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The Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the grand opening of The Skin Elite with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony. Individuals are unique, and so is their skin. The Skin Elite takes the art of enhancement seriously with an approach that is 100 percent customized to each person. Its goal is to achieve an aesthetic vision and to reveal the fresh beauty of natural features with advanced skin rejuvenation treatments like laser services, injectables, PMU and more. The Skin Elite can be reached at 210-800-9696 or visit theskinelite.com to book an appointment.

If your parents are getting close to retirement age, or are already retired, it may be time to talk with them about financial and aging issues, some of which may involve difficult conversations. For the sake of everyone in your family, don’t avoid these “taboo” topics.

Both Kelsey Pfeiffer and her Brahman cow seemingly eye the judge as they patiently stand in line during last Friday’s cattle competition at the Kendall County Junior Livestock Show at the youth agriculture and equestrian center.

The first meeting of 2022 for the Joshua D. Brown Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 24, at the First United Methodist Church in Kerrville, 321 Thompson Drive. The speaker will be Peter Baron Jr., whose subject will be the history of the American flag.

The Texas Department of Transportation announced that as part of the ongoing Interstate 10 frontage road construction, the project contractor is progressing into the next stage of construction which will require the demolition of the existing Highway 46 (Bandera Road) bridge.

Boerne Performing Arts welcomes composer, musician and producer Neil Berg and his group of musicians and vocalists to perform “50 Years of Rock ‘N Roll.”

Cibolo Creek Quilters Guild members’ generosity offers a magnificent year of support to local charities. While COVID-19 continued to prevent opportunities for members to get together and sew, it failed to impact donations to local charities. We appreciate the donation of precious time, talent and treasures of our arts partner guild members.

People, at least most of us, are a worrisome bunch by nature. We often get concerned about common things as well as things specific to our individual lives.

Near the one-year mark of his presidency, I thought it important to review some of the things that Democrats led by President Joe Biden have accomplished this year.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is again extending emergency food benefits this month, with more than $307 million in emergency allocations expected to help more than 1.5 million Texas households.

Q: After a difficult divorce, I remarried several years ago. At first my son got along OK with my new husband. But once my boy reached puberty, conflict flared into open hostility between them. I feel caught in the middle. Help!

Too often people will acquire property and start undertaking management actions that they have “heard” are good for the land. These new land stewards will later take a workshop or invite a natural resources expert for a site visit and celebrate their missteps, with comments like: “I’ve cleared all of the cedar and I’m ready to manage.”