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March 29, 2013 • 24 pages

BY GAIL YOVANOVICH

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Tuesday the Boerne City Council voted to join the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization. In discussing the city’s potential membership, Assistant City Manager Jeff Thompson told the council, “So far, our participation is still a choice. We’re not yet required to join, but at some point in the future, we will be.” Thompson noted Kendall County had decided Monday not to join SABCMPO. The city received a copy of the letter the county sent to SABCMPO

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declining membership and recommending that Boerne have representation on the SABCMPO board. “We still believe it’s important to be at the table and to have access to funding sources that we haven’t had in the past that pass through the MPO,” Thompson explained. At the request of Council District 2 Nina Woolard, Mayor Mike Schultz will select a city representative to serve on the board pending approval by the council. With Best of BoerneFest 2013 coming up in May, city Special Projects Director Paul Barwick highlighted details of the planned festivities for the council.

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Groundwater Management Area 9 sets required planning meeting

Easter Tradition Boerne High keeper Paul Burns blocks a Seguin shot during Monday’s shootout against the Matadors in the first round of the playoffs. To see how Boerne High and Champion did in their playoff matches see sports, pages 15A-16A.

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Geneva School of Boerne fifth graders Dawson Cate and Lydia duPerier add their flowers to the wooden cross as part of the annual Flowering of the Cross Assembly at the school Thursday. The assembly is a reverent time of worship as the Geneva community gathers to remember, celebrate and be grateful for Jesus Christ’s life and death on the cross. Photo by Julie Vina

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The event will kick off Friday night, May 17, with a free concert in Main Plaza, followed by a Saturday concert and block party in which local businesses and artists will showcase their offerings at and around the plaza. Sunday will feature a neighborhood art walk and sale, along with a free faith-based musical concert on the plaza. Food and beverages will be available throughout the event. Barwick said this year’s event would focus around Main Plaza to avoid the construction on Main Street, and he expected around 60,000

Groundwater Management Area 9 will hold a Joint Planning Meeting Monday, April 8, starting at 10 a.m. at the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District, 440 FM 3240, in Bandera. The meeting is free and open to the public. Texas Water Code Chapter 36 requires groundwater conservation districts to conduct joint planning sessions at least annually to review groundwater management plans, accomplishments of the management area and proposals to adopt new or amend existing desired future conditions for the relevant aquifers within a management area. The Texas Water Development Board will calculate modeled available groundwater values, based on the desired future conditions, which will be used for regional water planning, for groundwater conservation district management plans, and for permitting groundwater withdrawals. Area 9 includes Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, in addition to the Bandera County River Authority and Ground Water District, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District, Edwards Aquifer Authority, Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, Headwaters Groundwater Conservation District, Medina County Groundwater Conservation District and TrinityGlen Rose Groundwater Conservation District. In addition to Kendall, other counties in Area 9 are Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, and Travis.

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BISD trustees, bond only local May 11 ballot

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Index Business 9A Calendar 8A Celebrating the Arts 18A Classifieds 1B-6B Confessions of a Bookaholic 13A Crossword 12A Faith 7A Family Historian 11A From the Heart 10A Games 12A Hill Country Gardener 11A Mary Alice's Potpourri 17A Real Estate 1B-3B, 6B Records 14A Service Directory 4B-5B Sports 15A-16A Viewpoints 4A

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BY GAIL YOVANOVICH Staff Writer

Two new trustees will fill places on the Boerne Independent School District’s Board of Trustees after the upcoming May 11 election which also includes a $99.48 million bond proposition. Dale Adams and Chris Godsey will vie for Place 5 to replace Ron McBee who will not seek reelection. Maritza Gonzalez-Cooper will run unopposed for Place 4 being vacated by current Board President Jennifer Christianson who also chose not to seek reelection District officials have been busy presenting information sessions for campus staff, faculty and parents, as well as community organizations and other groups seeking details about the far-reaching bond issue. In his report to the board, District Superintendent David Stelmazewski said staff and volunteers had made “a lot of presentations about the bond” over the past month and thanked board members for their participation. “We’re willing to go any place, any time to promote the bond,” he said.

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Also referring to the bond election, Stelmazewski said the Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce had scheduled an economic forum April 18 at the Boerne Convention and Community Center. He noted BISD would have a featured speaker since the Chamber appreciates and understands an excellent school district helps drive the local economy. “They’re excited about hearing from us with what we have planned for our bond,” he added, “particularly some special information about career technology education which we’ll talk about at this economic forum.” In other business, the board selected three local media representatives to nominate for recognition by the Texas Association of School Boards on the 2013 Media Honor Roll. The program recognizes media representatives statewide for fair and balanced reporting of news about public schools. Media representatives from over 450 Texas newspapers, radio and television stations and online publications are honored by their local school districts. This year’s nominees are Kerry Barboza, Boerne Star sports editor; Brian Cartwright, Boerne Star publisher; and L. Marie Hicks, publisher of the Hill Country Weekly.

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TASB will release the list of honorees in mid-May, and BISD will recognize the local honorees at its May board of trustees meeting. Christianson presented certificates of achievement to National Merit Scholarship finalists John Michael Bonnin and Rebecca Barton from Boerne High School, and Eric Flowers, Shane Kreidel and Kara Roberts from Boerne-Champion High School. Education Technology Coordinator Julie Turner introduced the district’s first Bring Your Own Device use policy, which will be integrated with the student handbook. Trustee Susie Allen called the policy very comprehensive, and noted that in the frequently asked questions section, “You tried to put yourself in the parents’ place, and I thought that was very good and very detailed.” Cibolo Creek Elementary teachers Melissa Stangle and Amy McFee explained their new “WiFi Wednesday” program aimed at engaging students in learning. In the program, students brought their own devices for educational purposes only, and those without mobile devices were able to use the mobile lab or share with other students.

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