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2009-03-05
Almost Patsy Cline hits Texas roads
By Judith Pannebaker
Bandera’s musical ambassadors, The Almost Patsy Cline Band, recently joined a select group of performing artists in the Lone Star State after being chosen for the 2008-2010 Texas Touring Arts Program.
2009-03-05
ART – transport service for rural Texans
By Judith Pannebaker
Gary Washington, transportation coordinator for the Alamo Regional Transit (ART) in Kerrville, recently offered Bandera County Commissioners
2009-03-05
By Stephanie Parker
Lakehills attorney Bob Caswell and a group of Medina Lake Cajun Festival volunteers will join others in the Saturday, March 7, MS Walk at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. They are requesting donations for the cause.
2009-03-05
By Chaplain Major James R
A makeshift red garter just above the knee contrasting against crisp new black jeans hinted at something special. That’s about as dressy as it gets here in Iraq.
2009-03-05
Dishing the dirt on Par 3 Land & Cattle Company
By Stephanie Parker
People living in the Texas Hill Country recognize the existing hierarchy of dirt. Not all dirt is the same and good topsoil is about as rare and badly needed by landscapers and gardeners as rain.
2009-03-05
Nonprofits plants seed of community gardening
Contributed
Was it the high-cholesterol, pesticide-poisoned, over-processed fast food, the high price of eating out during a recession just the first buds of spring that caused people to turn their thoughts to community gardening?
2009-03-05
Celebrate family spring break in Fredericksburg
Contributed
The sights, scents and sounds of frontier times will roll across the grounds of the Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg as the Gillespie County Historical Society celebrates spring break Monday, March 9, through Saturday, March 14.
2009-03-05
Sweethearts danced & danced on Saturday, Feb. 14
By Judith Pannebaker
Despite a bleak economy, over 300 people donned Valentine red, white and pink for the Sweetheart Benefit Dinner-Dance held on Saturday, Feb. 14, at The Farm County Club on FM 2828
2009-03-12
Celebrating & collecting the 1936 Texas Centennial
By Judith Pannebaker
Texas Independence Day – March 2, 1836 – commemorates the creation of the Republic of Texas. On that date, the Texas Declaration of Independence
2009-03-12
Silver Sage inaugurates ‘Bandera Music Corral’
By Judith Pannebaker
The first Tuesday of each month, the Silver Sage Corral Senior Activity Center on Buck Creek Boulevard is transformed into a local version of the Grand Ole Opry, offering just one more reason why Bandera has become known as a music destination.
2009-03-12
By Stephanie Parker
For those involved in the Lakehills Community Garden Project, abundant growth is not limited to produce. The ultimate goal of the gardening project is to grow participants into healthier lifestyles.
2009-03-12
Most foul ‘Murder at the OK Chorale’
By Judith Pannebaker
Not surprisingly, in the next couple of weeks, 22 – count ‘em, 22 – talented members of the Bandera Riverside Players will be involved in a murder.
2009-03-12
Alkeks, community & other ‘Friends’ create library
By Julie Whitmore
This Saturday, March 14, the Wild Hog Explosion will descend on Mansfield Park. As the major fundraiser for Bandera County Library, the event brings together such diverse groups as bikers, rodeo fans, children, Winter Texans and cooks from all over the state.
2009-03-12
Medina Lake Barbeque Cook-off finds a new home
Contributed
Sometimes things just have to change. This year, the fourth annual Medina Lake Barbeque Cook-off will be held at Thousand Trails RV Resort in Lakehills
2009-03-19
Gunslinger, one year later – ‘yee haw!’
By Judith Pannebaker
“Yee-haw! I am so excited. This has been one of the best years of my life and I seriously mean that,” offered an exuberant Melissa Benge on the eve of the first anniversary of her brainchild, Gunslinger.
2009-03-19
Hill Country Embroidery moves on up Main St. trail
By Mikie Baker
More than 12 years ago, Hill Country Embroidery was born in the back of Western Ivy.
2009-03-19
Bandera senior exhibits at Capitol
Contributed
Bandera High School senior Emily Jennings was selected to participate in the Texas Art Education Association’s Youth Art Month Capitol Celebration in Austin.
2009-03-19
By Judith Pannebaker
In 1997, the little town of Jarrell, Texas, fought back from a devastating tornado. Now the “municipality with moxie” is turning 100, and the proud residents want everyone in the Lone Star State to help them celebrate.
2009-03-19
Peake visits Arthur Nagel Community Clinic
By Stephanie Parker
Executive Director of Lone Star Association of Charitable Clinics Katherine Peake made her first visit to Bandera County’s Arthur Nagel Community Clinic on Tuesday, March 10.
2009-03-19
Contributed
Bandera High School Business Professionals of America chapter members Jessica Brown, Sydnee Calderon, Julia Guillory, Tiffany Legget, Sarah Malone, Erik Scott, Sarah Sistrunk, and Zack Varner, will join over 2,500
2009-03-19
Contributed
Participants for the 2009 Poland Express include from left, front row, Erin Gray, Benita Lane, Dalton C. Jones, Ian Taulli and Travis Whitefield
2009-03-26
Bandera’s ‘heart’ evident at benefit luncheon
By Judith Pannebaker
Surveying a bustling scene inside American Legion Post 157 on Friday, March 20, a woman balanced several carry-out lunches and remarked, “This is what Bandera is all about.”
2009-03-26
Comprehensive Physical Therapy: where everyone is a winner
By Stephanie Parker
Eleven years ago, Comprehensive Physical Therapy owner and physical therapist Carmen Gascot arrived in Bandera County with the goal of making residents healthier.
2009-03-26
Historic Twin Elm Guest Ranch under new management
By Stephanie Parker
Cap’n Kury, former Twin Elm manager, has returned to the Twin Elm Guest Ranch with fiancé Victoria Wilds. Together, they make up a new management team with big plans for the future.
2009-03-26
BHS art students place in Schreiner show
Contributed
A trio of Bandera High School budding artists were among the winners of the eighth annual Hill Country Art Survey, sponsored by Kerrville’s Schreiner University.
2009-03-26
Relay for Life ‘Shop for the Cure’ Market Day
Contributed
Bandera County Relay For Life will hold its second annual “Shop For The Cure” Market Day from 9 am until 2 pm, Saturday, March 28, at the Bandera County Firehouse on Main Street.
2009-03-26
Chili cook-off, ‘Sharp Dressed Man’ hit 11th Street
By Judith Pannebaker
Where else but in Bandera could you dive into an endless bowl of chili and rock out to the renderings of that most perfect of Texas musical icons, ZZ Top in the same day?
2009-03-26
Stephanie Parker
Bandera resident Oscar F. Trevino, 78, spent eight months creating this four-foot high replica of the Bandera County Courthouse, which is currently on exhibit in the Doane Gallery at the Frontier Times Museum.
2009-03-26
Contributed
Michael and Denice Teich of Bandera announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennalee Marie Teich, to Brian Daniel Richardson, son of the late Vicki Richardson and Roy Punneo
2009-03-26
Commissioners approve nominees for '09 Distinguished Service Awards
By Judith Pannebaker
Before announcing the three nominees for the 2009 Commissioners Court Distinguished Service Awards, Elenora Dugosh Goodley wanted it noted “for the record” that this would be the first international honor conveyed by Bandera County.
2009-03-26
Roberts honored by groundwater peers
Contributed
Randy Roberts of Pipe Creek Water Well Company, Inc., was recently honored by the Texas Ground Water Association (TGWA) as the Groundwater Contractor of the Year Award at the 62nd annual Convention and Trade Show in Galveston in January.
