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Founded in 1939, the Kendall County Junior Livestock Show and Sale provides youth as young as 7 years old and up to seniors in high school the opportunity to exhibit livestock to the community and develop valuable skills inside and outside the show ring. And for many families, the heritage of this event runs through generations of dedicated parents and children.

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

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