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PG.04 YERKES' COLUMN World Heritage designation for missions will boost Alamo City tourism

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Heidi’s case is a reminder of danger

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s the dog days of August roll around and school gets ready to start, it’s time for parents and teachers to remind kids about staying safe.

I bring this up because every year at this time, I can’t help but recall one of the most tragic stories I ever covered as a police reporter for the San Antonio ExpressNews. Twenty-five years ago I stood in the darkened living room of a Northeast Side home interviewing tearful family members about their missing 11-year-old daughter.

The girl’s name was Heidi Seeman, and her family never saw her alive again.

Though by now many have read and seen accounts of Heidi’s disappearance, the fact I am one of the first reporters to publicize the case also means I still have questions.

It’s no wonder during these blistering summer days that I think back to Heidi, a sweet-faced youngster abducted while walking home from a friend’s residence. Her body was found 21 days later in a field in Hays County.

The case has never been solved, although police have pursued hundreds of leads.

What I remember most is that first meeting with the Seemans. I will never forget the tears brimming in the mother’s eyes, the father’s haunted look and the sister’s shocked silence while the air conditioner quietly purred in the background.

Day after day, as the search mounted, detectives followed clues and volunteers combed far and wide, I wrote story after story. The questions kept piling up, but there were never any answers.

I hope someday her relatives — and the community — find closure.

If there is a lesson to be learned from such a horrific case, it’s this: Take the time to remind your children that the world can still be a dangerous place, and not every smiling face belongs to a friend.

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LOCAL COMMENTARY

Making World Heritage our mission

by SUSAN YERKES

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n 1892, the celebrated journalist Richard Harding Davis wrote: “San Antonio is the oldest of Texan cities, and possesses historical and picturesque showplaces which in any other country but our own would be visited by innumerable American tourists prepared to fall down and worship.

“The citizens of San Antonio do not, as a rule, appreciate the historical values of their city; they are rather tired of them … But the missions which lie just outside of the city are what will bring the Eastern man or woman to San Antonio.”

Davis was ahead of his time.

Finally, we’re catching up.

The day after the United States celebrated the Fourth of July, San Antonio celebrated a landmark occasion when UNESCO named the Spanish missions — five including the Alamo — a World Heritage Site, putting us up there with the Statue of Liberty, Yellowstone National Park and only 20 more places in the country to earn such a designation.

How are we affected? Well, like a Spurs championship, it won’t change gas-pump prices or the cost of fajitas at your local H-E-B, but the immensely attractive effect of World Heritage status is projected to add up to another $125 million or so per year to the Alamo City’s tourist economy by 2025.

Moreover, for this All-American city, it’s a great point of pride.

Winning World Heritage status took the same kind of dedication and teamwork that makes the Spurs such superstars, and it’s not difficult to suggest some analogies.

The quest began back in 2006, with — no surprise — the San Antonio Conservation Society, the same group who championed River Walk visionary Robert Hugman’s dream of an “American Venice” downtown and kept the

waterway from being paved over.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio and its foundation to support the old missions, known as Las Misiones and led by the Rev. David Garcia, emerged as our team’s center. The nearly $17 million Las Misiones has raised and spent on preserving missions Concepcion, San José, San Juan and Espada in recent years proved a powerful plus for the World Heritage drive. Ditto for Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, a oneman power forward in his passionate pursuit of greatness for the onceneglected Mission Reach of the river.

Stellar shooting guards include the San Antonio River Authority, the National Park Service, Los Compadres de San Antonio Missions, the Paseo del Rio Association and the city, plus so many others.

In the last couple of years, the Texas General Land Office has stepped into the role of Alamo conservator, a position long held by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

The DRT also deserve some credit for saving the Alamo from being consigned to a gas station in the early 1900s and maintaining it as a national treasure for many years. However, with

bold new plans for remaking Alamo Plaza and conserving more of our great and diverse cultural history, the state’s deeper pockets and greater reach make it a strong point-guard assist man.

Plus, while the planners are busy envisioning a super-duper renovated Alamo area, here’s hoping reorganizers of nearby HemisFair Park will make ample room to connect to the city’s historic confluence of cultures, including a colonial-era acequia recently unearthed in the park, along with the fun, modern attractions and accommodations they’re bringing.

The victorious team that won us World Heritage status is planning a citywide celebration Oct. 16-18. That’s just before Founders Day, Oct. 24, an observance of this enchanting city’s remarkably diverse background begun 12 years ago by the late, fabulous Frank W. Jennings, a dedicated amateur historian and author of “San Antonio: Story of An Enchanted City.”

Kudos to our World Heritage players! Let’s all get out there and explore San Antonio’s world-class roots, and what they mean to our part of Texas, and the whole world.

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he time has come for San Antonio and Bexar County to unite as a metropolitan government, thereby eliminating duplicate services and creating more efficiency.

San Antonio already is the second largest city in Texas, and with plans on the books to annex new territory, more and more of the county is disappearing.

Wouldn’t it be sensible to finally combine governments, law enforcement, fire departments, public works, libraries, trash collection and other municipal amenities to provide greater uniformity and productivity?

During the last legislative session, state Rep. Lyle Larson tried again to introduce a measure paving the way for a consolidation of city and county services.

It seems wasteful to have the city and

the county fund so many parallel jobs and functions, especially at taxpayers’ expense.

Larson, a Republican representing state House District 122, says taxpayers could save millions.

Though the measure was dropped from the Legislature’s agenda, it would have called for a constitutional amendment that could lead to city-county consolidation.

Local leaders, sadly, did not rush to Larson’s banner. As in years past, it seems some public servants worried more about keeping their turf than saving residents money and improving functions.

Indeed, city and county workers also have expressed fears about losing their government jobs.

However, the measure included a provision to protect the employees of political subdivisions integrated into any new city-county government.

Though a lot would still have to be worked out, including elections and representation, the time has come for San Antonio and Bexar County to embrace their destiny and create a single — and better — government for the people.

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HAPPENING LOCAL

Plan your month with our calendar of upcoming events in the community.

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SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, CAMP 1325 The Alamo City Guards, Camp 1325, holds its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at Grady’s Bar-B-Q, 6510 San Pedro Ave. The speaker will be Rusty Mahan; his topic, “Let’s Talk Slavery.”

Members and guests are welcome to eat beginning at 6 p.m.; no reservations are required. The Camp meets the first Thursday of each month. For more, visit www.alamocityguards.com.

AUG 6

PARADE OF PLAYHOUSES Nine playhouses – donated by architects, builders and home designers as well as by organizations and corporations – will be raffled off to benefit the Battered Women and Children’s Shelter. They will be displayed at North Star Mall and the Shops at

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La Cantera for the 10 days leading up to the raffle. Tickets are $5 online (SAparadeofplayhouses.com) or five for $20 if bought at the malls, and both malls are offering a gift with purchase.

For more, check out the parade website.

SOLID(ARITY)! JAZZ FROM THE LOCAL Bexar County is sponsoring a free summer concert series with the Musicians’ Society of San Antonio (American Federation of Musicians, Local 23), with a performance 8 p.m. at the Josephine Theatre, 339 W. Josephine St., featuring Bett Butler, Joe Dilley and Steve Glaeser, Small World, and Rene Saenz, Nina Rodriguez and Dilley on flute, percussion and upright bass, respectively.

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SALOCALLOWDOWN.COM HAPPENING continues from pg. 06 BEGINNERS BIRD WALK The San Antonio Audubon Society outing begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Judson Nature Trails start point, 246 Viesca St. in Alamo Heights.

It will be led by Georgina Schwartz.

Nonmembers are welcome and binoculars can be provided. The walk is held the second Saturday of the month.

AUG 8

CATAPULT WEEKEND Applications are due Aug. 10 to take part in a free, threeday rapid business startup sponsored by Goodwill Industries of San Antonio in a partnership with Geekdom. The Catapult Weekend begins noon Aug. 21 and ends the evening of Aug. 23, and will take place at the Geekdom Event Center on the seventh floor of the Rand Building, 110 E. Houston St. There is room for 50 applicants; they will be notified Aug. 17. The conference allows aspiring entrepreneurs to develop their business ideas. Visit www. catapultweekend.com to register.

AUG 10

TERRELL HILLS The City Council meets at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 5100 N. New Braunfels Ave.

AUG 10

NEISD TRUSTEES North East Independent School District trustees are scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. in the NEISD board room, 8961 Tesoro Drive.

AUG 10

ALAMO HEIGHTS The City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. both days at the municipal complex, 6116 Broadway.

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MONTE VISTA The Monte Vista Historical Association board meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Landa Branch Library annex, 233 Bushnell Place. For more, call 737-8212 or go to http://www.montevistahistorical-sa.com/.

AUG 11

NEISD SUMMER GRADUATION AUG The ceremony for North East 11 summer graduates starts at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Reagan High School, 19000 Ronald Reagan Drive.

Students will get information, including a reservation form, at their individual schools. For more, go to neisd.net and find the link under District Events.

GED REGISTRATION North AUG East Adult Education services 17-18 of the North East Independent School District is offering registration for General Educational Development tests from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 107 W. Rampart Drive. For more, call 356-7550.

VILLA FINALE’S HELMETS An exhibition and lecture, subtitled “Symbolism and Military Fashion,” will focus on one of the many collections of Walter Mathis, the last owner of Villa Finale Museum & Gardens – the extensive collection of historic helmets.

The program starts at 6 p.m. at the Roosevelt Library, 311 Roosevelt Ave. Cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. The cost is $31.50 for members of Villa Finale or the National Trust, $35 for nonmembers. For reservations, call 223-9800, ext. 34328.

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THE GENIUS OF MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS The monthly San Antonio Museum of Art party begins at 5:30 p.m. with tours of the exhibition exploring the works of Mexican artist/writer/archeologist Miguel Covarrubias, known for his work in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker in the 1920s. The party part runs from 6 to 8 p.m. with a cash bar, light snacks from Paloma Blanco and art-making. It’s free with museum admission; meet at the front desk. SAMA is at 200 W. Jones Ave.

AUG 14

AFRICA LATINA Performer/ musician Azul Barrientos, as part of her Noche de Azul summer series at Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, will explore the distinctive musical mix that combines African, European and indigenous cultures. Guest musicians will include George and Aaron Prado. The concert starts at 8 p.m. and admission costs $5. Esperanza is at 922 San Pedro Ave.

AUG 15

CULINARIA RESTAURANT WEEK This segment of the Culinaria celebration of local food is two weeks long this year. Participating restaurants will offer three-course fixedprice menus that feature skillful food/ wine pairings in two price ranges — $10 lunch/$25 dinner or $15 lunch/$35 dinner. They include Cured at Pearl, 306 Pearl Parkway; La Frite Belgian Bistro, 728 S. Alamo St.; Esquire Tavern, 155 E. Commerce St.; Texas de Brazil, 313 E. Houston St.; Tre Trattoria, 4003 Broadway; and Tribeca di Olmos, 4331 McCullough Ave. The River Walk is well-represented, including Biga on the Banks, Boudro’s Texas Bistro, Fig Tree, Landry’s Seafood, Las Canarias and Ostra. Reservations are recommended, and should be made with the individual restaurants.

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SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, CAMP 153 Hood’s Texas Brigade, Camp 153, holds its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at Grady’s Bar-B-Q, 6510 San Pedro Ave. Members and guests are welcome to

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HAPPENING continues from pg. 07 eat beginning at 6 p.m.; no reservations are required. The speaker will be Jeffrey F. Addicott, director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law, who will discuss current heritage and terrorism issues. The Camp meets the third Tuesday of each month.

For more, visit www.hoodstexasbde.com.

SAN ANTONIO CIVIL AUG. WAR ROUND TABLE 20 The group meets the third Thursday of each month at Grady’s Bar-B-Q, 6510 San Pedro Ave., for a 6 p.m. dinner and 7 p.m. meeting. Those interested in Civil War history are invited to share stories and ideas. No reservations are required. For more, contact Nancy Hodges at lyndz76@yahoo.com or Daniel Snell at surveyking@satx.rr.com.

OLMOS PARK The City Council meets at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 120 W. El Prado Drive. Regular meetings are held the third Thursday of the month.

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“CABARET” Cameo Theatre closes out its summer performances with Kander

AUDUBON SOCIETY MEETING The monthly meeting of the San Antonio Audubon Society starts at 7 p.m. at The First Tee, 915 E. Mulberry Ave. For more, call 308-6788 or go to saaudubon.org.

& Ebb’s dazzling, foreboding musical set in 1920s Berlin. Times are 8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and 4:30 p.m.

Sundays at the Cameo Theatre, 1123 E. Commerce St. Ticket prices range from $20 to $33. To purchase tickets, go to www.cameocenter.com.

SEPT. 3

AHISD The Alamo Heights Independent School District board meets at 7 p.m. at the Central Office, 7101 Broadway.

SHAKESPEARE IN THE VILLAGE Renovations at the San Antonio Botanical Garden have the annual Shakespeare in the Park on the move – to the Arneson River Theater, on Labor Day weekend. The Magik Theatre troupe this year will perform “The Winter’s Tale” at 8 p.m. Magik will also set up an Elizabethan fair in adjacent La Villita, 418 Villita St., with Elizabethan-style food, drink and entertainment. Performances are free, though donations to Magik are accepted.

For more, go to www.magiktheatre.org/.

ALAMO HEIGHTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Chamber holds luncheon meetings the first Wednesday of the month in a private room at Paesanos Lincoln Heights, 555 E. Basse Road. Guests are asked to arrive by 11:30 a.m. for a meet and greet; the guest speaker is featured at noon.

The cost is $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers. For more, call 822-7027 or go to http://alamoheightschamber.org/.

CERTIFIED ARBORIST COURSE Professional arborists can take this course at the San Antonio Botanical Garden to prepare for the ISA certification exam. Others can learn about tree identification, selection, watering, fertilizing, pruning and more.

Each class runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the course costs $250. Register at the link at www.sabot.org/education/adult-classes/.

The garden is at 555 Funston Place.

NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF AUG. TEXAS The monthly meeting 25 of the organization’s San Antonio chapter will start with a seed and native plant exchange at 6:30 p.m., followed by the program at 7 p.m., at Lions Field Adult Center, 2809 Broadway.

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POP-UP ON PEARL This monthly market, a collaboration of the IAMA Coffee Shop and Mujeres Mercado, offers musical performances plus vendors selling jewelry, home accessories and more made by local female artisans. It runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the coffee shop, 1627 Broadway at Pearl Parkway.

SEPT. 5

FLORAL DESIGN CLASSES The San Antonio Garden Center’s fall floral design classes will focus on ikebana, a Japanese practice built around form and balance. The classes run from noon to 3 p.m., and the series costs $75. Pre-registration is required; call 824-9981, or print an application form at sanantoniogardencenter.org and mail it in.

The center is at 3310 N. New Braunfels Ave.

SEPT. 8, 15 & 22

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MINI MAKER FAIRE The San Antonio Public Library is organizing an event for any and all “tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers” and more to show off their do-it-yourself projects and share what they’ve learned. The event is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Central Library, 600 Soledad St.. Makers can apply online at makerfairesanantonio. com; the deadline is Aug. 24. For more, contact Caroline Mossing, 207-2678 or Caroline.Mossing@sanantonio.gov.

OCT. 17

TUESDAY NIGHTS AT THE BRISCOE The Briscoe has a WEEKLY lineup of free entertainment corresponding with the city’s Downtown Tuesdays, which means free parking at meters and city-operated garages and lots. It includes music, dance, movies, lectures and gallery talks, most of which start at 6:30 p.m.

For more, go to www.briscoemuseum.org.

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ROTARY CLUB The Alamo Heights Rotary Club meets at noon every Tuesday in the Petroleum Club, on the seventh floor of the north building in Energy Plaza, 8620 N. New Braunfels Ave. Visitors are welcome. For more, call 446-9233 or go to http://www.ahrotary.org/.

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SAPL VOLUNTEERS The San Antonio Public Library is looking for volunteers this summer – and beyond – to help with a variety of programs, including sorting, book repairs, helping new computer users and working in the genealogy department. For more, go to mysapl.org, click on Resources and search for Support the Library.

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ELSEWHERE IN SAN ANTONIO MICROCHIP MANIA This month’s low-cost microchip clinic, hosted by Animal Care Services, runs from 2 to 6 p.m. at Panther Springs Park, 22635 Wilderness Oak Road; the clinic is near the dog park. Pets of San Antonio residents will be implanted – at no charge – with a microchip with basic lifetime registration that can be updated at any time. Animals must be leashed or in an appropriate carrier.

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LOCAL LOWDOWN Take a quick look at what’s new in the community from opening and closings to news tidbits.

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1. SCHAKOLAD CHOCOLATE FACTORY,

112 Broadway, opened downtown a few months ago. It offers an assortment of chocolates and custom-made chocolate bouquets created “fresh on premises.” Hours are 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, closed Sunday. For more, call 354-3322 or visit http://www.schakolad. com/store49. (See story on page 24)

2. THE POOL HOUSE, 1106 Austin Highway in Alamo Heights, is a new retail and maintenance establishment specializing in pool and spa equipment, chemical and maintenance supplies, and it even provides a free water analysis. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and closed Sundays.

For more, call 826-7665 or visit www. poolhousesa.com. (See story on page 25)

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a strip center across from Walmart. In addition to beer and drink specials, there are 10 wall-mounted big-screen televisions.

Live music is also on tap, as well as a deejay jam session and karaoke. Hours are noon to 2 a.m. daily. For more, call, 467-5565.

4. BLUE STAR PROVISIONS, 1414 S. Alamo St., is a grocery store expected to open soon next door to the Blue Star Brewing Co. According to its Facebook page, the fare includes “farmers-market quality produce, meats, local cheese, and, of course, our fresh brewed organic beer.”

An online announcement says more details are pending. For more, call 212-5506 or visit Facebook.com/bluestarprovisions.

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LOWDOWN continues from pg. 10 executive director of the WellMed Charitable Foundation, was invited to attend the White House Conference on Aging July 13 in order to “identify issues affecting older Americans.”

Zernial was among about 200 senior-care professionals in the nation selected to attend the event, which is held every 10 years.

THE SAN ANTONIO AIDS FOUNDATION HAS MOVED ITS TESTING OFFICE from 818 E. Grayson St. to 333 S. Hackberry St., which is a more centralized location and just two blocks east of the Alamodome, officials said.

The SAAF testing office does more than 5,000 free tests for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases each year. The new testing office will allow the SAAF to expand its testing services, according to officials. Other services provided by SAAF, including case management, skilled-nursing hospice and the hot meals program, will still be housed at SAAF’s main office on Grayson Street.

A SOUTH SIDE LIBRARY DESIGNED BY A TOBIN HILL ARCHITECTURAL FIRM received the AIA/ALA Library Building Award this month during the American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco. The Mission Branch Library, which is at 3134 Roosevelt

Ave. and is a part of the San Antonio Library System, was built to high energy-efficiency standards and designed by local architects Muñoz & Co., 1017 N. Main St., Suite 300, as part of the 2007 city bond package. “Muñoz & Co. is very proud of the recognition given to our design by the American Library Association and The American Institute of Architects,” said CEO Henry R. Muñoz III. A REORGANIZATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ALLOW THE DOWNTOWN BIKE PATROL UNIT to expand operations into King William and Southtown, officers said. The move comes as SAPD creates a new Street Crimes Unit, which replaces the Problem Oriented Policing and gang units to streamline overlapping duties, a Police Department spokesman said. Taxpayers will benefit because several of the uniformed officers formerly from POP/gang units “will be re-deployed to the six patrol substations to provide better geographic coverage and help to further improve response times citywide.” The redistribution also allows the bike units to move into the neighborhoods just south of downtown. “The remainder of the officers in the SCU will continue to target gang and drug incidents, but will also respond citywide as needs or situations arise,” a news release said.

THE TERRELL HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROMOTING ITS POLICE OBSERVER PROGRAM, which officials say is a valuable education tool for students and residents “wishing to learn about duties relating to the law-enforcement profession.” In order to participate, applicants must be 18 or older, undergo a criminal background check, not have an arrest record, be neat and clean, and fill out a release form.

Once approved to participate, a qualified observer may ride along with a police officer on patrol. For more, call 824-7401.

THE ALAMO HEIGHTS JUNIOR SCHOOL AUDITORIUM was the site of a farewell ceremony on June 20 for the largest Army Reserve command in Texas. Friends, family members and military supporters gathered in the auditorium to say goodbye to the more than 200 soldiers of the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, along with commanding Brig. Gen. Kenneth Jones and Command Sgt. Maj. Paul C. Swanson. The 4th ESC is set to eventually deploy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, which involves the war in Afghanistan, after completing mobilization training at Fort Hood.

A CEREMONY HELD JUNE 4 RECOGNIZED OUTGOING ALAMO HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Linda Foster, who is retiring

after 43 years in education, 24 of them as principal of the high school. Kevin Brown, superintendent of the Alamo Heights Independent School District, described Foster as a “legend in Alamo Heights ISD” during an address at the reception.

ALAMO HEIGHTS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT Kevin Brown was named the Region 20 Superintendent of the Year, according to a summer announcement on the school district’s Facebook page. The Texas Education Agency maintains 20 regions across Texas served by education service centers.

THE UNVEILING OF A BRONZE BUST COMMEMORATING THE “FATHER OF THE RIVER WALK,” architect Robert H.H. Hugman, recently took place on the River Walk between Casa Rio and The Republic of Texas restaurants. Hugman is credited as the chief designer of the River Walk and many of its unique features more than eight decades ago, saving it from being paved over after a disastrous flood in the 1920s. The San Antonio native was born Feb. 8, 1902, and died July 22, 1980.

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STUDENTS FROM THE RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SUMMER SCHOOL and the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten Enrichment Program enjoyed a flamenco performance July 14 by Carmen and Alexa Guana, who are enrolled in the North East Independent School District’s dual language program. “Not only were the students exposed to a facet of a different culture but also heard about the hard work, dedication and perseverance needed to be a flamenco dancer and a student of two languages,” said Monica Herrera, Ridgeview Summer School principal. The two dancers are enrolled at Vineyard Ranch Elementary School and Lopez Middle School, according to NEISD officials.

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TREVINO UNVEILED THE “BEFORE I DIE WALL,” an interactive art exhibit on the side of the Houston Street Garage at the corner of Houston and Navarro streets. According to a city spokeswoman, “Before I Die” is an art project that invites people to reflect on their lives and share personal aspirations in a public space by filling in the blanks to the sentence, “Before I die I want to …” The project began in 2011 by artist Candy Chang on an abandoned house in New Orleans.

According to a release, “Chang painted the side of the house with chalkboard paint and drew a grid using the sentence ‘Before I die I want to ____.’ She left pieces of chalk so people walking by could write on the wall.”

The concept has spread to more than 75 countries. “The ‘Before I Die’ wall concept gives public spaces the potential to unify people from all walks of life in a meaningful way,” Treviño said. The interactive art exhibit is part of a city initiative to make parking downtown more pleasant. As part of the program, a temporary pop-up shop will open in August inside the garage.

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alud! Culinary Nights at the Witte Museum dinners are held every month featuring a different local chef and cuisine.

The July dinner, titled “Back to the Table,” featured executive chef Michael Sohocki, owner of Restaurant Gwendolyn and a recent guest on the Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.” Sohocki prepared a simple yet elegant dinner, paired with wine, that included delicious chicken soup, braised pork shoulder with onions and carrots, lentil dahl and a dessert of fruit and cheese.

During this unique, hands-on evening of food and conversation, Dr. Bryan Bayles, curator of anthropology and health at the Witte Museum, framed each of the three courses with

AUG. 3 - AUG. 31, 2015 discussions on how food ultimately has an impact on a community’s well-being.

The next Salud event, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 12, will be the “Bug Dinner” with chef Stephen Paprocki; Ernest Lopez, pastry chef with Hotel Eilan; Megan Curry, founder of Bug Vivant; and Karbach Brewery. For reservations, call 357-1910. The museum is at 3801 Broadway.

And it’s just not summer without a parade. The Terrell Hills Fourth of July parade and picnic was fun for young, old and even canines. If a parade and a picnic can be chic and full of the who’s who of San Antonio, this would be it.

The Geneseo Esplanade was the setting for food booths, kids’ activities and friendship for this Fourth-tastic event.

The McNay Museum hosted its Second Thursday event in July with a night of music appreciation on the grounds. Hundreds of people turned out to relax on the lawn and listened to a local band, grabbed some grub from one of the multitude of food trucks lining the party’s perimeter, sipped on a cool beer courtesy of Crispin Ciders or caught a free docent-led tour of the magnificent McNay collection.

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LAMO HEIGHTS — With the City Council elections now nearly three months past, community leaders both in front of and behind the dais at City Hall are planning for the future of Alamo Heights.

They include Mayor Louis Cooper, who won the election May 9 for a sixth term with more than 59 percent of the vote, and his opponent Sarah Reveley, recognized by many as an outspoken supporter of residents’ causes and no stranger to council meetings.

Though they ran against each other, the pair share some views about the direction the city should take during the next couple of years.

Both agree that priorities include drainage and flooding issues, other infrastructure needs, landscaping and

green spaces, and ensuring the city has adequate resources, including water.

In the meantime, Cooper and fellow council members look forward to a reevaluation of city zoning ordinances to deal with future growth, an initiative linked in part to a vigorous community debate the last two years over plans to build apartments at Broadway and Austin Highway.

Reveley said her philosophy is directed in part by the city’s 2008 Comprehensive Plan, which she described as “10 common themes that were identified from the community neighborhood meetings as being of particular interest in terms of the physical design of the community.”

According to Reveley, “In 2008-2009, the citizens of Alamo Heights clearly identified the projects and issues they wanted addressed with the creation of a Comprehensive Plan. Those are the issues we should be tackling today.”

Cooper, who has lived in Alamo Heights 30 years and attended the Alamo Heights Independent School District, is no stranger to helping guide the city.

He has served as mayor since 2003, and as a councilman from 1999 to 2003.

“We are working on beautification projects to make our city more attractive,” the mayor said. “In addition, we have a committee re-evaluating our zoning ordinances to

ensure we are up to date for any future city development. Finally, we are working on ways to get our city on the priority list for future drainage projects to one day be able to minimize the flooding on New Braunfels (Avenue), Austin Highway and Broadway.”

Another top priority includes maintaining public safety, as well as water resources, according to Cooper.

“Having our own water system is very important to the city and maintaining it is certainly another huge priority,” he added. “There are many facets including ever-changing regulations, conservation and maintenance. Keeping up with our aging infrastructure is a constant battle that has to be budgeted for and always worked on. From old water and sewer lines to potholes and repaving roads, there is always something to repair.”

He also has listened to residents’ worries about adequate parking, a longtime issue in the city.

“We will continue to look at ways to ease the parking congestion and find new solutions to the problems that exist in the city,” he said.

He also wants to add more trees and preserve mature plants.

“I enjoy the sense of community that we have,” Cooper said. “We have a great school system and fantastic police, fire and EMS

services, all located in a beautiful, centrally located, family-oriented neighborhood. We have so many community programs and the city just feels like a step back in time.”

A resident since 2003, Reveley echoed her former opponent. She said she loves the city’s community relationships, beauty and the safe environment.

“I love the neighborhoods,” she said. “I feel like I am back in the neighborhood I was born and raised in, where everybody on the block knows each other, the houses and yards are well-kept and unique, kids play outside and people walk their dogs, the trees are beautiful, and it’s safe.”

Reveley said leaders at all levels must be transparent.

“A good leader understands the importance of long-range planning, is proactive, deals with all the issues head-on, doesn’t just put out fires, spends money and raises taxes if we have to, and accepts the fact that leadership is not a popularity contest,” she said.

Reveley was a critic of the Broadway Ellwood project, the luxury apartments slated for Broadway and Austin Highway.

She and others voiced concerns about its size and whether it will fit with the city’s architectural heritage.

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very Saturday, rain or shine, Monica Caballero can be found moving quietly through the brush in Brackenridge Park. But she isn’t hiking or staking out a picnic spot.

As a volunteer for the Brackenridge Park Community Cat Program, she is on the front lines of a cutting-edge effort to manage feral cats in the popular city green space.

Rather than euthanizing the felines, maintaining a regularly supervised, sterilized feral population is both the most humane and the most efficient way to control the cats, most experts agree.

Since 2011, Caballero — an attorney and the Bexar County Precinct 2 justice of the peace — has been a volunteer feeder in the “Brack Pack.” There are six feral colonies in the main park, another near the Japanese Tea Garden, and a third near

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The volunteers know how many cats to expect at each stop, and Caballero calls many by name — Graymalkin, Daisy and Big Boy — as they materialize from the bushes at the sound of her approach. While some grant money has helped buy food and fund veterinarian services, many volunteers pay at least some out-of-pocket expenses, in addition to working many hours a week.

Almost all of the felines have one ear notched – the sign that a feral cat has been trapped, neutered and released, or TNR. When the volunteers see a new cat, they photograph it and put out the word to other groups. If the ear is not notched, the volunteers will trap the animal, take it to a vet to check for a microchip and sterilize it before trying to find it a home or returning it to the colony.

Cats are highly territorial animals, so the colonies in the park seldom mix, and feral cats in other neighborhoods tend to stay put. Since almost all of the Brackenridge Park cats have been neutered in the past few years, almost all new arrivals in these colonies have been abandoned or dumped.

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BRACK continues from pg.17 arrivals, especially tame cats or kittens, often die of a painful death, volunteers said.

Brackenridge Park has been home to groups of feral cats “since before God,” as one volunteer put it. The cat population swelled to problem proportions from 1948 to 2008, when Animal Care Services and the city pound were located in the park. Some cats escaped and others were released.

Over the years, folks began feeding the cats, but there was little organized effort until 2004, when the San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition, a group that focuses on managing feral cat colonies through TNR, was founded. After the city recognized the Feral Cat Coalition and adopted TNR as its policy, Animal Care Services asked coalition founder Jenny Burgess if the group would trap the Brackenridge Park cats so the city could neuter and release them.

“I did it with one other board member,” Burgess said. “From 2008 to 2009 we were out there getting bitten to death by mosquitoes, but we tracked and trapped 189 cats.”.

Burgess held a meeting with locals feeding the cats. They organized volunteers with TNR training to manage the cats under the umbrella of the coalition.

At the forefront was Tom Christal, an entrepreneur who had recently sold his international food-supply business and

Monica Caballero, an attorney and a Bexar County justice of the peace, is one of the volunteers in the Brackenridge Park Community Cat Program caring for feral felines. Photo by Leland A. Outz

who became interested in the Brackenridge Park cats after adopting one he encountered while biking in the park. After getting involved with the Feral Cat Coalition, Christal ended up leading efforts to organize the Brackenridge Park groups. He and his wife have several cats from the park.

Since 2011, Christal has poured his time, money and management expertise into creating a model feral-cat management

program for the park. He works closely with the Brackenridge Park Conservancy (he became a board member last year), Animal Care Services, the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department, the San Antonio Zoo and the Witte Museum to share information and establish better ways to manage the packs.

“The food industry is a data-driven, volume thing, so we started keeping vet records, spreadsheets from the get-go,” he said.

The numbers show the feral cat population in the park steadily dropping since TNR was introduced. Before the Feral Cat Coalition got involved, there were 200 to 300 strays. Today there are 110 to 115 identified, ear-notched feral felines in the park area. Working with the Conservancy, the group obtained a grant from the San Antonio Area Foundation, and recently brought internationally recognized feral cat expert John Boone to San Antonio to study the colonies.

“John convinced me that there will always be feral cat colonies in the park.

If you shoot them, or move them to a sanctuary, other cats will move in and fill the vacuum,” Christal said.

“Managing the feral cats is now a part of our program, too,” added Brackenridge Park Conservancy Director Lynn Bobbitt.

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for people throughout the surrounding neighborhoods, and maybe schools. The goal is to stabilize these colonies and keep them healthy. It looks like the system is working, and it’s exciting that it is part of a new master plan for the park we will be developing in the coming year. But we still have to be concerned about this illegal animal dumping. That is a serious problem.”

City officials said the program is helping.

“Tom and the people at Brackenridge Park are doing their best to blaze a trail through the trap-neuter-return world and the future of our feline population living out of doors and in the neighborhoods,” said Animal Care Services Director Kathy Davis.

“It’s unglamorous, hard and they do it for no compensation, to help us navigate the future.

They are a group to be lifted up and admired.”

A recent memorandum of understanding between the city, the Conservancy, Parks and Rec, and the Feral Cat Coalition is a step forward, she added.

Meanwhile, Caballero said helping the cats has opened her eyes to a greater truth.

“When I started to do this, I thought I was doing it to help these animals,” Caballero said. “After four years, I’ve learned it helps me be in touch with nature, with other creatures – it’s my meditation. Now I know these cats are helping me, too.”

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The memorandum of understanding, approved by the AHISD board in June, allows 30 students from Incarnate Word and St. Anthony high schools to take part in the Alamo Heights High School JROTC program, starting this fall.

“We had been looking for an opportunity like this,” said Dan Ochoa, dean of preparatory programs at the University of the Incarnate Word, which has a role in overseeing programs at the Catholic private schools.

A minimum of 100 cadets in grades ninth through 12th, organized into a chain

of command, make up a JROTC unit, according to Army requirements. JROTC members focus on developing traits such as citizenship, leadership, social and communication skills, physical fitness and wellness, geography and civics.

Students from Incarnate Word and St. Anthony may participate at no additional cost. All uniforms and equipment are also provided for free.

Frank Alfaro, AHISD’s assistant superintendent for secondary education, explained that in recent school years the district’s JROTC program has had difficulty meeting that minimum requirement. Alamo Height’s lone high school recorded an enrollment of 1,549 during the 2013-2014 academic year.

Alfaro also said the Army’s “number seems a bit arbitrary to begin with, 10 percent of the population or at least 100 students.” He added that while most other extracurricular activities offered

by AHISD begin as early as elementary school, JROTC is at a disadvantage because it doesn’t start until a student arrives at high school. District enrollment numbers more than 4,700 students overall.

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So AHISD turned its attention to Incarnate Word and St. Anthony, both of which are part of the University of the Incarnate Word’s Brainpower Connection. Both campuses are just south of the AHISD boundary line.

Alfaro said that, as of early July, more than 80 students enrolling at Alamo Heights High this coming academic year have signed up for JROTC. As part of the agreement, AHISD will continue to employ JROTC instructors and provide meeting space for related activities, among other responsibilities. In return, Incarnate Word and St. Anthony will pay AHISD $4,000 either in one lump sum due Sept. 1, or in two equal installments due Sept. 1 and Jan 15.

The current agreement is good for the 2015-16 academic year, with all campuses having the option to renew for an extra year.

Incarnate Word and St. Anthony also will be responsible for transporting their students to and from Alamo Heights High.

“How exactly that will look like, it’s up to those schools,” Alfaro added.

Extracurricular opportunities include participation in these teams: academics and leadership, cyber patriot, color guard, drill, rifle/marksmanship, physical fitness and raiders.

Teams compete at local, regional, state and national competitions. Alamo Heights’ color guard team, the Mulettes, are seven-time national champions.

UIW officials said St. Anthony and Incarnate Word are not big enough to initiate and maintain a long-term JROTC program. St. Anthony’s student enrollment has numbered slightly more than 400 in recent years, while Incarnate Word has more than 1,000 students.

While there is no military obligation for those taking part in JROTC, officials at UIW said their Brainpower Connection students now have a chance to expand upon the abilities and qualities instilled in JROTC unit members.

“This is a deeper level with opportunities to further develop leadership skills for young people,” said Ochoa, the UIW dean. “It’s these skills that colleges or military academies look for in a prospective student.”

Ochoa also described the partnership with AHISD as a “winwin” for all participating schools.

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“We make chocolate swans, cigars, teddy bears, chocolate baskets, champagne flutes, picture frames, basketballs, footballs, soccer balls. We can do most anything in chocolate,” she said. “Kids like the chocolate lollipops. We do them in sports themes and dump trucks and musical notes and mustaches – they find those really fun – along with Oreo pops.”

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his is not Richard Urdiales’ first rodeo. The owner of Epic Entertainment Bar, which opened in late June at 1375 Austin Highway, used to own The Oasis, a music venue and watering hole during the late 1980s and early ‘90s.

His new venture, located in a roughly 3,000-square-foot space in a strip center across from Walmart, occupies the spot once home to Local Bar. “As soon as they moved out, we moved in and did some extensive remodeling, including the addition of 10 wall-mounted big-screen TVs,” Urdiales said.

Some of Epic’s six-member staff had worked at Graham Central

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“I told my wife, ‘I have a little money saved up and these kids know the business and they need a job, so let’s open another bar.’ And she told me to go for it,” Urdiales said. “We want to be a local bar with something different to offer every day.”

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everal North East Independent School District campuses could benefit from improvements if voters in November approve a near-$500 million bond that does not call for an immediate tax hike, officials said.

What makes this request distinctive is residents will only be asked to fund present academic institutions, said Aubrey Chancellor, an NEISD spokeswoman.

“This is the first time NEISD has proposed a bond without a new school,” she said. “The focus of this bond is about equity – renovating and upgrading out-of-date facilities at some of the older campuses and focusing on enhancements and

renovations at other schools.”

Those areas include Reagan High School.

Adjusted for growth and inflation, the 2015 bond’s actual total – $499,950,000 – is in line with amounts contained in NEISD’s recent bond requests occurring in four-year increments.

Voters approved bonds of $449 million, $498 million and $399 million in 2003, 2007 and 2011, respectively.

Unlike the previous three, present tax rates would remain unchanged if voters approve a bond referendum Nov. 3.

“There will be no new tax rate for at least five years,” Chancellor said.

A 36-member Facilities Steering Committee met for months and considered public input in rating a list of districtwide projects. If voters approve, facilities improvements will receive $225.8 million; extracurricular programs $89.8 million; and technology upgrades $72.4 million.

“The committee met five times and did a lot of homework outside of those meetings,” Chancellor said. “They really did a great job of coming up with the final draft, which considered and prioritized the needs of all students throughout

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Other categories slated for 2015 bond money include: district operations, $60 million; safety and security, $20 million; bond-program management, $17 million; and a $15 million bond-contingency program.

If endorsed by the electorate, it will be the second bond election for Superintendent Brian Gottardy, whose first was in 2011.

“I am so proud of the process the district has taken over the past six months,” he said. “Our community has given great feedback and the Facilities Steering Committee has been dedicated to gathering all the information and putting together a great plan.”

The committee held meetings at Madison and Churchill high schools on March 30, April 28-29 and May 19-20 before its final meeting June 15 at the district’s Education Service Center, which culminated in a presentation to the school board.

“It’s about taking care of all of our schools – not just the newest schools,” committee member Ricki Ford said.

“This bond will address the older schools and bring them up to the current standards at the newest schools.”

Ford, whose children attend Churchill, said she has frequented school board meetings and served on NEISD committees during the past 26 years.

She noted that all principals were asked to assess their campuses’ requirements and seek community comments.

Those wants amounted to nearly $2 billion, so paring it to $500 million would ensure residents wouldn’t see a tax increase for the rest of the decade, Ford said.

“We had a lot of information to consider,” she added. “We ranked it according to needs, and tried to address as many things as we could to help all areas throughout the district.”

Several proposed projects didn’t make the final cut. Among them, a new elementary school in Johnson High’s feeder pattern — $42.8 million; replacing portables at Madison High — $25 million; a districtwide consolidated activity and logistics center for JROTC programs — $18.8 million; and adding a baseball facility in the Heroes Stadium Complex — $11.7 million.

Several projects comprise the total earmarked to expand or enhance extracurricular programs – including $17 million to upgrade the district’s natatoriums; $10 million to add a new pool; and $12.5 million for work on Comalander Stadium.

Asked if those and other aspects might pose problems with voters, Chancellor said they’re all part of the district’s overall educational goals.

“NEISD ... always believes in providing a 360-degree education, which means classroom academics and also extracurricular activities,” she said. “We believe it makes for more well-rounded students, as studies have proven those who are more involved in extracurricular activities do better in the classroom. We have many parents who have come to expect (this) and they fully support it.”

Ford would like to see another aquatic facility.

“I think we do need another pool,” she said. “I don’t have a swimmer, but (adding a pool) has come up year after year. We have a lot of community classes and think it’s important to everybody in the community.”

Chancellor said NEISD retired $747 million in bond debt over the past three years, which amounted to $137 million in savings (on payments and interest).

The school board will meet on or before Aug. 24 to place the bond on the November ballot.

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