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Playoff action
The Boerne Champion girls
basketball team tangled with
Austin LBJ Friday night in
Wimberley in second-round
playoff action.
The Boerne Champion and
Boerne High boys squads open
postseason play this week as
well.
For more highlights, see
Sports, pages 9A-11A.
Pay fines now
to avoid jail
Boerne Police are planning a
sweep to clear more than 900
outstanding warrants.
The 2010 Great Texas Warrant
Round Up begins March 6 and
anyone who has an outstanding
city fine is advised to pay now
to avoid going to jail.
See the story on Page 17A for
details.
Happy..,
...Birthday
Feb. 23
Carrie Astoria
Henry Paine
Haley Van Landingham
Feb. 25
Marilyn Berry
Deaths
Lt. Col. James R. Clark
Joshua David Daly
For complete obituaries, see
page 2.
See the latest obituaries post-
ed at www.boernestar.com.
Index
At the Trail
Boerne ISO Report
Bookworm
Breath of Fresh Air
Capital Highlights
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Focus on the Family
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Sports
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County seeks grant for recycling program
BY Dave Pasley
Staff Writer
County commissioners are tak-
ing another stab at getting a grant
to start a recycling program.
Precinct 3 Commissioner Dar-
rel Lux said scaling back to a
$60,000 request from previous
requests that topped $100,000 will
improve chances of getting fund-
ing assistance through the Alamo
Area Council of Governments.
Lux estimated that $60,000 would
pay for a shed, a forklift and other
equipment needed to get a recy-
cling program similar to the one in
Blanco County started.
Lux said all grant funds available and approved up to $30,000 for in- Public Library came in well under structed adjacent to the entrance to
for counties similar to Kendall in kind services to match the grant. budget and said that gives him Joshua Springs Park, to be brought
the region total roughly $150,000; Court members also received a hope that bids for the park project into the site from FM 289 under-
thus asking for a smaller portion of presentation on preliminary design might be similarly low, providing ground rather than overhead. Cost
the available funds could improve plans for improvements to Joshua an opportunity to include more estimates were not available, but
the chances of approval. Springs Park and Preserve, a proj- amenities in the first phase of con- Anderson said the underground
“I feel good about this,” Lux ect funded by a Texas Parks and struction than previously thought option would likely be much more
said. Wildlife Department grant. possible. expensive than overhead.
County Judge Gaylan Schroeder Parks Director Rick Tobolka and a In action unrelated to the TPWD Keith Marquardt, manager of
noted that recycling is the service representative of the Austin design grant, commissioners gave Tobo- Water Control and Improvement
improvement most requested by firm BMW Group provided graph- Ika the green light to seek bids for District No. 1 in Comfort, received
county residents. ics showing potential road layouts remodeling the restrooms in the unanimous approval for construc-
“We’ve stubbed our toe every and locations for restrooms, picnic park’s conference center. tion plans to replace aging sewer
time we’ve requested funding,” facilities, a fishing pier, trails and In another matter, court members lines. Commissioners also autho-
Schroeder said. “Maybe this will bird-watching stations. The plans made it clear to County Engi- rized him to seek bids for the
turn out different.” are 30 percent complete. neer Terry Anderson that they grant-funded utility work.
Commissioners voted 5-0 in Tobolka noted that the recent want utilities to the new animal
favor of seeking the grant funds bids for construction of the Boerne control facility, which will be con-
See COUNTY, page 16A
Tapatio Springs owners
facing foreclosure, sale
BY Dave Pasley
Staff Writer
A $15 million lien on the Tapatio
Springs Golf Resort that is six
months in arrears could be auc-
tioned to the highest bidder on the
steps of the Kendall County Court-
house on March 2.
The double whammy of a pro-
longed, two-year drought and the
faltering national economy sent
the once high-flying resort into a
tailspin that could be irreversible,
according to the resort’s co-owner,
Michael Shalit.
Shalit said a sale on the court-
house steps is unlikely, but not
impossible. He said he and his part-
ner, Jack Parker, are searching for
other alternatives, which include
finding a buyer, finding additional
financing or filing bankruptcy.
He noted that bankruptcy would
involve the company that he and
Parker own, Tapatio Springs Hos-
pitality, and not either of them
individually.
He added that the partners are
talking with at least four potential
buyers, but he declined to pro-
vide specific details and would
not reveal the amount of the
See TAPATIO, PAGE 16A
Star Photo by Elena Tucker
'Giving poverty the boot'
The Hill Country Daily Bread Ministries’ annual vision dinner was held on Saturday
night at the Don Strange Ranch - a fund-raising effort to “give poverty the boot.”
With plans in the offing for a new facility, the gala evening was also a “soft”
presentation of the organization’s future building, according to co-founder and co-
director, Agnes Hubbard. One thousand people attended the silent auction, buffet
dinner and concert evening.
Fair Oaks Ranch considers
new plan for street upgrades
BY Dave Pasley
1 Staff Writer
Public works matters dominated
the agenda at Thursday’s Fair Oaks
Ranch City Council meeting.
Aldermen voted 5-0 to hire HVJ
Associates to evaluate the 70 miles
ms • Tm of streets in the city and recom-
fam ICAEG " ( FAAALC mend maintenance procedures and
upgrades that may be needed in
future years.
(Ian nnoro onnrouoo giro CH ft II fiole City Administrator Roy Thomas
UlOD UUdlU dOOIOVGS I ICW OILIS oOllUdl I TICIO said the longstanding practice of
C chip-sealing every street in the city
A new girls softball field is part intendent John Chapman was plan schematic for the entire 14.4 every eight years has served the
of a master plan approved by Com- authorized to work with the firm acres,” School Board President community well, but he said it is
fort ISD trustees for development to begin the project. Barb Lindner said, time to re-evaluate that approach
of a recently acquired 14.4-acre “Master Plan Committee mem- Several committee members and determine if there might be a
tract near Comfort High School on bers Benji Alldredge, Bob Hall, were on hand at the board meeting better way going forward.
Hwy. 87. James Poerner, George Pace, Agus- to answer questions. HVJ will be paid $45,450 for the
Trustees also approved $350,000 tin Avalos, Rod Eckert, Warren The board also approved a res- work, which is not budgeted.
for “essential development” of the Reeh, Chip Mayfield, Katherine olution supporting the Kendall “It is not budgeted, but we will
plan compiled by the district’s Mas- Kuenstler, Randy Hector, Kenny Appraisal District Board of Direc- have the information in place in
ter Plan Committee and presented Webb, Jason Teague and Charlie tors’ plan to sell the existing KAD time for the upcoming budget and
at this month’s board meeting by Dick worked for several months office and build a new, larger facil- the funding may have to come
CISD architect, Drew Cummings to develop a good design for the —----cup heEA from reserves,” Thomas told
of Fromberg Associates. Super- girl’s softball field and the master See FAIR OAKS, PAGE 16A aldermen.
Council members also voted
unanimously to award a $36,621
contract to the only bidder, Du-
Mor Enterprises, on a project to
install new water lines and a fire
hydrant on Meadow Creek Trail
near the fire station.
Thomas also announced that the
Texas Department of Transporta-
tion plans to change the traffic
signal at the intersection of Dietz-
Elkhorn Road and Ralph Fair
Road, from a flashing light to a
full green-yellow-red cycle.
With unanimous backing from
the aldermen, Fair Oaks Ranch
became the sixth local taxing entity
to approve a proposal by the Ken-
dall Appraisal District to construct
a new office in north Boerne and
sell the existing building in down-
town Boerne to the Greater Boerne
Chamber of Commerce.
Alderman Al Schmidt, the city’s
representative on the KAD board
of directors, said while approval
See FAIR OAKS, PAGE 16A
Early voting
ends Friday
Early voting for the March 2 pri-
mary elections ends Friday.
Elections administrator Rosie
Reyes reported 1,282 people cast
votes early in the first week of
early voting, including extended
hours on Saturday, Feb. 20.
Voters in both the Republican
and Democratic primaries may
vote through Friday at the county
courthouse between 8 a.m. and 6
p.m. daily.
On election day March 2, polls
will be open from 7 a.m. to 7
p.m. at locations throughout the
county.
Sample ballots and a list of
polling places are available on
the Boerne Star Web sitt at www.
boernestar.com.
Life saving
equipment
Women of River Mountain
Ranch recently donated pet
resuscitation masks to the
Boerne Fire Department for
use in helping pets rescued
from burning homes
survive smoke inhalation.
The group raised funds to
purchase the equipment for
the Bergheim VFD as well.
At the presentation were
Kathleen DeLeon, Ruth
Slezak and Sheree Stevens
of WARM with BFD
members Chris Copeland,
Ray Hacker and Fire Chief
Doug Meckel.
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