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With schematic designs made for the new Fabra Elementary School campus, people are no longer guessing what the new 800-student capacity school might look like. Boerne Independent School District trustees approved the schematic designs 6 - 0 during a regular meeting Monday. Trustee Dale Adams was absent from the meeting.
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Area FFA students identified range plants including grasses, forbs, legumes, and woody plants during the FFA Area 7 Fall 2014 Career Development Event at Kendall County’s Joshua Springs Park and Preserve Wednesday, Oct. 8. Nearly 300 youth representing 26 area high schools, including Boerne High School and Comfort High School participated in the CDE. Star photo by Brian Cartwright
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Nearly 300 area youth representing 26 area high schools, including Boerne High School and Comfort High School, gathered at Kendall County’s Joshua Springs Park and Preserve Wednesday, Oct. 8 to participate in the Texas FFA Area 7 Fall 2014 Career Development Event. This is the second time Joshua Springs has hosted the group. According to the Texas FFA Association, Career Development Events build on what is learned in agricultural classes and encourage members to put their knowledge into practice. The events are designed to help members prepare for a career in agriculture by testing the student’s technical, leadership, interpersonal and teamwork skills as well as their knowledge of the subject matter. Area 7 stretches from Brackettville in the
west, north to Paint Rock, east to Georgetown and Florence, southeast to Gonzales and south to Natalia. Area 7 includes San Antonio and Austin. The top five finishers advance to the state competition at Tarleton State University in Stephenville in April. The results of the CDE are available at judgingcard.com/Area 7 Fall CDE. Tim Tatsch of Hondo ISD, one of the event officials, said the park hosted a couple of workshops previously which led to its selection this year. �Everyone likes the facilities,� Tatsch said, including the restrooms and large pavilion where the awards ceremony was held. “There are lots of native plants,� he noted, which were utilized in the event. In the range and pasture evaluation segment, a pasture was evaluated on the basis of the characteristics of the soil and observations of landscape conditions. Team
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Early voting for the Nov. 4 general election is underway and will continue through next Friday, Oct. 31. During the first three days of early voting, just 1,793 citizens cast ballots out of 26,740 registered in the county. In the last comparable election - the 2010 governor’s race - 2,470 cast early ballots over the first three days out of 24,465 registered voters. With voter participation running well below the last comparable election, Decker said, “We were expecting a higher turnout. I just hope the loss of turnout we’ve seen over the first three days of early voting picks up over the next weekand-a-half. I really don’t want us to have less than we had in 2010.� Election office officials use past comparable elections to gauge voter turnout. According to Decker, the voting process has gone smoothly so far, and the state law requiring voters to show a valid photo ID at the polls has caused no problems. “People are coming prepared with the photo ID,� she said. In addition to the bitterly-contested gubernatorial race between Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis, voters statewide will decide on a constitutional amendment called Proposition 1 on the ballot. If passed, Prop 1 would divert half the general revenue from oil and gas production taxes to use for non-toll road construction and maintenance.
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Boerne Concert Band performs this Sunday The Boerne Concert Band will present its fall concert entitled “Something For Everyone,� Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, at 4 p.m. at the Boerne High School Auditorium. The program will include “Yosemite Autumn,� “Music from West Side Story,� “Pop and Rock Legends: Neil Diamond,� “Chillers and Thrillers,� “The Legend of Zorro,� and “Black Jack March.� The Boerne Concert Band played to a full sanctuary at St. John Lutheran Church Sept. 21, and the concert included a spectacular performance of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the band supporting the piano performance by St. John Music Director T. J. Bazzoon. “Gabriel’s Oboe� featured the band’s David Herbert on the English Horn, and the band ended with a New Orleans style rendition of “Just A Closer Walk With Thee� featuring John Spears on trumpet, Ed Winston on clarinet, Sam Harris on trombone, and Jon Kindred on drums.
HCFS ‘Evening with King Tut’ style show coming Saturday Hill Country Family Services’ 2014 annual “Style of Giving� fundraiser and fashion event is “An Evening with King Tut� at the Boerne Civic Center, on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 6 to 10 p.m. The evening will feature a cocktail reception, live and silent auctions, dinner and a show. Similar to last year’s event, everyone is welcome to wear a fun & whimsical costume – ancient Egyptian, mummy-wear – or
cocktail attire for those of who are more reserved. To kick-off the event, a free silent auction preview with a wine & cheese reception will take place the evening before the event – Friday, Oct. 24, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Boerne Civic Center. The preview will provide an advanced peek at auction items and the opportunity to purchase selected items at bargain prices. Tickets for the “Evening with Tut�
are $125 per person and can be purchased online at www.hcfamilysvcs. org or at HCFS, 118 W. Advogt. All proceeds benefit the food pantry and family emergency assistance programs to fight hunger and empower families. For more information, call 830249-8643, ext. 2, or email jwheeler@ hcfamilysvcs.org . Hunger advocates at Hill Country Family Services ask everyone
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