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.

By Judith Pannebaker

Gary Washington, transportation coordinator for the Alamo Regional Transit (ART) in Kerrville, recently offered Bandera County Commissioners

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.

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.

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.

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?

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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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

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.

By Mikie Baker

More than 12 years ago, Hill Country Embroidery was born in the back of Western Ivy.

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Bandera High School senior Emily Jennings was selected to participate in the Texas Art Education Association’s Youth Art Month Capitol Celebration in Austin.

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.

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.

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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

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Participants for the 2009 Poland Express include from left, front row, Erin Gray, Benita Lane, Dalton C. Jones, Ian Taulli and Travis Whitefield

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.”

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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?

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.

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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

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.

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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.