The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 2002 Page: 1 of 28
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Resignations
accepted
At the monthly meeting of
the Directors of the Kendall
County Fair Association - the
resignation of Jessy Lozano
was accepted and Duane
Smith was removed from the
board. Kim Zlessner and
Clarence "Tuffy" Bourgeois,
Jr. were voted in as new direc-
tors for the unexpired terms.
Dance Saturday
Waring VFD annual Dance
and Fundraiser will be held
Saturday, May 11, at the
Waring Fire Station. Live
music provided by Cactus
Country featuring Chilton
Vance. Admission by dona-
tion, bake sale at 10 a.m., food
served from 6 p.m., dance
from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., with an
auction at 10 p.m.
Art Club to meet
Comfort Porcelain Art
Club will meet at the
Episcopal Church Educational
Building —on -May 15,
Wednesday, at 10 a.m. They
will be having the installation
of officers. Do not bring a
lunch, we decided to eat out at
one of the restaurants. Bring
your paints and something to
paint on. Hostesses are Alice
Quinn and Juanita Monroe.
Persons interested in joining
the Club may contact Lillian
Soell at (830) 995-3624.
FFA banquet
tickets on sale
Tickets are on sale now for
the Boerne High School FFA
Chapter Banquet on May 21,
at 7 p.m. The banquet will be
at the Boerne Community
Center. Guest speaker is John
McFerrin, producer relations
specialist for the Texas
Department of Agriculture.
Tickets may be purchased by
calling Mr. Dechert at 249-
4319. Tickets are $5 each.
HAPPY...
... BIRTHDAYS
May 10 Jet Smith, Kay De Polla
May 11 Linda Kinsing
May 12 Doris Nuckles, Melvin Haag
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Voters to decide tax cap
— BY Joni Simon________________
• Staff Writer
What the Boerne community
wants, the Boerne community should
get. That’s according to Boerne
Independent School District
Superintendent John P. Kelly.
Whether the Boerne community
gets what it wants depends on how
large the tax cap will be after June 15
- the election date ordered by Kendall
County District Court Judge Charles
Sherrill last week. Early voting
begins Wednesday, May 29 and con-
tinues through June 11.
“We needed to have it in June so
early voters will vote before they go
loff for the summer,” Kelly told the
Long Range Planning Committee dur-
ing their monthly meeting Tuesday
afternoon.
Voters will have the opportunity to
approve or disapprove a $1.50 per
$100 valuation tax cap this- summer.
The vote is necessary after school dis-
trict attorneys discovered in March
that the tax cap was set at $1.40 over
30 years ago and the current board
exceeded that cap last year by setting
it at $1.45.
“Now we’ve discovered a 1970
voter referendum. No one kept this
from being discovered. We hope vot-
ers allow us to increase the cap to
See TAX page 8
M.AY 70, 2002
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Correction
In a story in the April 25 edition of The
Boerne Star, the settlement of a law suit
involving a Boerne family was mischaracter-
ized.
The law suit filed by the Ciano family as a
result of an explosion which leveled their
home and injured several family members
originally sought $25 million. The settle-
ment amount, however, was not announced,
contrary to the lead paragraph in The Star’s
story. Also, a theory that a dog might have
caused the leak was disputed by a witness,
but not “tossed out” as the story indicated.
The Boerne Star regrets any misunder-
standing which might have been caused by
the story.
Parenting
workshop
focuses on
infants, toddlers
— by Joni Simon________________
• Staff Writer
Geri Clouse, instructor and pro-
gram director of the Positive
Parenting Collaborative, recently
attended an extensive training session
organized by the Parenting Learning
Network, a division of the Texas
Association of School Boards. The
three-day workshop focuses on devel-
oping skills to create a solid founda-
tion for expanding parenting skills
with parents of infants and toddlers.
PLN’s comprehensive training
offered a wide variety of techniques
that help encourage parents to get
more involved in their children’s lives
and education. Participants learned
the characteristics of effective facilita-
tors and developed creative ways to
use these skills to form partnership
among parents, schools and the com-
munity. “As the foundation for suc-
cessful parent programs, this training
also allowed participants to develop
implementation strategies and explore
information and resources about fami-
lies, parenting and child develop-
ment,” Clouse said.
The training was funded by a grant
from the Kronkosky Charitable
See WORKSHOP page 8
Marla Troester, center, got to make the trip to UIL Rebekah Hajduk, was glad to have the chance to
Class 4A state golf championship, although a stiff compete at state despite the pain that dogged her
neck made competition difficult. Troester, shown throughout the entire meet. See the story on Page
above with coaches James Wright, left, and 10A.
Commission considers expanding historic district
• By Joni Simon ____________________________
• Staff Writer
The Historic Commission calls it “The Hill Country
look” - the quality that gives Boerne proper its special
appeal.
Now, commissioners have begun discussing expanding
that look.
“Expansion of the Historic District is something the pub-
lic would like to see us take action on,” Historic Landmark
Commission Chairman Phillip Bell told the commission.
The commission nixed the idea of “jumping around
town.”
“If we expand it, we have to keep it contiguous,”
Commissioner Bob Vollmer said.
An expansion needs to be an extension of what is con-
tiguous of the historic district, Bell added.
Should the historic district extend from city limits to city
limits? Bell said that boundary is something commissioners
have discussed in the past. During a meeting this week, he
suggested the historic district’s boundaries be extended
North and South.
In other words, the new look might be ‘our way or the
highway,’ where there are no historic landmarks.
“I know we’re going to have growth on the freeway,”
Bell told the committee.
The highway attracts a different clientele all together.
Modern, contemporary enterprises line the Interstate, he
said.
In other business, the commission granted a request
made by Executive Director of the Rainbow Center
Carolyn Stauss to place a storage building at the Center’s
“Seasons” thrift store at 108 E. San Antonio Ave.
Stauss said the Center needed additional space for dona-
tions. They plan to add blue trim to the new building pur-
chased from The Home Depot.
The commission also approved the owner’s request to
paint a sign on the building at the Blue Iguana on East
See DISTRICT page 8
Help fight hunger
The National Association of Letter Carriers in
conjunction with the United States Postal Service,
will be collecting non-perishable food items like
canned soup, juice, pasta, vegetables, cereal and
rice on Saturday, May 11, to help families in need
in our community.
You can help by placing your food donations at
your mailbox on May 11 before your letter carrier
arrives. Your carrier will take it to the Post Office
and it will then be delivered to a local food bank or
pantry. Please do not include any glass or perish-
able items.
El Sol Colorado brings
local legends to life
| Campbell a EMeer.
Early Texas heroes George Wilkins Kendall and Dr.
Ferdinand von Herff are coming to life again in the pages of El
Sol Colorado, the new historical novel by noted author Jenny
Lind Porter, just published by Southwest Classics Press in
Austin.
Porter, former Poet Laureate of Texas, recently visited the
offices of The Boerne Star to discuss her new book, which
traces the history of the German immigrants as they settled
what is now New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Boerne and sur-
rounding areas.
See EL SOL page 8
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