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* No lawn or turf grass watering is allowed at any time. * Filling of ponds, lakes, tanks, fountains, reservoirs, etc., is prohibited. * Using groundwater to refill pools other than portable wading pools, is prohibited. * Use of groundwater to wash any vehicles or equipment is prohibited. * Irrigation of hay crops is prohibited.

The Comfort ISD board of trustees Friday named Dr. Yvonne Munoz the district’s lone finalist for the position of Superintendent.

A one-car rollover July 14 on Ranch Road 1888 north of Boerne left a Spring Branch man dead and a passenger injured.

BOERNE – As he walks through thigh- high grasses, Rufus Stephens points to a rich green clump of switchgrass, its vibrant, almost kelly-green stems standing out against a wave of the straw-like King Ranch blue stem that surrounds it.

Rotarian Greg Buschmann relished his final hour and 20 minutes as president of the Fair Oaks Ranch Rotary Club. Two duties remained before he passed the torch to his successor, however – install the new board of directors, and present Jaime Sepulveda Jr., as the 2022-23 “Rotarian Of The Year.”

SAN ANTONIO -- Guide Dogs of Texas, a statewide organization that trains and places purpose-bred guide dogs with Texans who are blind or have low vision, needs “puppy raisers.”

Kendall County Sheriff’s Office

LAW ENFORCEMENT The following is a brief, partial recap of incidents reported by the Boerne Police Department and the Kendall County Sheriff ’ s Office. General locations are listed rather than specific addresses. An arrest should not imply guilt or innocence, which will be decided in court at a later date. Anyone with information about any of these incidents is asked to call the Boerne Police at 830- 249- 8645, the Kendall County Sheriff ’ s Office at 830249- 9721 or Kendall County Crime Stoppers at 1- 800- 348LEAD ( 5323) or c- crimestoppers. com Boerne Police Department

FINANCIAL FOCUS

BOERNE -- Susan (Susie) Allen has been appointed as an Advisory Director for Texas Heritage Bank. Allen will serve alongside Paul Urban as advisors to the board of directors of the bank.

STAGE 1: Mandatory 10% reduction in groundwater use or as specified in the operating permit. ) Lawn and turf grass watering by hose-end sprinklers, automatic sprinklers, soaker hoses, or drip system is allowed before 10:00 A.M. and after 8:00 P.M No sprinklers or sprinkler systems are allowed between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. Handheld hoses or hand-held buckets are allowed at any time. STAGE 2: A mandatory 20% reduction in groundwater use or as specified in the operating permit. Lawn and turf grass watering by hose-end sprinklers, automatic sprinklers, soaker hoses, or drip system is allowed one day a week; Use of groundwater to fill or refill swimming pools is prohibited except on designated watering days during the designated watering hours. STAGE 3: Mandatory 30% reduction in groundwater use or as specified in the operating permit; Lawn and turf grass watering by hose-end sprinklers, automatic sprinklers, soaker hoses, or drip system is not allowed. The use of groundwater to fill and refill pools, other than portable wading pools, is prohibited. Hand-held hoses or hand-held buckets are allowed any day before 10:00 A.M. and after 8:00 P.M. for landscape other than lawns and turf grass. STAGE 4: Mandatory 40% reduction in groundwater use or as specified in the operating permit. Community water systems and retail water utilities using groundwater are prohibited from allowing or approving the use of groundwater for additional, expanded or increasein- size water service connections, meters, service lines, pipeline extensions, mains or water service facilities of any kind. Irrigation of hay crops is prohibited; No lawn or turf grass watering is allowed with groundwater at any time by any means; Hand-held hoses or handheld buckets are allowed any day before 10:00 A.M. and after 8:00 P.M. for landscape other than lawns and turf grass; Use of groundwater for construction activities is prohibited; Use of groundwater to wash any motor vehicle, motorbike, boat, trailer, airplane, or any other mobile vehicle is prohibited.

BOERNE – A Comfort resident accused more than a year ago of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl accepted a plea deal last week sentencing him to eight years in prison.