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A new year, Asian style
A new year, Asian style
The Asian or Lunar New Year, which gets underway February 1, was celebrated in style on Saturday morning at the Patrick Heath Public Library as a traditional dragon dance and the Chinese Culture Performance Association of San Antonio enterained a welcoming audience. The dragon dance was led by members of the Boerne chapter of the Young Men’s Service League and the Boerne chapter of the National Charity League as they paraded the celebratory dragon around the library and city hall property, including along Main Street, before heading inside the library to the Community Room. The Asian dancers performed three routines for attendees, all featuring elegant costumes and movements. Star photos by Keith E. Domke 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
BISD enacts emergency pay rates
BISD enacts emergency pay rates
The Boerne Independent School District announced it has put emergency pay rates in place for all substitute teachers and auxiliary employees, effective immediately. 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
Incubator program finds place to set up shop
Incubator program finds place to set up shop
The incubator program – now known as Das Greenhaus – officially has a place to call home after the Boerne City Council unanimously approved a lease agreement last week. 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
1,000 books
1,000 books
Boerne’s Travis Shipman recently achieved the milestone of reading 1,000 books as part of the Patrick Heath Public Library’s Youth Department 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. The nationwide program encourages parents to make reading a consistent part of their young children’s lives in an effort to promote literacy and parent-child bonding through reading. Shipman joined several other Boerne youngsters who have their names on the wall of the youth department as having achieved the goal. Shipman chose to receive the book “Just Saving My Money” by Mercer Mayer as his 1,000th book reward. Information from the family stated the 3-year-old’s favorite things to read about are construction vehicles, dinosaurs and airplanes. Submitted photo 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
Bee-ing the best
Bee-ing the best
The Boerne Independent School District recently conducted its 2022 Spanish Spelling Bee for elementary and middle school students. Kendall Elementary fifth-grader Bailey Martin, pictured above left with her parents, Kasey and John Martin, took first place in the elementary division. Estrella Castro, a sixth-grader at Boerne Middle School North, pictured below left with her father, Jose Castro, earned top honors in the middle school division. Martin and Castro will represent Boerne ISD at the Region 20 Spanish Spelling Bee on February 2. Submitted photos 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
Nest Nature School to welcome guests
Nest Nature School to welcome guests
This past August, the Nest Nature School welcomed three classrooms full of excited 3- to 5-year-olds when the school opened its new campus at Herff Farm. As The Nest begins the enrollment season for the 2022-23 school year, the school will be opening its doors and hosting an open house on Saturday, February 5, to help interested families and community members get to know the school and its unique program a little better. 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
Library to celebrate fabulous ’50s all year
Library to celebrate fabulous ’50s all year
We kicked off our yearlong celebration of the library’s 70th anniversary by hosting two 1950s trivia programs. 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
Geneva entertains through production of ‘Cinderella’
Geneva entertains through production of ‘Cinderella’
The Geneva School of Boerne Fine Arts Department recently finished its production of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” This musical is the story of a young woman living with her stepmother and stepsisters who treat her like a servant girl, but her life changes at the prince’s royal ball. 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
Two proposed amendments on May ballot
Two proposed amendments on May ballot
Voters who go to the polls for municipal and school board elections on May 7 will also be asked to decide on two proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
Growing old: Not for the faint of heart
Growing old: Not for the faint of heart
As we enter 2022, we have a new planning process for the city of Boerne. While our budget cycle is from October through September, we start planning for the next cycle in January of each year. 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
REPORTS
REPORTS
LAW ENFORCEMENT 02/01/2022 12:00 AM
Knockout cheerleaders sweep competition at Cheer America event
Knockout cheerleaders sweep competition at Cheer America event
Knockout (KO) Cheer is an All-Star Cheerleading gym in Boerne and recently won six First Place Championships and two overall High Point Grand Champion awards at the Cheer America Competition that took place in San Antonio on Jan. 23. KO has been training cheerleaders since 2012 in Boerne and has eight competitive teams and classes for ages 3-19. 01/28/2022 03:00 AM
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