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Women's Club
The Boerne Women’s Club will
meet on Monday, Jan. 12 at 10
a.m. The meeting will be held in
the home of Nonie Kendrick. Jean
Davenport and Mickie White will
assist Mrs. Kendrick with hostess
duties.
The guest speaker will be
Paige Ramsey-Palmer. Palmer
will discuss highlights of her book,
“Young Troopers. Members are
encouraged to bring guests to
hear about this very interesting
book. For more information call
Mrs. Kendrick at 249-6217.
Retired Teachers
Boerne Retired Teachers will
meet Jan. 8 in the Episcopal
Church basement. Members will
meet at 1:30 p.m. for refresh-
ments and at 2 p.m. for the busi-
ness session. The agenda
includes installation of officers and
a film on volunteerism. Total vol-
unteer hours of community ser-
vice for each individual from Jan.
1, 1997 to Dec, 31, 1997 should
be reported at this meeting. Hours
will be compiled and used by
TRTA Community Volunteer
Service Committee in issuing
awards.
Fellowship Club
The Boerne Fellowship Club
will meet Friday, Jan. 9, at 11
a.m., in Saxon Hall of the
Methodist Church.
The club will start the New Year
of 1998 with a slate of new offi-
cers and entertainment programs
and will meet the second Friday
of each month thereafter.
All persons over the age of 50
are cordially invited to attend and
enjoy Christian fellowship, make
new friends, and partake of a
meal provided by members mak-
ing their “best” covered dishes.
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January 4
Jack Moore, Leroy
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January 6
Tyson Brussel
January 8
Esther Mae Shannon,
Vera Mae Shannon
January 10
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Volume 94, Number 2
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Tuesday • January 6, 1998
• Boerne, Kendall County, Texas
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St. Peter’s donates parish hall to Rainbow Senior Center
By Ann McNair
Special to The Boerne Star
Jerry Rittimann announced to
Rainbow Senior Center members
last week that the Center was
accepting the gift of the St. Peters
Catholic Church parish hall off
Kronkosky Street. About 75 mem-
bers and guests heard the news just
before the regular noon meal.
“If all goes well, we should be
able to start taking down the build-
ing in early February and moving
usable parts to the location site on
West San Antonio Street,” said
Rittimann, building committee chair
for the RSC. “We will use as much
of the building as possible to con-
struct the new Rainbow Center. We
want to thank Fr. Tony and St.
Peters parishioners for this dona-
tion. We feel like this is a real bless-
ing to get our Center building start-
ed.”
Fr. Tony Cummins, pastor of the
historic Catholic Church on Main
Street, and David Boerner, chairman
of the pastoral council, also
expressed enthusiasm about the gift.
The church will be starting work
this spring on their own extensive
restoration program.
“The hall is no longer useful to us
but can be useful to the Rainbow
Senior Center,” declared Cummins.
“We are very happy to share.
Granted the seniors are getting the
shell,’and that to me is keeping the
hall alive. It’s bringing together the
seniors not only of our area commu-
nity, but our parish as well.
“I think it also fits in with our pur-
pose as a parish to serve the com-
munity to the best of our ability. It’s
a wonderful opportunity for us to
work with the Rainbow seniors and
help them get their own home faster.
The pastoral council is excited
about this opportunity.”
Rittimann, who earlier had been
approached about the building, had
shared the offer with the RSC build-
ing committee and the Center board
of directors. Enthusiasm continued
to grow for the project, said
Rittimann and RSC board chair
John Madderra. “This is a great
opportunity for the Rainbow Senior
Center,” commented Madderra.
“We are really appreciative and
pleased with the gift from St. Peters.
This should give us the impetus to
Parish hall gift...
Nora Wylie was one of the found-
ing members of the RSC when it
was organized in 1983 and has con-
tinued to serve in various capacities
at the Center. She is presently recep-
tionist during the weekday program
and continues her newspaper col-
umn detailing events at the Center.
Her heart, she has said, is always
with the seniors she serves. A for-
mer director of the Center and chair
of the board last year, she was espe-
cially thrilled with the announce-
ment. “I think this is a wonderful
idea and appreciate that it will speed
up the start of our building.”
The building- fund in 1995 held
$65,000. The total at last count was
over the $170,000 mark. In
members to attempt to contact each
person and business in the area in an
effort to raise over half a million
dollars in donations and materials to
house the Center’s 1,000 members
and weekly activities. Although
architect’s plans at that time includ- .
ed an 8,400 square foot building, the
size was later enlarged on the draw-
ing board. Presently it appears the
building will, cover about 8,000
square feet. The building will be
located on a safe rise near Frederick
Creek, about .7 mile from down-
town North Main Street. All along,
the goal for the entire project has
been one of volunteerism and dona-
tions of time, money and materials,
with no borrowed funds being con-
September, 1996, plans were
get this project off-center and make announced for an “all-out” effort by
it a reality sooner than planned.” RSC volunteers and Sunrise Rotary
Jerry Rittimann (left), Fr. Tony Cummins, pastor of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, and David Boerner, St.
Peter’s Catholic Church Pastoral Council Chair discussed plans for dismantling St. Peter’s Parish Hall
last week.
Jennings announces for County Judge
Lifetime area resident Marshall Jennings has
announced that he will be seeking the Republican
nomination for Kendall County Judge. Jennings,
37, is a graduate of Boerne High School and has an
associate’s degree from San Antonio College as a
legal assistant.
He has worked with two
other law firms in Boerne
before working with the law
firm of Bobbitt and Halter in
said.
“The environmental issues will need to be
addressed with in depth studies and getting a com-
mittee together to work with the county and state
to find ways to protect both our environment and
See GIFT
page 2
Water issues continue to be
priority for Kendall County
By Edward L. Block
Boerne Star
Water. It makes up seventy per-
cent of the human body and covers
more than three quarters of the
planet. It surrounds us and without
it we could not exist. In Texas,
water is a commodity. Its use and
conservation are the concern of
practically every resident and gov-
ernmental body in the state. It is so
well. Therefore we were designated
by the court to represent the county
on water issues,” said Holman of
his capacity.
Recently Holman and Kight rec-
ommended to the Commissioners
Court that Kendall County include
itself in a water planning district
which includes Bexar County-
Region L. The court agreed with the
recommendation and recently elect-
ed to become part the region.
“Region L includes 20.5 counties.
It includes a large region which
important that the Texas legislature goes all the way down to the coast,
addressed the issue as a matter of When we first started looking at it
law in Senate Bill 1. and the possibility came up that we
Locally, County Commissioners could have sub-regions, that made a
L.M. Holman and John Kight are lot of sense. Other counties have
acting as Kendall County’s voice physical and geographical differ-
and the Commissioners Court’s ences from what we have here in
representatives to the rest of the Kendall County. When we realized
state. we could have sub-regions it made
“We felt that we had to have a more sense to be in Region L. We
means to address the water issue could have an actual voice in L as
without having to post a public opposed to being on the outside
meeting for all of us to get together, looking in,” said Kight.
I had been involved in the water Kight explained that currently no
issue...and of course when John sub-regions have been designated.
(Kight) came along he was very “When Region L gets together, then
interested in the same issues and by consensus we will develop the
particularly well informed. The sub-regions. Being in the Trinity
court felt like that with our accessi-
bility to the courthouse and local Q_A WATER
resources we could work together
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Livestock Show, Sale
kicks off Wednesday
San Antonio for five years. His
main responsibilities were
drafting probate documents,
other pleadings and legal
research. He was the treasurer
for the Ranger Creek
Homeowners Association for
four years.
' He, his wife and two daugh-
ters moved to the Sisterdale
area in 1996. Presently he
works as a project technician
and Assistant Powerline
.
Marshall Jennings
Designer for Schneider
Engineering in Boerne. “I would like to take our
county forward and maintain the quality of life that
we currently enjoy.
“My main concern is our water supply and the
problems that will be related to the environment
due to the growth in our county. It is important to
Kendall County that we work together to keep San
Antonio from tapping into our water supply,” he
water. Roads and bridges through-
out the county continue to be a
problem and need to be addressed
on a case by case basis.
'“By having good roads we will
eliminate damage to cars, help
maintain property values for
county residents, maintain the
beauty of our county, and help
keep travelers safe when travel-
ing through,” Jennings added.
“I would like to find ways to
spend our tax dollars more effi-
ciently and responsibly so there is
no reason to raise taxes.
“I would like to get county
employees’ input to inform me on
what they think would help make
their specific departments more
efficient. I want to get out and meet with the coun-
ty residents to get their ideas on what direction
they want this county to go in.
I welcome your phone calls so I can listen to
your concerns. Marshall Jennings offers the citi-
zens of Kendall County his legal background,
youth, professionalism, conservatism, and deter-
mination to work hard,” he said.
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The Kendall County Livestock Show and Sale, which starts a
Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 6 p.m., will feature more than 400 area g
4-H and FFA members selling lambs, barrow, steer and poul- 7
try.
• Poultry Show and Judging will be held Wednesday, Jan. 7 \
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★ WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?
KENDALL COUNTY BUDGET
(70% INCREASE IN 4 YEARS)
FROM 1993/94
TO 1997/98
$4,590,000
$8,017,000*
('excluding cost of New Courthouse)
VOTE KEN MULLER, CANDIDATE
COUNTY JUDGE, REPUBLICAN PRIMARY MARCH 10,1998
at 6 p.m.
• Breeding Sheep, Goats and
Swine Judging will be held Friday,
Jan. 9 at 7:30 a.m. Market Lambs
and Swine follow breeding classes.
- • Cattle judging will be held Friday, Jan. 9 at
wnoon.
• The Auction Sale will be held Saturday, Jan. 10 at
noon.
All events will be held in the show barn facility at the Kendall County
Fairgrounds. A membership barbecue and sale will be held Saturday, Jan. 10
from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the new dance hall.
Businesses or individuals interested in buying or donating at this year’s sale,
or if information is needed on how much it costs to buy,
D contact one of the following individ-
uals: Pat Mattick, president
e KCILSA, (830) 249-3427;
. John Collins, director S
KCJLSA, (830) 537-4014 or
H contact the Junior Livestock
Sales Barn on the date of the sale
at (830) 249-8221.
*
*
★
Fol. Adv. Ada Muller. Treasurer. P.O. Box 1828. Boerne, Tx 78006
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