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New this year to Boerne, “Music on the Mile” will present a robust lineup of live local musicians at several venues around the downtown area for an all-day celebration from 3 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 15. The four venues, all located along Boerne’s historic Hill Country Mile, hosting a full lineup are Black Rifle Coffee Co., Brantley’s Bar, The Old Jail Museum and Tusculum Brewing Co.
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The Curington Elementary School Cougar Music Club entertained a small audience on Thursday, May 6, as it performed a concert at the Patrick Heath Public Library outdoor auditorium. The students sang, danced and played musical instruments, including ukuleles. TOP: Tatiana Fryman and Pablo Martinez (background) sing and play their ukuleles during the concert. BOTTOM LEFT: Sophia Martinez (left) and Annabelle Mecke-Lozano laugh as they dance together during a number. BOTTOM RIGHT: Cayson Sanders plays the bass while his classmates sing a song. The Cougar Music Club, under the direction of Dawn Adamek, consists of a limited number of fourth- and fifth-grade students who meet every other Wednesday to sing together and play ukuleles and xylophones. Star photos by Keith E. Domke
Read moreThe Boerne Area Democrats will conduct its May membership meeting via Zoom at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 13. The featured speakers are Ananda Tomas, deputy director of Fix SAPD, and Valerie Reiffert of Radical Registrars to discuss improvements in policing and other social justice issues.
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Boerne Mayor Tim Handren recently honored a long-time volunteer with the AARP Tax-Aide Foundation and proclaimed April 15, 2021, as Vernon Markworth Day. Markworth has worked for more than 20 years with the community to provide free tax service to all ages and income levels. Thirteen of those years he has spent as the local coordinator of the program. Markworth, shown front and center, is pictured with Handren (behind him) and with AARP Tax Aide Foundation volunteers, from left, David Horwath, Paul Roberts, Brad Mitchell, Brady Hansen, Lyndon Peters, Rich McCormick, Greg Elmendorf, Gaylia Kelley, Diana Drenner and Teresa Landers. In 2020, with a COVID-modified program, these volunteers filed 754 tax returns at the Patrick Heath Public Library location, and in 2021 these volunteers were able to complete 935 tax returns when many other locations were not able to offer the service. Submitted photo
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May 15 is International Family Day, a time to celebrate the importance of the family and to highlight issues that impact families all around the globe. This special day was begun back in 1993, when the United Nations General Assembly formally recognized the importance of the family unit in all its many forms. Since 1996, the United Nations has given the day a pertinent theme.
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Founded in 1989, the Cibolo Center for Conservation long has been in the heart of Boerne, connecting our community with nature and inspiring us to fall in love with our land, water and wildlife. Since 2016, the Cibolo has been providing exceptional early childhood education through our nature school to foster young children in their full spectrum of development, inspire life-long learners and instill a sense of wonder in the natural world.
Read moreQ: I was pretty wild in my younger years. Now that my kids are teenagers, they’re starting to ask about my past. Should I be completely open with them about things I regret?
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Hill Country artist Laura Roberts signs an Art Waddle poster for Grady and Marilyn Jennings of Bergheim on Friday afternoon at Gallery 195 in Boerne. The Art Waddle took place on Friday evening and Saturday morning and afternoon at various places along the Hill Country Mile as local and area artists showed off their talents. Roberts created the 2021 Art Waddle poster titled “Community” and spent a couple of hours signing copies. Star photo by Keith E. Domke
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