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Boerne resident Adam Rule surprised his longtime girlfriend, Stacy Mikes, who is a police officer in San Antonio, by proposing to her at the gazebo on Main Street last weekend. Rule decorated the gazebo with flowers for the proposal. Mikes said yes. Star photo by Zachary-Taylor Wright

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night …

It seems that the Washington bureaucracy is always a day late and a dollar short. A recent Gallup poll shows 70 percent of Americans think the pandemic is over; 89 percent of Republicans think so.

Join the partners at Carriage House Gallery of Artists from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, to celebrate Bonnie Mann’s lovely artwork and to learn about her inspiration and techniques.

For this month’s life skill, career/money management, the following words by Martin Luther King Jr. offer a clear mantle for living our core values both professionally and personally. You will then be a better doctor, better lawyer, better teacher, better husband, wife, father mother.

Editor’s note: This is a reprinted column from Jack Purcell’s “On the Journey” archives. It originally appeared in The Star in 2013.

Are you expecting a tax refund this year? If so, what will you do with it?

The Kendall County Retired Teachers Association, which is a branch of the Texas Retired Teachers Association, will be having a retirement information presentation at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, in the Boerne ISD Central Office, 235 Johns Road.

The annual Mexican supper, sponsored by the Sisterdale Chamber of Commerce, will help kick off the 175th year celebration of Sisterdale on Saturday, March 5. Started in the early 1950s, the fundraiser supports the Community Center, Old Sisterdale Schoolhouse. Local cooks will pre

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered two state agencies to “use every available resource” to safeguard the state’s infrastructure as the potential for Russian cyberattacks increases. Abbott sent a letter to the Texas Department of Information Resources and the Texas Department of Public Safety to that effect last week. He ordered DIR and DPS to:

Q: My fiance and I are getting married in two months. We’re excited, but also a little concerned about weathering and adapting to the ups and downs that everybody tells us will come over the years. Do you have any advice?

We are currently taking appointments for people who would like to take advantage of the free tax service we have offered each year for at least 13 years.