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2009-02-05
Cornyn – fights the good fight
By Judith Pannebaker
During a conference call with reporters from across Texas and the United States on Thursday, Jan. 29, Senator John Cornyn expounded on the Democrats nearly $1 trillion dollar spending plan,
2009-02-05
City agenda item designed to swap PD officer for paper pusher
By Judith Pannebaker
An item on the agenda for the Thursday, Feb. 5, meeting of Bandera City Council has left Police Chief Jim Eigner frankly “flabbergasted.” If approved, his department’s manpower would be reduced by 20 percent.
2009-02-05
Beware ... some gift horses bite
By Stephanie Parker
A free house – what a dream come true! Who would be crazy enough to turn down a free house?
2009-02-05
Local Boys & Girls Club gets facelift
By Stephanie Parker
The Margaret Alkek Community Center, home of the Bandera County Boys & Girls Club, received recent cosmetic surgery in the form of a much-needed facelift.
2009-02-05
Tricare for Life – squelching the rumor
By James E. Hamby Jr.
An e-mail is bouncing around cyberspace claiming the Tricare for Life benefit is about to be reduced or even eliminated
2009-02-12
By Stephanie Parker
County Fire Marshal Ralph Dresser spent the second Friday in a row investigating intentionally set fires. In an eerily similar set of circumstances to last week’s conflagrations, three fires along two major highways again erupted at approximately 1:30 pm on Feb. 6.
2009-02-12
By Judith Pannebaker
The agenda item that engendered heated discussion at the Thursday, Jan. 5, meeting of Bandera City Council was Robert Koimn’s recommendation to amend the city budget and use a salary line for a patrol officer to fund a part-time assistant to the city administrator and secretary.
2009-02-12
Bandera Electric Cooperative drops rates
Contributed
The cost of natural gas used to generate electricity has decreased dramatically, resulting in lower power costs to the member-owners of Bandera Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BEC), according to a cooperative spokesman.
2009-02-12
By Stephanie Parker
The Bandera County Sheriff’s Office is down another deputy.
2009-02-12
Cowboy up! It's time for some Bandera-style Mardi Gras
By Judith Pannebaker
Looking for some bon temps to go with your bon appetit? Then, put on your dancin’ shoes and bring your bon ami to Bandera this weekend for the sixth annual Cowboy Capital Mardi Gras celebration.
2009-02-12
Contributed
In January, 216th District Court Judge N. Keith Williams sentenced the following individuals in a Bandera County court session:
2009-02-12
Sooowee! It's almost time for the Wild Hog Explosion
Special to the Courier
Get ready for the squeals and spills of the 7th annual Wild Hog Explosion & All Bike Rally, set to kick-off the first weekend of spring break, Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14.
2009-02-19
By Stephanie Parker
For local drivers, Friday, Feb. 13, might have been unlucky, but Sunday, Feb. 15, proved deadly.
2009-02-19
By Judith Pannebaker
Not only did a federal judge dismiss Marie Yvette Trevino’s ongoing civil case against a Bandera law enforcement officer, but she also found herself under arrest last week in Boerne,
2009-02-19
By Judith Pannebaker
When discussing the ultimate disposition of a building at 515 12th Street, aka the Bandera County Jail, commissioners voted as a man to flatten it.
2009-02-19
Miller – off & running after 21 days
By Judith Pannebaker
There was no doubt in anyone’s mind after the Bandera County Republican Women meeting on Friday, Feb. 13, voters in Texas House District 73 had picked themselves a winner.
2009-02-19
Is firebug fearful of Friday 13?
By Stephanie Parker
Following the Bandera County Courier’s warning last week to watch for a firebug operating in the county on Fridays at approximately 1:30 pm, no fires occurred on Friday, Feb. 13, begging the question – is the firebug triskaidekaphobic? Or, as Pipe Creek Volunteer Fire Department Chief Rick Martin speculated, was he scared off by publicity?
2009-02-19
Cornyn attacks stimulus & Mexican drug lords
By Stephanie Parker
During a Thursday, Feb. 12 conference call with reporters from across Texas and the United States, Senator John Cornyn slammed the Democrat-written $789 billion economic stimulus legislation
2009-02-19
Smith: keep Gitmo detainees out of Texas
Contributed
United States District 21 Rep. Lamar Smith, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and 19 of his Republican colleagues in the Texas Delegation recently called on President Barak Obama to keep Texas safe from Guantanamo Bay detainees.
2009-02-19
DSHS orders Plainview plant to recall all peanut products
Contributed
The Texas Department of State Health Services recently ordered Peanut Corporation of America to recall all products ever shipped from its Plainview plant.
2009-02-26
Familiar face battles tanked economy at Bandera Chevrolet
By Judith Pannebaker
In a recent interview, Alex Donalson, general manager of Bandera Chevrolet, spoke about the current state of the economy as seen through the eyes of a local businessman.
2009-02-26
By Judith Pannebaker
Not content with requiring that pet dogs be leashed within the city limits, Bandera City Council members are now intent on muzzling their outspoken police chief.
2009-02-26
Benefit luncheon announced for city employee
By Judith Pannebaker
As an employee with the City of Bandera, Christine Gentry wore many hats – including such divergent ones as those of utility clerk and animal control officer.
2009-02-26
By Judith Pannebaker
Everyone agrees the nation’s economy has tanked. Although Texas’ economy seems in less dire straits, elected officials are poised for the other fiscal shoe to drop
2009-02-26
Fire near Carpenter Creek closes road briefly on Friday
By Stephanie Parker
While the eastern end of Bandera County was preparing for the newest attack by an arsonist, the western end of Bandera County experienced its own emergency.
