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PG. 14 | EDUCATION NEW KIND OF SCHOOL YEAR: Pandemic postpones classroom return CIBOLO • CONVERSE • GARDEN RIDGE • LIVE OAK • SCHERTZ • SELMA • UNIVERSAL CITY • WINDCREST
LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWS NEW COMMUNITY LEADERS ARRIVE IN METROCOM CONVERSE, LIVE OAK AND SELMA NAME COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CITY HALL SEATS by EDMOND ORTIZ
NEW LEADERS both appointed and elected have taken their seats at city halls in Converse, Live Oak and Selma.
Converse City Council tabbed former member Shawn Russell for the Place 1 seat. Russell follows Kathy Richel, who resigned because she was moving out of town. In a related action, Dana Losey, budget manager with local nonprofit Youth Advocate Programs Inc., was selected as the Place 4 replacement for Kate Silvas, who was removed by a
CITY LOOKS AT FUNDING FOR CIBOLO VALLEY DRIVE CIBOLO COUNCILMAN TELLS COLLEAGUES NOT TO FORGET OTHER REPAIRS
council vote. Elsewhere, Live Oak City Council picked Ramon Norris Jr. to fill the Place 3 opening previously occupied by Anthony POLITICOS continues on pg. 10
by JOSE T. GARZA III
CIBOLO — City officials are planning to tackle additional repairs to Cibolo Valley Drive, but one councilman warns not to neglect other projects.
Leaders are scheduled to vote on issuing certificates of obligation bonds worth $7.5 million at a Sept. 8 ROADWAY continues on pg. 16
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SUSAN YERKES Home wreck becomes home-work lesson