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The Boerne Star
Tuesday, September 1, 1998
OERNE STAR •
omInunIt
CWT will miss hummer watcher
FIVE STAR RENTALS/SALES, INC
The feisty and agile hummers annually grace us
with their presence for about seven months, from
March to October. They bring hours of charming
entertainment to anyone who will hang a jar of
sugar water or grow a few nectar-rich flowers.
Salvia, lantana or basil, which blossom all sum-
mer, are good choices for the Texas Hill Country.
If you are an inveterate hummingbird admirer,
like our good friend Lola Ball, you may have
noticed that these birds usually land in Boerne on
or about March 9. Lola participates in the Texas
Hummingbird Round-Up, which is a program that
uses volunteers to monitor bird numbers and
migration and to document unusual sightings.
Lola has four hummingbird feeders hanging 3-6
feet apart in the shade of her patio cover. From the
comfort of her kitchen table, she daily watches
and counts and records her observations and
sends them to Texas Parks and Wildlife.
Every year, the first hummingbirds to arrive in
Lola’s backyard are male black-chinneds to be
followed by females, usually within three-four
days. Ruby-throated migrants, on their way north
for the summer, arrive about a week after black-
chinned hummingbirds.
ON THE TRAIL
News from Cibolo
Wilderness Trail
fall she is retiring to pursue new leisurely pas-
times.
The Nature Center hummingbirds will miss her,
and we are not sure how we will get along with-
out her valuable knowledge and dedication.
Thank you, Lola. You are the BEST.
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August, she has been counting between 10-20.
These are probably migrant groups moving
through our area on their way to South America.
We should continue to hang a feeder into early
November or even later if we want to feed the last
migrant birds. Their fall migration times are less
predictable than their spring arrival.
In 1996 and 1997 the last hummer at Lola’s
feeders was spotted on Oct. 16 and 22, but in
1995 she had a visitor as late as Nov. 25!
Keeping the hummingbird feeders full and clean
is easy at the height of the summer when clouds
Schoolhouse Safari
Sept. 5, 10-11:30 a.m.
Lucas Miller will bring his menagerie of small
animals and reptiles to the CNC. Lucas sings
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of birds flock to the feeders and empty them
daily. Then, the worst problem may be ants. If you
use a simple ant guard at the top of the feeder, you
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Ruby-throated hummers nest to the north and
east of the Edwards Plateau. The black-chinned is ' can eliminate these pests.
However, at the beginning and the end of the
hummingbird season when far fewer birds are
here, feeders must be cleaned regularly in order to
eliminate the mold that clouds the sugar water and
may harm the birds.
Lola has developed some useful tips on this
tedious job. She hangs only one half-filled feeder,
and changes the contents every three-four days no
matter how much liquid remains.
To clean them, first she flushes the jars with hot
water. After rolling up paper towels and inserting
them into the jars, she adds water and shakes them
summer this year certainly had its effect on the. vigorously. A bottle brush will also do the inside
nesting success of the Texas hummingbirds, job.
Although their nests are very difficult to find and Lola.flushes the bottom parts, and cleans the
observe, we can judge survival among the young feeder holes with Q-tips and toothpicks. Every
by the total numbers coming to the feeders. two weeks she soaks both parts in vinegar and
Lola reports that before the hottest weather she soda.
was counting about 30 birds each day. During the Since 1992, Lola Ball has been a faithful and
100-plus-degree days these numbers dropped to generous volunteer at the Cibolo Nature Center
eight or 10. Since the cooler weather in early caring for our hummers and other wild birds. This
a western bird, nesting in the Texas Hill Country,
northern Mexico, western United States and
southwestern Canada.
Other tiny migrants we can expect to see resting
and feeding here during both their spring and fall
migrations are rufous and broad-tailed humming-
birds. This year these tiny birds seem to be start-
ing their long trips a little early because the
Nature Center feeders are covered with ruby-
throated hummers and Lola as all ready spotted
two broad-tailed in her yard.
The especially hot and dry spring and early
How Marshes Work
Sept. 19, 10 a.m.-noon
Teachers, parents and children, come participate
in an on-site demonstration of marsh water purifi-
cation. Patty Martin of the Little Nature Store in
Leon Springs will conduct a hands-on workshop
for ages 12 and up that teaches how a wet land
functions as nature’s own kidneys. Cost: $3/per-
son or $5/family. Discount for CNC members.
Mask and Ball
Oct. 16, 8 p.m.-midnight
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, the Friends of
the Cibolo Wilderness Trail will hold our first
annual masked ball at Fair Oaks Country Club.
Our major fall fund raiser will be the event of the
season. Come and enjoy a popular swing dance
band and a special auction of unique and precious
pieces. Tickets are $75/couple. Corporate tables
will be available. Call 249-4616 for more infor-
mation.
KCLC celebrates a decade of service
Happy tenth anniversary to the
Kendall County Literacy Council!
A non-profit organization estab-
lished in 1988, the Kendall Coundye
Literacy Council helps provide
instruction to any adult in Kendall
County who would like to learn how
to read of improve their reading. The
program is for both English speak-
ing and non-English speaking
adults, and the Council works in
cooperation with the Guadalupe,
Comal and Kendall County Adult
Education Co-Op.
Do you know someone who wants
to improve their English speaking
skills? Maybe they work for you or
with you, or you have just met them
somewhere in town.
As you can imagine, the likelihood
of those needing this service reading
it in the newspaper is slim, so we
need the readers to help get the word
to them that the Kendall County Lit-
eracy Council will host a program
for conversational English at the
Boerne Public Library Sept. 16 from
6-7:30 p.m. Library services and
News from
the Library
LOUISE PARKER
materials that are available for new
readers will be featured during the
evening, and all former KCLC tutors
and interested tutors are also invited
to attend.
Refreshments will be provided by
Friends of the Boerne Public
Library, who helped organize the
Kendall County Literacy Council in
1998.
Shirley Stateczny, who has served
as president of the KCLC for the
for this year, the various coordiating She first created and presented the
duties will be assumed by BPL Ref- show for her son, Alex’s third birth-
erence Librarian John Powell and day, and then contacted children s
past 10 years, has also faithfully
served as coordinator of tutor train- recently enjored The Adventures of
ing and has taken the responsibility the Little Shoebox, an original pup-
myself here 'at' the library. S688-P25 library assistant Paula Witt for a spe-
(.Ate cial encore showing. A big thank
eTeret 1 - you goes out to Felschar for volun-
grant teering to share her creative skills at
We have recevied notification that the library in this special way.
the Boerne Public Library has been If you’d like to offer your talents in
awarded a grant from the Coin B. presenting a program on a Wednes-
Frederick and Erin Frederick Powers day morning, contact Witt at the
Trust for education materials pro- library.
duced by the Teaching Company. Children’s programs for Septem-
The audio and video materials of ber include Just a Mouse ..., featur-
The Greatest Lectures by America’s ing a small adventurer who really
Superstar Teachers are expected to ‘gets around, a craft to honor grand-
arrive this week and will be intro- parents on Grandparents Day, zoo
duced at a reception at the library and farm animal sightings and How
Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. The public is invit- ‘bout them Apples, a program cele-
ed to attend brating Johnny (Appleseed) Chap-
Get with the man’s birthday
program!
Our Wednesday storytime children
of pairing tutors with students, pet show designed, written and per-
While she will remain as president formed by Elizabeth Felschar.
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BFCE to hold
meeting Sept. 8
Boerne Family and Community
Education club will meet Sept. 8 at
9:30 a.m. at the Cibolo Wilderness
Pavilion. Hostesses will be
Annabelle Phieffer and Jalene Simp-
son. Each member is asked to bring
a chair.
Officers for the coming year will
be elected and dues for those com-
ing will be collected. FCE new cal-
endar year begins on Oct. 1 and ends
on Sept. 30. The program will be on
creative packaging.
Texas Association for Family and
Community Education council will
meet Oct. 5 for officer installation at
the home of Rebecca Rogers. The
three FCE clubs of Kendall County
will be represented.
For information, call Edith John-
son at 336-3596.
HC Garden Club
lists new officers
The Hill County Garden Club will
meet Sept. 8 at the home of Lynell
Stone. Danny Hallford, owner of
Thyme for Health Nutrition Center,
will present the program.
Officers for this year are Lynell
Stone, president; Linda Crow, secre-
tary; and Rebecca Harris, treasurer.
The Hill Country Garden Club
meets the second Tuesday of each
month, September through May, at
10 a.m. Anyone in the Boerne, Fair
Oaks and Trailwood area who is
interested in becoming a member or
for more information, call 981-2439.
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DARIES
Roger Wayne Wilson
ents, Laurence and Mattie
Roger Wayne Wilson, 43,
of Boerne, died Aug. 26 in
San Antonio.
Services were Aug. 29 at
St. Mark Presbyterian
Church of Boerne with bur-
ial in city of Boerne Ceme-
tery, Rev. Ed Dawkins and |
Rev. Randy Couchman
officiating. Pallbearers were
■ Wilson of Boerne; his
■ grandmother, Ruby J. Wil-
-4-h son of Boerne; two sons,
- a Zachary Kane Wilson of
I San Antonio and Chance
Ethan Wilson of Houston;
a sister, Patricia Michele
SON Wilson of Blanco and a
WILSON brother, Ronald Wade Wil-
Rocky Mednick, Andy Henicke,
Rick McCracken, Mike Johnson,
Mike Redding, Rodger Weimer,
Mark Martin, Charlie Briggs and
Jack Cross. He was born Dec. 16,
1954, in San Antonio.
Mr. Wilson, the husband of Vicki
Russell Wilson, also leaves his par-
son of Corpus Christi.
The family requests that in lieu of
flowers, memborials be sent to the
Roger Wilson memorial charity
fund, P.O. Box 2586, Corpus
Christi, Texas 78403.
i Ebensberger Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Jack Vernon Huggins
Jack Vernon Huggins, 80, of
Boerne, retired maintenance super-
visor at Champion International,
died Aug. 24.
Services were Aug. 26 at First
United Methodist Church in
Boerne, Rev. David Edgar and Rev.
Linda Montgomery officiating.
Burial with military honors fur-
nished by members of Bruno Philip
VFW Post 688 and American
Legion Post 228 followed in city of
Boerne Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Billy Spangler,
Bob Lee, Bille Busby, Albert
Schwope, Dennis Hoerster and Har-
vey Shinn.
He was born July 6. 1918, in
Mansfield, Texas. He was a World
War II veteran serving in the U.S.
Navy as a chief petty officer. He was
a member of the First United
Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Sandra Ezell, who died
Oct. 27, 1987. Mr. Huggins, the
husband of Luba Huggins, also
leaves a son, Jack Huggins of
Boerne, and a granddaughter.
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