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Well, I should be good to go for another year. …

At a January 19 press conference from the White House, the president said, “Think about this: what are Republicans for? What are they for? Name me one thing they’re for …”

It’s that time of year when we gather our W-2s, 1099s and all the other forms and documents we need to file our taxes. However, it’s also busy season for tax scammers. How can you avoid being scammed?

Boerne’s Travis Shipman recently achieved the milestone of reading 1,000 books as part of the Patrick Heath Public Library’s Youth Department 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. The nationwide program encourages parents to make reading a consistent part of their young children’s lives in an effort to promote literacy and parent-child bonding through reading. Shipman joined several other Boerne youngsters who have their names on the wall of the youth department as having achieved the goal. Shipman chose to receive the book “Just Saving My Money” by Mercer Mayer as his 1,000th book reward. Information from the family stated the 3-year-old’s favorite things to read about are construction vehicles, dinosaurs and airplanes. Submitted photo

The Boerne Independent School District recently conducted its 2022 Spanish Spelling Bee for elementary and middle school students. Kendall Elementary fifth-grader Bailey Martin, pictured above left with her parents, Kasey and John Martin, took first place in the elementary division. Estrella Castro, a sixth-grader at Boerne Middle School North, pictured below left with her father, Jose Castro, earned top honors in the middle school division. Martin and Castro will represent Boerne ISD at the Region 20 Spanish Spelling Bee on February 2. Submitted photos

This past August, the Nest Nature School welcomed three classrooms full of excited 3- to 5-year-olds when the school opened its new campus at Herff Farm. As The Nest begins the enrollment season for the 2022-23 school year, the school will be opening its doors and hosting an open house on Saturday, February 5, to help interested families and community members get to know the school and its unique program a little better.

We kicked off our yearlong celebration of the library’s 70th anniversary by hosting two 1950s trivia programs.

The Geneva School of Boerne Fine Arts Department recently finished its production of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” This musical is the story of a young woman living with her stepmother and stepsisters who treat her like a servant girl, but her life changes at the prince’s royal ball.

Voters who go to the polls for municipal and school board elections on May 7 will also be asked to decide on two proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.

As we enter 2022, we have a new planning process for the city of Boerne. While our budget cycle is from October through September, we start planning for the next cycle in January of each year.

As I sit here in my office at my computer, it’s sometimes difficult to fathom I’ve been pounding the keys of a typewriter or keyboard professionally for about 39 years.

No doubt you’ve seen the flocks of campaign signs around town – a sure sign that an election is imminent. Both the Democratic and Republican parties will hold primary elections on Tuesday, March 1. Early voting runs from February 14-25.