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Geneva softball tangles with TMI
Geneva softball tangles with TMI
The TMI – Episcopal softball team took an early lead over Geneva School of Boerne in the top of the first with three runs, but it was all Geneva after that. 04/12/2022 03:00 AM
Tigers edge Chargers in extra-inning game
Tigers edge Chargers in extra-inning game
Dripping Springs rallied to catch the Champion baseball team after the Tigers scored a run in the seventh to tie it and then added another run in the eighth that proved to be the game winner. 04/12/2022 02:00 AM
Hounds smack the ball around vs. Wolves
Hounds smack the ball around vs. Wolves
Boerne High put on a hitting show last Friday when the Greyhounds hosted Davenport for a district baseball game. 04/12/2022 01:00 AM
REPORTS
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LAW ENFORCEMENT 04/12/2022 12:00 AM
Boerne chamber’s growth explosion continues
Boerne chamber’s growth explosion continues
As Boerne, Kendall County and the Hill Country grow, so grows the Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce. 04/12/2022 12:00 AM
Sunday fire destroys Comfort cafe
Sunday fire destroys Comfort cafe
A fire ignited in Comfort during the very early hours Sunday that took down Fati’s Café and roughly 10 units at Comfort Hatchery Apartments on Business Highway 87. 04/12/2022 12:00 AM
County looks to Abbott for disaster declaration
County looks to Abbott for disaster declaration
With smaller wildfires claiming more and more acreage around Kendall County and larger-scale fires encroaching on the county line, Kendall County Judge Darrell Lux is looking to Gov. Greg Abbott for approval to issue a disaster declaration in the county. 04/12/2022 12:00 AM
April brings shower of activities to library
April brings shower of activities to library
“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” (Sonnet XCVIII), William Shakespeare. 04/12/2022 12:00 AM
Learn about mushrooms at Herff Farm presentation
Learn about mushrooms at Herff Farm presentation
Mushrooms often don’t get the credit they deserve. They are curiosities that appear as if by magic after a rainstorm or show up on a downed log in the forest. The mushrooms you find at the grocery store, like buttons, shitakes, and portobellos, are only the tiniest fraction of the culinary delights of the fungi kingdom. 04/12/2022 12:00 AM
BKCEDC new executive committee officers
BKCEDC new executive committee officers
The Boerne Kendall County Economic Development Corporation recently conducted its annual members’ meeting at The Bevy Hotel where the organization announced its officers of the board of directors for the upcoming year. Pictured are, from left, Dakota Durden of Grit Co., secretary; Jonathan Collins, Valcor Commercial Real Estate, treasurer; Bill Hetherington, BEC, chair; BKCEDC President and CEO Amy Story; Kathy Estes, past chair; and Phil Hunke, Hill Country Square, vice chair. The BKCEDC is a 501(c)(6) public-private organization supported by the city of Boerne, Kendall County and more than 70 private businesses. Its mission is “to promote business opportunities that will strengthen and grow a vibrant and diverse economic future for Kendall County.” Submitted photo 04/12/2022 12:00 AM
Best practices
Best practices
Hill Country Family Services staff members traveled to Tennessee in late March to visit “The Store” in Nashville. The Store was created by Brad Paisley and his wife, Kimberly Williams Paisley, to help individuals and families during times of economic crisis. Dunia Garcia, HCFS director of Client Services, and Rhonda McNeill, HCFS manager of Food and Nutrition Services, met with the Paisleys and brought back a number of best practices for providing nutritional assistance during economic crises. Both The Store and Hill Country Family Services’ Corner Cupboard are self-selection food pantries intended to assist families in financial crisis for short periods of time. Both organizations provide high-quality foods to meet their clients’ essential nutritional needs as they seek to overcome a short-term crisis. To learn more about Hill Country Family Services, contact Staci Almager by email at staci.almager@hcfstx. org or by phone at 210-218-1330. Pictured are, from left, Jasmine Ledsinger, director of programming, The Store; Dunia Garcia, director of Client Services, HCFS; Rhonda McNeill, program manager, Food and Nutrition Services, HCFS; and Courtney Vrablik, The Store, executive director. Submitted photo 04/12/2022 12:00 AM
Abbott reappoints Rudkin to state disability committee
Abbott reappoints Rudkin to state disability committee
Governor Greg Abbott recently reappointed Boerne’s Emma Faye Rudkin as well as Kori Allen, Evelyn Cano, Richard Martinez and Joseph Muñiz to the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities for terms set to expire on February 1, 2024. Additionally, the governor appointed Benjamin Willis to the committee and named Martinez as chair. 04/12/2022 12:00 AM
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