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No matter how well you think you know your loved ones, it’s impossible to predict how they’ll behave when you die or if you become incapacitated.

If you’re a business owner, you’ve got so much to think about and you work so hard that it might be difficult to envision the day when you’re in a different place in life. However, that day will likely arrive, so you’ll want to be prepared for it, which means you’ll need an exit strategy. But how do you create one?

The Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Bracken Christian School into its Boerne business community with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Bracken Christian School in Boerne is located at 215 Water St. and partners with Christian families through leadership and guidance of the Holy Spirit to provide an excellent education within the context of biblical worldview, equipping students to impact their culture for Christ. Bracken offers classes for children starting at 4 years old and in prekindergarten and goes up through 12th grade. Bracken Christian School also offers classes for homeschooled youth with a program called STREAM. Go to brackenchristian.com or call 830-438-3211 to learn more about Bracken Christian School. Photo courtesy of the Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce

Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary School played host to its annual Cowboy Breakfast on Saturday morning. Various games and activities were available for children, and they showed up in droves to have a little fun. First picture: Six-year-old Hudson Riley keeps his eyes upward as he scales the climbing wall. Second picture: Under the watchful eye of her mother, Courtney, left, as well as a couple others, 3-year-old Kennedy Kincaid tosses a ball toward a hole as she plays a game. Star photos by Keith E. Domke

The city of Fair Oaks Ranch received confirmation on Wednesday from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and from representatives of Elm Creek Environmental and Bobcat Trucking Inc. that the company officially has withdrawn its application for an air quality standard permit.

Three Republican candidates are vying for the Kendall County judge position being left vacant by Darrel Lux after eight years in the role.

Three candidates have thrown their name in the hat for the Republican nomination for Kendall County Precinct 2 commissioner.

Next year, a new individual will serve Kendall County as a commissioner in the fourth precinct – the precinct generally located in the north portions of the county.

On February 8, 2022, Jessie McNeil Powell went home. Jessie was a friend to many, a mother to three and a cherished wife to one.

The Texas Association of Counties describes a justice of the peace as someone who presides over the justice court in cases involving misdemeanors, including hearing traffic and other Class C misdemeanor cases punishable by fine only, hearing civil cases with up to $20,000 in controversy, hearing landlord and tenant disputes, hearing truancy cases, performing magistrate duties and conducting inquests.

Employees from JR Ramon Demolition on Saturday morning work on taking down the old Highway 46 Bandera Road bridge that spanned Interstate 10 in Boerne. The mainlanes of the interstate were closed from Friday night through early Sunday while work crews did their thing. Star photo by Keith E. Domke