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Throughout the year, the Patrick Heath Public Library has had great fun celebrating our 70th anniversary with a variety of fun activities for people of all ages. We’ve offered food history, 1950s music trivia, an afterschool teen party, played bridge and bingo, twisted and shouted to some great live music and displayed photos of Boerne residents in the ‘50s.

National Farmers Market Week is August 7-13, an annual celebration organized by the Farmers Market Coalition, highlighting the indispensable role farmers markets play in the nation’s food system.

Fall sports got underway at local high schools on Monday as student athletes and coaches began preparations for the upcoming seasons. At Champion, there is a new sport this year as water polo kicked off its inaugural campaign with practice at the Boerne city pool. The Chargers will field both a boys and girls team under the direction of coach Alberto Escalante.

Boerne ISD held its annual summer volleyball camp at Champion High School and about 200 young ladies showed up at this year’s event to work on their volleyball skills.

The Tapatio Springs Men’s Golf Association held its monthly event on Saturday, July 23. The membership played a 2-man computer pick blind draw Best Ball.

Lauren Summers of the Boerne H2O swim team placed first in state at the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation games in Corpus Christi last weekend. 

The Boerne Star is making some exciting changes to the newspaper starting in mid-August, and it will directly affect the paper’s sports coverage.

“Luckenbach Legacy: Hondo’s Daughter” opened to record crowds this past Saturday at the Museum of Western Art in Kerrville. The exhibit runs through Sept. 17 and features the art of Comfort’s Becky Crouch Patterson.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, Meals for Vets will be at Veteran Canteen Services located inside the Kerrville VA Hospital.

After two days of arguments and several hours of deliberation, a jury found a Comfort man, 46-yearold Jose Jimenez, guilty of indecency with a child, which was the lesser charge tied into charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child.

The Cibolo Center for Conservation is wrapping up its summer youth camps. This week, youngsters participated in an activities camp where they enjoyed things like archery and water kickball, which is played like regular kickball except the bases are small pools filled with water.