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Bandera County Courier
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Halfmann’s beauty treatments – ‘fit for a queen’
‘Rural Women at Work’ photo series hits Medina
Boys & Girls Club kicks off campaign for kids
Ricky Adams – giving credit to musicians & community of Bandera
The Pact of the Fire – a Lakota Sioux Legend
By Judith Pannebaker
While attempting to serve an evidentiary search warrant, deputies with the Bandera County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a Lakehills resident the evening of Saturday, August 28. The homeowner fired the first shot.
’01 murder case finally brought to trial
By Judith Pannebaker
Just as jury selection began the morning of Wednesday, August 31, in the trial of an accused baby killer, Steven Shannon Veselka, 38, pled guilty to “injury to a child.”
Burglaries thwarted, solved on Elm Pass
By Judith Pannebaker
An eagle-eyed neighbor, coupled with law enforcement officers’ quick response, thwarted a burglary in progress and netted two alleged housebreakers – one of whom had apparently confessed to the crime.
Pelosi favors 1 percent ‘transaction tax’
Special to the Courier
In a video posted on C-Span 3, Speaker of the United States House of Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-California) discussed a proposed 1 percent tax on all financial transactions, saying it “has a great deal of merit."
Gas prices expected to fall after Labor Day
By Carolyn B. Edwards
With vacation time for families over and students back in class, gasoline demand will wane and prices should fall after Labor Day, experts say
‘Celebrate’ tickets goin’ like hotcakes
Contributed
Shine up your cowboy boots and dust off yer 10-gallon hat, it’s time for the Bandera Community Foundation’s Celebrate Bandera, set for Labor Day weekend!
BCCStaff
The Bandera County Grand Jury had a busy session on Monday, August 23, as they handed down the following indictments:
Contributed
Flight nurses, flight paramedics and communication specialists with AirLIFE of San Antonio recently selected Bandera County EMS Director Cindy Martin as 2010 “Person of the Year” during AirLIFE “Leaders in Emergency Care” awards banquet.
BBB warns about phony debt collection calls
Contributed
Personnel with the Better Business Bureau warn consumers to beware of phony debt collection callers impersonating the Kentucky-based payday loan company, US Cash Advance.
