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SCHERTZ ELECTIONS

PRESERVING HISTORY ON CIBOLO’S NORTH MAIN STREET

VOTERS SET TO DECIDE ON MAYOR, FIVE COUNCIL SPOTS PG. 18 EAT LOCAL

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n recent weeks, the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, charged with prioritizing regional transportation projects for state and federal funding, sided with Capital Area MPO in refusing to fund future studies for a taxpayer-supported money pit – the Lone Star Rail system.

The light-rail proposal for a route linking San Antonio and Georgetown has been in the planning stages for more than 10 years. The AAMPO and CAMPO combined funding studies for the project, which so far has cost $23 million without tangible results.

Earlier this year, Union Pacific, owner of the tracks considered critical for the route, ended its relationship with project leader Lone Star Rail District. AAMPO and CAMPO, which each pledged $20 million, cut off future money. Both seek to end LSRD’s involvement and enlist the Texas Department of Transportation’s help to pursue other options.

The MPO’s Transportation Policy Board meets Sept. 26 to consider its next move. Other entities, including VIA Metropolitan Transit, want to keep the project chugging along – but at what expense? Could a tolled Interstate 35 wind up part of the final light-rail plan?

Union Pacific must be lured back into the process. Thereafter, finding a workable solution and funding future studies could take years.

Throughout it all, it seems likely taxpayers will be footing the bill.

WILL WRIGHT MANAGING EDITOR ON THE COVER: Officials in the Metrocom are serious about law and order. Schertz in 2018 is hosting a statewide Crime Stoppers convention (story on page 23) and Universal City is the first in the region to install a courtroom X-ray machine (story on page 20).

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Reimagining the Alamo

by SUSAN YERKES

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efore you read further, I’d like to ask you to do one quick thing.

Ready? OK. Imagine the Alamo.

You probably thought about the Shrine of Texas Liberty, or the Battle of the Alamo or the iconic little stone building downtown. Even if you’ve never actually visited, you can probably picture it. Most of us have a pretty good notion of what the Alamo resembles now, and a vague, Hollywood-formed idea of its 1836 appearance during the battle immortalized in Texas history and legend.

If you’re keen on Texas lore, you may go further, and visualize what the Alamo might look like if you razed all the neighboring buildings and recreated the throes of conflict 180 years past. An endeavor of this magnitude has been advanced and shelved several times, but these days, such a sweeping reconstruction is in the works, since the state, the city and the private Alamo Endowment are raising many millions to finally act on an ambitious Alamo Master Plan.

This time, something big is guaranteed to happen. It will take several years to do things right. It probably won’t involve reconstructing the entire compound, and while it will focus on the Battle of the Alamo, it will encompass much more.

This go-round, the folks who will design the changes in Alamo Plaza aren’t just imagining the Alamo ­— they are reimagining — incorporating the most familiar images into a broader picture, starting with what was here even before the Alamo was established as a Spanish mission. It’s about understanding how the Alamo, the priests, and later the soldiers,

came here, changed life for the natives, and became part of the fabric of San Antonio.

It’s even about how the building itself altered, and how downtown and thriving businesses grew around the crumbling fortress and almost swallowed it, until the Daughters of the Republic of Texas took a stand to protect and maintain it.

DRT deserves much credit for its dedicated work, but the Daughters could never have mustered the kind of wallop the current partnership of city, state and private donors bring to the table. Today, the Alamo and the four other Spanish missions are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site; the Alamo has the most complex history.

I really believe something fine is afoot after talking to folks who have been involved with the Alamo Plaza Advisory Committee since it was formed in 2014, attending the first Alamo Master Plan public meeting, studying reimaginethealamo.org and watching YouTube videos of fascinating daily briefings on a recent archaeological dig.

The comprehensive project’s first draft won’t be ready until next spring; the

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current timeline has construction starting in 2021. It’s likely the three landmark historic structures across the plaza from the Alamo and the beautiful old post office building at the north end will remain, with a visitors’ center, museums and exhibits housed in some of them.

I’m hoping the street in front of the Alamo will close, enlarging the plaza and making it more walkable. Planners say accessibility remains a key. At the first Master Plan public session Aug. 2, George Skarmeas, whose firm Preservation Design Partnership was selected to integrate and organize the project, assured us there wouldn’t be an admission charge for the Alamo. He also predicted people will visit in timed groups, instead of just wandering in off the street, to prevent crowding.

Skarmeas stressed how public engagement is critical. The Alamo is still profoundly emotional for many. Check out reimaginethealamo. org. Listen to all the presentations you’ll find there. Get involved, and let me know what you imagine. syerkes@localcommunitynews.com

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Showing disrespect to public possessions is showing disrespect to the community.

Removal of the damage also is costly. San Antonio budgets about $1.2 million a year for graffiti abatement.

A 15-member team labors six days a week, aided by 2,500 volunteers.

Wouldn’t it be nice if all those dollars and man-hours could be spent on something more progressive than cleaning up messy doodles?

The best deterrent is not only rapidly scrubbing the scribbling, but also encouraging taggers to alter their anti-social behavior through positive expressions of creativity.

How about art class in school, painting on a real canvas or pitching in with a creative community project? Those, too, are artistic endeavors and don’t involve defiling someone else’s property.

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Like many local municipalities, San Antonio’s graffiti-removal program relies on both municipal crews and unpaid neighborhood helpers. Illegal markings are a year-round problem with an uptick in the summer when school is out.

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20 luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Schertz Civic Center, 1400 Schertz Parkway, features Craig Krause of Direct Development Training on “Thriving in the People Business.” Admission is $28, $18 for Chamber members. A Biz Ed Seminar and Networking breakfast, 8-11 a.m.

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NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION To the registered voters of the City of Cibolo: Notice is hereby given that the polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., November 8, 2016, for voting in the general election to elect Councilmembers for District 1, District 4, District 5, and District 6.

The following individuals will be on the November Ballot: District 1: Jennifer Schultes District 4: Ted R. Gibbs James Fulford District 5: Jim Russell Larry L. Carlton District 6: Jay Hogue Election Day (November 8) Polling Locations will be by precinct.

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AMERICAN LEGION MEALS American Legion Missing Man 23 Post No. 667, 504 Bowie Drive in Universal City, serves chicken-fried steak dinners from 5-7 p.m. on the fourth Friday of each month. Plates cost $8. Free parking available. For more, call 658-3731.

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MORGAN’S WONDERLAND HOSTS SENIORS On the second and fourth Friday of the month through December, let age be your ally during “Senior Fridays” at Morgan’s Wonderland, 5223 David Edwards Drive in San Antonio. For $8, enjoy senior activities from 11 a.m. to noon. For more, call 495-5888 or visit www.morganswonderland.com.

SEPT. 23 & OCT. 14

CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE Cibolo Valley Baptist Church 23-24 will hold a large rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., both days, at 5500 FM 1103 in Schertz. Shop for clothes, toys, appliances and more. For details, visit www.cibolovalleychurch.org.

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HEALTHY FUN Universal City presents a free Family Health 24 & Fitness Fair from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at the Universal City Park pavilion,

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305 North Blvd. Enjoy games, snacks, vendors, music, prizes and more. For details, visit www.uctx.gov/ucfit.

SCHERTZ CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS The council regularly convenes at 6 p.m. on the first, second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the Hal Baldwin Municipal Complex Council Chambers, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Building No. 4. For more, visit schertz.com.

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IT’S ALL FAIR Guadalupe County Master Gardeners 24 will hold their third annual Arts & Crafts Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Guadalupe County Community Center, 1101 Elbel Road in Schertz. Potential vendors should call Mary Bowe at 317-6202 or Terri Virost at 659-3315. Tables are $25. In addition to vendor booths, there’ll be garden demonstrations, raffles and tours. Parking and admission are free.

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From 10:00 am to 10:00 pm There will be carnival rides, petting zoo, pony/horse rides, carnival games, Car Show and entertainment throughout the day!

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For Vendor information, please contact Peggy Cimics at 210-566-6111 or pcimics@cibolotx.gov

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HAPPENING continues from pg. 09 LIVE OAK CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS The council regularly convenes at 7 p.m. on the second and last Tuesday of each month in Live Oak City Hall, 8001 Shin Oak Drive. For more and to confirm dates and times, call 653-9140, ext. 21.

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SCHERTZ-CIBOLO LIONS CLUB The group meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from noon to 1 p.m. at Schertz Family YMCA, 621 Westchester Drive.

Admission is free; bring lunch. Newcomers welcome. For more, visit http://www.eclubhouse.org/sites/schertzcibolo/.

SEPT. 28 & OCT. 12

BUSINESS PALOOZA Presented by Texas Tri-County 29 Chamber of Commerce, a business-training symposium, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hilton Garden Inn-Live Oak, 8101 Pat Booker Road, features professional seminars on small-business startups, entrepreneurship, sales training,

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The chamber, cultivating business alliances across Bexar, Comal and Guadalupe counties, has several other upcoming events. For details, including membership and event information, visit www.txtricountychamber.org or call Lisa Jubela at 830-305-6926.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS SEPT./OCT. Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District trustees will meet Sept. 20 and Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. in the boardroom at 1060 Elbel Road in Schertz. For more, visit www. scuc.txed.net. Judson Independent School District trustees gather 7 p.m. Oct. 20 in the ERC boardroom, 8205 Palisades Drive in Live Oak. For more, visit www. judsonisd.org. North East Independent

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HAPPENING continues from pg. 10 School District trustees assemble 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at 8961 Tesoro Drive in San Antonio. To confirm dates and times, call 407-0533. Comal Independent School District trustees convene 6 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Support Services boardroom, 1404 Interstate 35 North in New Braunfels.

For more, visit www.comalisd.org.

CIBOLO GRANGE MEETING The first Sunday in the month, 2, 9 adult members gather at Grange Hall, 413 N. Main St. in Cibolo, for socializing at 12:30 p.m. and a 1 p.m. business discussion. The following week, at the same locale, a fun “junior” session is conducted for youth aged 5-13 and 14 and up. Newcomers welcome. For more, visit www.grange.org/cibolotx1541/31-2/.

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RUNNING FOR A CAUSE Runners invade Morgan’s 2 Wonderland, 5223 David Edwards Drive in San Antonio, at 8 a.m. when Transplants for Children’s Superheroes 5K Run takes place.

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For more including registration costs, visit www.athleteguild.com.

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EAT AND BID Garden Ridge Lions Club presents their 44th 1 annual Fish Fry/Bar-B-Q and Auction from Garden Ridge Community Center, 9474 Municipal Parkway. Dinner begins at 3 p.m. and includes silent and

ST. PAUL’S CHURCH SUPPER During the first Wednesday 7 of each month, St. Paul Evangelical Church, 108 S. Main St. in Cibolo, hosts a free dinner from 6-7:30 p.m. For more, call 658-5874.

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CALLING ALL SHOPPERS Garden Ridge Women’s Club 8 Holiday Marketplace is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Garden Ridge Community Center, 9500 Municipal Parkway. The event will feature more than 50 area

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OFF AND RUNNING The Junior Achievement Fiscally 15 Fit 5K Run/Walk will begin at 9 a.m. from Blue Bonnet Palace, 17630 Lookout Road in Selma. Proceeds benefit Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District students.

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CIBOLO FESTIVITIES Cibolo Fest 2016 is 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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HOME TOWNE SHOPPE Go to Grange Hall, 413 N. 15 Main St. in Cibolo, on the third Saturday of each month for a shopping event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring a variety of local businesses offering jewelry, cosmetics, spa products, clothing, wickless candles and more. Enjoy refreshments and enter a door-prize drawing. For more, visit https://www.facebook.com/ CiboloGrangeHomeTowneShoppe.

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Monday through Friday. For more, call 274-0557 or visit salittlescholarstutoring. weebly.com. (See story on page 25) 2. OLD MAIN ICE HOUSE, 110 N. Main St. in Cibolo, opened about a year ago downtown offering full-service indoor and outdoor bars, covered patio and sports on wide-screen televisions. The venue also hosts special events and parties. Hours are 4 p.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday, 2 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to 1 a.m. Saturday

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pantry staples. Daily hours are 6 a.m. to midnight. For more, call 672-6813 or visit www.walmart.com/store/4056/ details or facebook.com/Walmart4056.

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reported Rackspace expects to close the transaction – pending antitrust reviews in the U.S., European Union and Israel, stockholder approval, and other closing conditions – by the fourth quarter of 2016.

SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-UNIVERSAL CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT has set a $137 million bond election Nov. 8. The measure, approved by trustees Aug. 16, seeks funds to replace Rose Garden Elementary School; renovations and additions at Clemens High School; infrastructure improvements at Watts Elementary School and Jordan and Wilder intermediate schools; districtwide technology upgrades and additional school buses. SCUCISD has scheduled public forums 6-7 p.m. at Dobie Junior High School (Sept. 26); Watts (Oct. 4); Wiederstein Elementary (Oct. 13); Rose Garden (Oct. 17); Steele High School (Oct. 24) and Clemens (Oct. 25). For more, visit www.scucisd.txed.net.

CIBOLO WILL APPOINT A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER following the Aug. 18 resignation

of District 4’s James Doty Jr. The council, which accepted applications through Sept. 8, had until Sept. 15 to select a successor for the remainder of Doty’s term, expiring in November. Ted R. Gibbs and James Fulford seek the two-year seat in Nov. 8 general election. Meanwhile, also in the same election, Jennifer Schultes and Jay Hogue are running unopposed for the district 1 and 6 slots, respectively, Jim Russell and Larry L. Carlton are vying for the District 5 seat.

NORTHEAST LAKEVIEW COLLEGE is selecting a new president, and officials with the Alamo Colleges facility interviewed several finalists for the position in late August and early September. Tangila Dove, NLC vice president of college services and search-committee chairwoman, said 80 applicants have been whittled to a handful. According to the college website, they include Reagan Romali, president of Truman College in the Chicago city-college system since 2011;

Michelle Woodhouse, who has served in numerous community-college positions in Virginia since 2009; Lily Tercero, president of Texas Southmost College and former Alamo Community College District official; and Gregory Thomas, an administrator with Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Illinois, since 2012.

Thomas Cleary, Alamo Colleges’ vice chancellor of planning, performance and information systems, has served as NLC interim president since last fall, when Craig Follins was reassigned. Follins officially separated from the university in early August. A permanent successor could be named in the coming weeks.

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Kelly, in seventh grade at School of Science & Technology-Alamo last year, attended the July 17-22 Austin function. “What an incredible time,” he said. “I got to meet new friends, see and learn new things about Texas and how to be a better leader. It was a blast.” Numerous local pupils from other area school districts – including Comal, North East and New Braunfels independent school districts – attended similar sessions, with dozens more participating in EIA leadership programs and councils during the summer.

AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PROVIDING free and/or reduced-priced meals to students whose families meet qualifications. North East, Judson, Randolph Field, Schertz-CiboloUniversal City, New Braunfels and Comal independent school districts are participating in the program.

Requirement details are available at school district online sites and www. mealappnow.com/mancco. Applications can be submitted any time during the academic year. Household financial information, verified by school districts, will determine eligibility decisions. For more, visit your school district’s website.

PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE area public school districts met state academic standards, according to the Texas Education Agency’s initial report released Aug. 12. North East, Judson, Randolph Field, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City, New Braunfels and Comal independent school districts met state performance targets in student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and postsecondary readiness. Evaluations were primarily based on State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam scores for grades three to eight and end-of-course determinations. Because some campuses’ STAAR results were incomplete, a TEA spokesman noted full reviews of individual districts and schools would be delayed until at least Sept. 16.

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CONVERSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP. leaders and other city officials Sept. 7 hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for Papa Dante’s Event Center and Bocce Pavilion, which will join the Papa Dante’s Italian Restaurant at 8607 FM 1976. The $1.2 million endeavor to create a 9,620-square-foot facility/ events center near the Toepperwein Road intersection is scheduled to open by the second quarter of 2017.

With capacity for 400-520 people, the venue has already begun prebooking events. “We could not be more excited about what this event center will do for Converse,” Mayor Al Suarez said.

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JUDSON HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL HAS A NEW LEADER. Associate coach Victor Lopez recently was named to succeed Mike Wacker, who left to take over at Texas Lutheran University. Lopez is in his 12th season at Judson, where he assisted Wacker in guiding the Rockets to double-digit playoff appearances, two Elite Eight seasons and the Class 5A (now 6A) 2014 championship game.

MARY DUHART-TOPPEN RECENTLY WAS TABBED as principal at Wagner High School. Duhart-Toppen, with Judson Independent School District since 2001, has served as assistant principal at Wagner and Judson high schools and for the past two years led Kirby Middle School.

She succeeds former Wagner Principal Donald Stewart, who is now an assistant superintendent at Natalia Independent School District. Her former position will be filled by Jerome Johnson, who moved from principal at Candlewood Elementary School, where Stephanie Mihleder was recently named interim principal.

WHITE MIDDLE SCHOOL HOSTED a Back-to-School Fair Aug. 13 welcoming students and families. Local NAACP chapters and Communities in Schools also took part in the event, which touted various community resources. Other participating groups included Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, Good Samaritan Community Services, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, Prince Hall Shriners of Moussa Temple No. 106 and

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CHERTZ – Mayoral candidates Michael Carpenter and Grumpy Azzoz might differ on governing styles, but both want more residential and economic growth in the city’s future.

The race for mayor is just one of many decisions facing voters Nov. 8 following approval of city-charter amendments expanding City Council from five to seven slots and extending terms from two to three years.

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PLACE 7 (inaugural term) Bert Crawford Eric Beam

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Also on the ballot — filling an unexpired term for Place 3.

Both nominees seeking the city’s top post agree on many issues, but clash in their approaches.

Incumbent Carpenter, 47, has served on the council since 2005 and succeeded the late Hal Baldwin as mayor in 2012. He noted his hands-on approach helped the city expand commerce, while maintaining

(inaugural term) Angelina Kiser Michael Dahle I = incumbent

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“Water is always important in Texas,” he said, “and we need to make sure that economic development addresses all sizes of business – small, medium and large – to make sure they are the right fit for the city.”

“I’m not running against the mayor – I’m running for the city of Schertz,” said Azzoz, 59, a longtime businessman and Place 2 council member. “However, we have different

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Another election will fill the unexpired term of Place 3 Councilman Daryl John, who resigned in July to prepare for his new position as Guadalupe County Tax Assessor-Collector.

John, who has served as a councilman since November 2013, won the Republican nomination for tax assessor and faces no Democratic opponent this fall. He said he would remain on the job until a successor is selected.

“Representing the city has been a great personal learning experience for me and I could not have asked for a better group of colleagues to work with,” John said this summer.

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Two races will fill the emerging council seats, with Angelina Kiser and Michael Dahle competing for Place 6, and Bert Crawford facing Eric Beam in Place 7.

Carpenter defeated Steve White, the city’s former Economic Development Corp. director, in mayoral contests in 2012 and 2014. Azzoz, who lost a council bid in 2013, defeated Place 2 incumbent Scagliola in 2014.

The office seekers say the booming city has come a long way, but still has further to go.

In 2015, Schertz added 1,000 jobs to businesses in its commercial corridor and secured a combination of state and local funding for improvements along FM 1518 between FM 78 and Interstate 10.

The city’s final major 2010 bond project, a two-pool natatorium at the corner of Schertz Parkway and Elbel Road, should be completed by the end of the year.

On Aug. 30, the council approved a revised water-sharing agreement through the Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corp. The $66.5 million plan, partially funded through the state, will add another pipeline and improve existing infrastructure designed to assure water delivery to both cities during the next 30 years.

Carpenter has long championed expanding the pact.

“This is a really huge deal and I commend Seguin as our partner,” Carpenter said. “It will provide water for both of our cities for a very long time.”

Azzoz said his focus remains geared toward expanding city businesses and making city government more transparent.

“We can add more businesses and infrastructure along the Interstate 35 corridor … (they) will tremendously reduce the tax burden on residents and provide additional money to reinvest in improving roads, sidewalks and everything else,” he said.

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NIVERSAL CITY — Workers and visitors to Municipal Court now have an additional safeguard thanks to a new X-ray machine — a Metrocom first, officials said.

“It’s just giving an extra layer of security. People in the courtroom don’t have to worry about someone in there with a weapon on them,” said Linda Rose, court administrator.

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An X-ray machine installed at the Universal City Municipal Court in August complements a metal detector.

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City Council, the municipality purchased the X-ray device from Californiabased Astrophysics Inc. for $25,000.

The money came from the city’s Municipal Court Building Security Fund, which is supported by a $3 fee charged to anyone convicted of a misdemeanor.

Before visitors enter the courtroom, the instrument will scan purses, suitcases, backpacks and other bags.

Universal City is the initial Metrocom municipality to employ an X-ray security system at a municipal court, officials

said. A police officer, also, is on hand at the entrance. Universal City’s court is in session every second and fourth Wednesday, beginning at 8:15 a.m.

Rose said no incident prompted the city to purchase the X-ray machine, but added that being prepared provides peace of mind, she noted.

If anything, the protective tool has sped the pace in the line of people going through the metal detector and other security measures before arriving in the courtroom.

“It has helped with the flow of court. You don’t have to dig through each person’s bags,” Rose said.

Mayor John Williams said the new technology simply makes sense.

“We’re just being proactive. We just thought it would be good to have that kind of security,” Williams added.

The mayor said so far he has received no negative feedback about the acquisition of an X-ray scanner.

Similar to Universal City, towns and counties nationwide typically resort to a municipal court security/ technology fund to buy new equipment like X-ray scanners or metal detectors, or improve existing systems.

Neighboring communities such as Selma have utilized a court metal detector for more than a decade.

“There was not a particular incident. I did it as a precaution and there have been no incidents,” said Rebecca Del Toro, Selma court administrator. “In addition to the metal detector, we also have an officer with a hand-held detector.”

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IBOLO — Two sisters with the blessing of City Hall are on track to help revitalize the town’s historical downtown while creating new business opportunities, officials said.

“It is bringing new entrepreneurial spirit to bring activity down here,” said Mark Luft, Cibolo Economic Development Corp. director. “It is bringing new services that were nonexistent.”

Following major renovations to update buildings while maintaining architectural integrity, siblings Christine Bowden and Cassandra Kearns opened Picasso’s Cellar

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“We knew we wanted something old, something with character and history, and we knew what we would be getting ourselves into with an almost 100-year-old building,” Bowden said in an email interview.

A commercial loan through RandolphBrooks Federal Credit Union and a $2,000 city grant helped finance the restoration project. The structures, located in an old lumber mill, date to the early 1900s, officials said.

“We are both business-minded.

One kept the design on track and focused, while the other kept it on budget,” Bowden added.

Luft said the work to preserve the old-town feel of North Main is in keeping with Cibolo’s Downtown Revitalization Action Plan, which began in May and should finish in early 2020.

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CIBOLO continues from pg. 21 The aim of retaining history by revamping buildings and integrating used materials is partnered with conserving and enhancing the area’s historical appearance, plus fostering economic development, officials said.

The Mill Boutique, where more than 30 artists from Texas and elsewhere showcase their work, and the ice cream shop share a roof; Picasso’s Cellar is selfcontained, but adjoined to the same area.

The total capacity equals 5,000 square feet with an additional 5,000 square feet when the old lumber mill is renovated.

Though inspiration to start a family business came years ago, the sisters weren’t able to secure spots at the mill until last October.

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“We tore down a 1906 house in Nixon, Texas, to use its materials in our space. Authenticity was key; something new and shiny in this space wouldn’t make sense,” Bowden said. “We never wanted it to be something it wasn’t.”

The women preserved as much as possible, from recycling to incorporating part of the original business name.

The Mill Boutique and The Scoop opened June 24 and Picasso’s Cellar debuted in July.

“I am extremely proud of them (Bowden and Kearns). They have done phenomenal (work) with the creativity of reusing materials,” Luft said. “They have provided more than just commerce — they are providing a social service to the city.”

Both businesswomen worked closely with the EDC director.

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Police believe Schertz resident and beloved community figure Henry Gutierrez Jr. was slain inside his home Dec. 24, 2015. His son, Miguel, discovered the body later.

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Searches for a suspect first led them to San Marcos and then Houston before the trail went cold.

Guadalupe County Crime Stoppers initially offered $5,000 for information leading to an arrest; the group’s major role in securing public and private donations has resulted in the reward increasing to $30,000.

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ONVERSE — In a room filled with Dr. Seuss-inspired wall art and learning knickknacks, Little Scholars Tutoring turns a simple study session into a hands-on experience.

Owner Tangela Jeter initially opened the learning center in July at 339 S. Seguin Road, Suite 1, as a way to assist elementary students transitioning into middle school.

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IBOLO — A onceabandoned 1920s downtown building has been transformed into Old Main Ice House, an open-air pub with food trucks, live music and cocktails.

“I want it to become the hub of downtown,” said owner Nick Marquez. “It’s a very unique outdoor hangout, very relaxed. It’s a comeas-you-are bar, I like to say.”

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