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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.”

Have you and your emerging reader made a New Year’s resolution to improve his or her reading skills? Our library can help! Share a book with a trained and certified therapy dog one Saturday a month in the Youth Department.

Dave Neighbor recently announced he is a Republican candidate for the Precinct 2 justice of the peace position.

TAYLOR — Granite Media Partners Inc., the parent company of The Boerne Star, has named veteran journalist Thomas Edwards as executive editor to round out its management team, CEO Daniel Philhower announced last week.

Cheyenne Feller tightly holds onto her goat as she participates in the Kendall County Junior Livestock Show last Thursday at the agriculture and equestrian center near Comfort. The show began on Sunday, Jan. 2, and continued through this past Saturday with the annual sale. Star photo by Tenley Jackson

Leon Brimhall recently announced his candidacy for Kendall County commissioner in Precinct 2.

Chris Taylor, a lifelong conservative Republican and Boerne High School graduate with a long family history in Kendall County, has announced his candidacy for Kendall County judge.

Local weapons expert Frank Graves will discuss and detail early Kendall County and Boerne weapons during a program scheduled at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 26, at the Patrick Heath Public Library.