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The BOERNE Star
Tuesday, December 3, 2002
OBITUARIES
at 2 p.m. at Mission North
Cemetery.
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Victoria G.
Rodriguez
Victoria G. Rodriguez, age
INEZ HARKINS
Inez Harkins, 76, a 12-year
resident of the Boerne area,
passed away on Tuesday, Nov.
19, 2002.
Born Dec. 15, 1926, in Car-
rollton, the daughter of John A.
and Eura Fyke Toombs, before
moving to Boerne, she lived in
Irving and San Antonio.
She was active in the Central
Church of Irving and the First
United Methodist Church of
Boerne.
Her lifelong efforts advanced
In lieu of flowers, the family 73, of Boerne, passed away on
requests that memorials be Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002.
made to Friends of the Cibolo She was born January 12,
Wilderness, P.O. Box 9, 1929, in Stonewall, the daugh-
Boerne, TX 78006. ter of Maximo and Bernave
Funeral arrangements en- Hernandez Gonzalez. A mem-
trusted to Vaughan’s Funeral ber of the St. Peter the Apostle
Home of Boerne. Catholic Church, she had been
a resident of Boerne for over
50 years.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, husband, Joe Ro-
driguez, and daughter, Dolores
Gonzales.
Mrs. Rodriguez is survived
by sons, Ernest Rodriguez and
his wife, Jeanine, and Samuel
Rnhert I ae Rodriguez; daughters, Esther
Sole R Garza and her husband,
Hammonds Richard, and Christina Gonza-
Robert Lee Hammonds lez and her husband, Mike;
(Bob), 57, went to be with his son-in-law, Tommy Gonzales;
Lord on Nov. 22, 2002. He eight grandchildren; four great-
worked at Boerne ISD for 25 grandchildren; brother, Benino
years as the Maintenance Su- Gonzalez; sisters, Sally Mar-
Vaughans Funeral Home
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public education and opportu- pervisor. tinez, Manuela Garcia, and
nities for women’s progress in Robert is survived by his lov- Sista Melchor.
business and the professions. ing wife of 38 years, Janie Post The Recitation of the Rosary
She supported wildlife and Hammonds; parents, Clay and will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.
conservation groups, including Eleanor Hammonds; daugh- 3, at Vaughan’s Funeral Home.
Cibolo Wilderness and the ters, Gala Finch, and husband,
Texas Nature Conservancy and Michael, Gina Schmidt and
was a nurturer to all living husband, Jason; sons, Robby
things.
Mrs. Harkins is survived by
Hammonds, Rodney Ham-
The Funeral Mass will be cel-
ebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 4, at St. Peter the Apostle
Catholic Church with Father
monds and wife Sara; sisters, Tony Cummins, celebrant.
her husband of 58 years, Jack Shirley Jackson, Cathy
R. Harkins; son, Jack R.
Harkins, Jr. and his wife, Kay,
of San Diego, Calif; daugh-
ters, Gail Harkins and Toni
Harkins; grandchildren, Ca-
dence Harkins and Bryan
Harkins; sisters, Johnetta
Crane and Renita Carpenter.
Visitation was from 3 to 5
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. The fu-
neral service was held at 10
a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the
First United Methodist Church,
Schmidt and Sharon Morris;
brothers, Marty Hammonds
and Earl Phillips; grandchil-
dren, Derek and Seth Finch,
Ross and Hailee Hammonds,
Burial will follow in the
Boerne Cemetery.
To send a message or tribute
to the family, please visit our
website at www.vaughanfuner-
alhome.com and select the
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Schmidt, and numerous nieces Arrangements entrusted to
and nephews.
The family would like to
thank Boerne ISD for all their
prayers, friend ship and sup-
port during Bob’s illness.
Also, The Boerne Vistro and
Vaughan’s Funeral Home of
Boerne.
with Pastor Barbara Galloway- Dennis for their lovely tribute
Edgar, officiating. to Bob.
The graveside service will be Arrangements with Mission
Vaughans Funeral Home
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Oma’s Christmas Fair funds
fairgrounds improvements
• BY MATT Bartosh_________
• Staff Writer
The 19th annual Oma’s
Christmas Fair, with its
band of merry merchants
and its extensive assort-
ment of crafts and gift
items, will be held at the
Kendall County Fair-
grounds, off Highway 46,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Dec. 7 and 8.
mostly hand-crafted items, For example, in past years
President Anita Anderson of the revenue from Oma’s
the Women’s Auxiliary said. Christmas Fair has funded
Visitors will have three new tables, chairs and
halls in which to roam and heaters, Anderson said.
shop for themselves or oth- The fair is sponsored by
ers. Also, guests can enjoy the Women’s Auxiliary,
the fair’s famous potato which is a separate and sub-
soup and other specialties sidiary organization of the
such as chili and cornbread, Kendall County Fair Asso-
she said, ciation, and it is their most
Chairperson
Barbara profitable fundraiser, An-
This year’s fair will have Singer of Oma’s said that derson said.
about 200 vendors, occupy- all revenue raised will be Entry fees are a $2 dona-
ing 10 by 10 foot booths spent on improvements to tion; however, children
from which to sell their the fairgrounds. under 12 are admitted free.
FOR FEES
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“The increase in rates is pri-
marily due to these new chan-
nel additions but also reflects
the increasing cost of program-
ming and inflation,” Miller
said.
Miller said the five new chan-
nels that will be added to the
basic cable plan include: Trav-
el, Court TV, MSNBC, E! and
the Home Shopping Network.
And, he said, six channels will
be added to two of GVCS’s
digital cable plans: Tech TV,
Bloomberg, Inspirational Life,
Wisdom and the Outdoor
Channel will be added to the
Digital Variety Works plan, and
Fox Movie Channel will be
added to the Digital Movie
Works plan.
“These channel additions are
planned to air the last week of
November, and subscribers will
be able to view these channels
at no additional cost to them
throughout the month of De-
cember,” Miller said.
This rate increase, which
GVCS will partially fund, is
comprised of a $3 increase for
additional channels, an .80 cent
(FCC approved) increase in in-
flation, and a $1.23 program-
ming increase for a total in-
crease of $5.03.
The previous price increase
came on Dec. 1, 2001, when
the price of basic cable in-
creased from $23.70 to $26.95. insurance;
used for display areas;
■ at least four beverage bars,
which will sell and serve 12-
ounce beers, sodas and bottled
water;
at least two novelty um-
brella carts selling and serving
ice cream;
all applicable licenses and
GVCS has provided cable to
Fair Oaks Ranch residents
since 1993.
And, Thursday the city ac-
cepted a $39,900 bid from Fair
Oaks Ranch Country Club to
provide services for approxi-
mately 2,000 residents at the city will provide water, electric-
city’s 15th Anniversary Cele- ity, and any audiovisuals,
bration to be held from 4 to 7
the set-up and take-down
of all equipment;
■ •** cleanup of the party
area; and
■ sixteen toilets (six male
and 10 female).
Alderman Ray Balcer said the
Star photo: Christianne Young
Experts urged Sue Martin to bulldoze this house on Landa Street, and start over. But
she perservered installation of a new foundation, stabilizing walls and other major ren-
ovations and has added a new wing that blends seamlessly into the old house.
AWARD
FROM PAGE 1
son-1 don’t know why- have more
personality than new ones do, and I
don’t care if you make a new one
look like an old one, that feeling is
not there,” Martin said.
During the home’s renovations
Martin saw how delicate the house
is.
“We had one wall over here on the
south side that if you got on a ladder
and pushed on the top of the wall,
the whole wall would move,” Mar-
tin said. “I was just hoping it would
stand up during (the renovations).”
The kitchen area of the house,
which was added in 1920, sloped
down on three sides.
“We had to level the whole thing,
and it was pretty scary. It kept creak-
ing. When they were moving parts
of it, it would creak,” Martin said.
A cement foundation had to be
placed under the entire house, and
the house walls had to be stabilized.
“The pier and beam foundation
(was) completely replaced with a
cement foundation under the whole
house. A wall was so unstable that it
had to be re-enforced every 16 inch-
es,” Vice-President of the BAHPS
Colonel Bettie Edmonds said.
Martin added a new wing to the
house, repaired the outside brick
wall, built a new roof and a new
front porch, to name her major ren-
ovations.
“She not only preserved the old
house, but blended in the new sec-
tions seamlessly in the same archi-
tectural style,” Edmonds said.
City officials inspected the house
numerous times during the renova-
tion process.
“There were times it seemed like
they were here once a week,” Mar-
tin said.
While Martin was working on the
home, almost every day people
would drive by the house and stop to
ask question, take pictures or just
look at the house. After the house
was completed more than 200 peo-
ple came for an open house.
“We made 800 cookies, plus fudge
and snacks and all that stuff, and we
had probably 75 (cookies) left,”
Martin said.
Architect John Gain’s and contrac- ’
tor Mark Astoria’s relentless work
was crucial to Martin home renova-
tions.
“John did all my plans for me. He
knew what I wanted. I just didn’t
know how to do it,” Martin said.
“Mark Astoria, God bless him... he *
was great. I feel I owe him half that
award.”
Martin previously won an award
from the BAHPS for her renovation
of Country Spirit restaurant.
E-mail Christianne Young at cay-
oung@boernestar.com.
Fair Oaks Ranch sign unveiled
. +A
Civic groups to
raise funds for
beautification
The Fair Oaks Ranch City
officials and members of the
Fair Oaks Ranch Women’s
Club unveiled the new per-
manent sign designating the
entrance to Fair Oaks Ranch
City Hall and Municipal Of-
fices.
The sign was a joint project
of the Women’s Club, the
AILIL
TALR OAKS RANCH
MUNICIPAL OFFICES
Courtesy photo
From left: Carrol Peery, Gail Manzo and Fair Oaks Ranch Mayor
City and Eagle Scout Eric Boots Gaubatz unveil a new monument sign for city hall.
Villarreal.
The Women’s Club has do- to club president Carrol
nated a total of $4,700 to- Peery.
ward various civic projects at In 2003, the Women’s Club
Fair Oaks Ranch, according and the Fair Oaks Ranch Gar-
den Club will join forces to
improve several common
areas for improvement and
maintenance.
p.m., May 17, 2003.
The country club will pro-
vide:
■ a BBQ buffet of brisket,
sausage, chicken, pinto beans,
coleslaw, potato salad, sauce,
bread, condiments (onions,
pickles, jalapenos), ice tea,
dessert, and all flatware (plates,
napkins, cutlery);
■ a tented seating area, which
will include tables, chairs and a
tented buffet area, for attendees
and two 40’ by 40’ tents to be
Gaubatz likened the tax bur-
den on residents, which will
cost about $25 to $30 for each,
to a family meal out on the
town. And, since the celebra-
tion will provide a meal and en-
tertainment, Gaubatz said, the
net total for residents will be
nothing.
Lastly, the council approved a
one-year fire protection agree-
ment with Leon Springs Volun-
teer Fire Department for
$45,000 that will expire Sept.
30, 2003.
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