.
A new watering can. Not an el-cheapo plastic one either. Get a good one.
If you wanna spend the bucks, buy a purple martin house. You’ll both love it. Don’t put it up until about the first of February or you’ll get some birds you really don’t want.
I hope you and yours have a very merry Christmas and that your stockings are full.
Send your ideas, questions, or comments to [email protected].
Tom Harris, PhD
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HCCArts Partner SpotlightBoerne Community Theatre is offering a special hol-
iday fundraising opportunity! Running from Dec. 13 through 23 “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!),” a madcap romp through the holiday sea-son co-produced by H-E-B, promises to be a great way to be entertained during the month of December. Get your $15 tickets now by calling 830-249-9166 or going to the website: www.boernetheatre.org.
Renaissance Festival returns to KerrvilleThe Kerrville Renaissance
Festival returns to Kerrville the weekends of Jan 25 through 27, and Feb 2 and 3, at the River Star Arts and Events Park and Hill Country Youth Event Center. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
For the third year, lords and ladies, knights and knaves will stroll the grounds for
two weekends of shopping, entertainment, stage shows, live music, games, food and all sorts of participatory rev-elry inspired by the days of the Renaissance. The second weekend will offer a “Time Travelers” theme.
Guests are invited to join participants in wearing Renaissance era clothing and acting in the spirit of the
festival.Entertainers include:• Last Chance Forever
Birds of Prey Conservancy demonstrations
• The Great Rondini Escape Artist
• Marty the Juggler• Magical Mystical Michael• Michael Goudeau, Las
Vegas performer, juggler, comedian
• Belly Dance Troupes• Singing Executioner… and others to be
announcedAdmission is $14.95 for
adults and $9.95 for children 5-12; children 4 and under are free. Advance discount tickets are available on Ker-rvilleRenFest.com. For more information, visit www.Kerr-villeRenFest.com.