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Friday, January 5, 2001
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Residents in and around the San
Antonio area will have an oppor-
tunity to help South Texas patients
by donating blood. The South
Texas Blood & Tissue Center
(STBTC) mobile unit will be in
Boerne at 1275 North Main (the
front of the EMS building) on
Friday, January 5, 2001, from 10
a.m. until noon, as Kendall County
EMS sponsors "Every Single Drop
Counts".
All donors will receive a T-shirt
and a coupon for a free chicken
sandwich from Chick-fil-A. Also,
donors will be entered into draw-
ings for $100.00 gift certificates
from WalMart/Sam’s. For more
information about this blood drive,
please contact Brian Webb at
(830)249-3721.
Anyone 17 years of age or older,
who weighs at least 110 pounds,
and is in good general health may
donate blood.
You can help by one simple act
of kindness. Please donate blood.
STBTC asks all donors to present
some form of identification before
beginning the donation process.
Proper identification should
include the donor's name plus one
of the following" date of birth,
Social Security number, or photo
identification.
WANTED
This person sells drugs to anyone
and/or
Sells alcohol to our minor children.
For information which leads to
the indictment of drug sellers and/or
the arrest of person who sell alcohol
to our minor children, and help your
community to be safer, healthier,
happier.
You may also receive cash rewards
for information leading to the
arrest/conviction of persons for
criminal offenses such as: Recovery
of stolen property, the advertised
Crime of the Week, arson, robbery-
burglary theft, narcotics, auto theft,
hit and run, indecency with a child,
child abuse, shooting, vandalism,
animal cruelty.
Your identity will not be revealed.
No one (but you) knows the identity
of the person who reports the crime.
Kendall County Crime Stoppers
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HAPPY.
... BIRTHDAY
Jan. 5: Kendra Jonas, Sharon
Jonas, Jerome Voges, Rosemary
Piper, Ray Lee Kneupper
Jan. 6: Tyson Brussel,
Jan. 8: Raymond Rausch, Esther
Mae Shannon, Vera Mae Pfieffer
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Volume 95 • Number 106
Animal Control
Officer reminds pet
owners dogs ree
cold weather too
- By Joni Simon_______________
• Staff Writer
Boerne Animal Control Officer
Jennifer J. Blackson is on a mission.
On cold days, she travels the streets
of Boerne and cringes when she sees
dogs outside, who are chained up
with no blankets or hay to use to
keep warm.
The nights are even worse.
Blackson says she thinks about
those dogs when she’s cuddled up in
bed at night with her four cats and
her own mixed sheep dog, Reba,
lying safe and warm in her bed near-
by. Boerne’s animal control officer
says she cringes at every drop of icy
rain on the roof as she thinks about
the dogs who are left outside.
trol officer said. It was 77 degrees
on the first day of the year last year,
but not nearly that mild this year.
New Year’s Day 2001 was the cold-
est, with the high at 40 degrees and
the low at 34 degrees, than any other
Jan. 1 dating back 10 years to 1991.
That, along with winds at 10 miles
an hour, makes a cold day and even
colder night.
This winter, so far, has been the
coldest in recent memory. Forecasts
from the National Weather Service
called for freezing rain, sleet and
even snow in the Hill Country last
week. Temperatures have fallen
short of Blackson’s safe mark of 40
degrees. With dangerously
inclement weather often in the fore-
Blackson says
there are differ- • • Even if they have
ent types of LYI 11 X naw
love and ways
to love, but
leaving an ani-
mal outside,
defenseless in
the cold, is no
kind of love.
“Even if they have
dog houses, it’s still
too cold without
blankets55
still too cold without blankets,” she
said.
How cold is too cold?
“I’d put it below 40 degrees. Dogs
definitely should be brought in
when it’s freezing, below 32
degrees,” Blackson said.
SWEARING IN DAY AT THE COURTHOUSE
cast, animal con-
trol officers are
advising pet
owners to pro-
vide their dogs
with well-insu-
lated dog houses,
preferably with a
heat lamp.
“Not one of
1 Jennifer Blackson those plastic
dog houses, It
igl00 things, Boerne Animal
Granted, this is south Texas and
not Duluth, Minnesota. Yet, accord-
ing to the National Weather Service,
December 2000 was the coldest
winter month in 11 years. The aver-
age temperature last month was 46.4
degrees. That’s just slightly warmer
than 1989‘s record cold of 43.4
degrees. So far this month, Hill
Country residents have experienced
lows in the 20s and highs near 50
degrees. What that means to pet
owners is this: bring your dog
inside, Blackson said.
Depending on how strong the mass
of cold air is, residents north of San
Antonio can expect bad winter
weather conditions any given week
through February, the animal con-
Control Officer Abby L. Veches
said.
Many pet owners use the igloo dog
houses, Blackson said and that in
itself isn’t bad.
“They’re great, but when it’s really
cold, extra bedding is needed,” she
said.
With the weather gauges bouncing
up and down, an owner really must
determine an animal’s needs on a
daily basis. The gauge must be at a
certain level before it’s safe for an
animal to be left outside.
“When it’s above 40 degrees
they’re probably fine. They’ve got
fur coats,” Blackson said.
But, the belief that those coats will
always keep dogs warm is another
mistake people often make, she
added. Wild animals stay outside all
the time. But, there’s a difference
between a wild animal that is free to
seek shelter and a dog that is tied up,
Please see DOGS, page 8A
It’s easy to forget dogs often face the cold with no more protection than what
nature gave them.
Above: Kendall County com-
missioners John C. Kight
and Darrel L. Lux take the
oath of office Tuesday at the
Kendall County Courthouse
as part of official swearing
ceremonies for county offi-
cials and law enforcement
officers.
Right: Deputies of the
Kendall County Sheriff’s
Department take the oath of
their positions Tuesday as
part of official swearing in
ceremonies.
Kendall County officials
make it official Tuesday
— BY JONI SIMON_____________
• Staff Writer
Kendall County elected officials,
deputy sheriffs and reserve deputy
sheriffs spent the first workday of
the new year, Jan. 2, making it
official. Republican victors, who
were not challenged for their bids
for election or re-election, gath-
ered at the Kendall County
Courthouse Tuesday afternoon for
the swearing in ceremony.
Watching the event from the
audience was Kendall County
Democratic Chairman Bill King.
“We need people to run for
office,” King said after the cere-
mony.
The chairman says one of the
biggest problem is a financial one.
It takes money to run for office.
“We can help some, but we can’t
pay for the whole campaign,” he
said.
His counterpart, Kendall County
Republican Chairman John Henry
Key was also present at the cere-
mony.
First to be sworn into office was
Judge Bill Palmer, County Court
at Law, unexpired term. The posi-
tion was created by the Texas
State Legislature. Palmer was
sworn in by Senior District Judge,
Robert R. Barton.
The following were sworn in by
County Clerk Darlene Herrin:
Sheriff Henry B. Hodge, Tax
Assessor Collector James
Hudson, Commissioner John C.
Kight, Precinct 1, Commissioner
Darrel L. Lux, Precinct 3,
Constable Tom L. Wallace,
Precinct 2; Constable Forres L.
Meadows, Precinct 3; and
Constable Jack J. Gregg, Precinct
4. Constable Don L. White,
Precinct 2, took the oath of office
that morning. Also absent from
the swearing in ceremony was
County Attorney Pamela K.
McKay.
“She got married yesterday and
took a different vow,” Herrin said.
McKay is moving to the
Houston area because of that mar-
riage and will be replaced by Ross
Fischer, who will take over
McKay’s duties later this month.
Fischer was appointed by the
Kendall County Commissioners
in December.
After the elected officials were
sworn in, twenty-two deputy sher-
iffs approached the podium to
take the oath.
“Is anyone watching the coun-
ty?” Herrin joked.
Sworn in as deputy sheriffs
were: Clinton Eugene Bass, Hugo
Louis Boehm, Byron William
Key, Weymeth Burleigh Groff, Jr.,
Phillip Bailey Montgomery,
Robert Henry Prentiss, Timothy
Louis Abadie, Tobina Darlene
Johnson, Neil Elliot Quick, Arthur
Albert Vadnais, Edward Lewis
Whitehurst, Van Emory Forslund,
Pritesh Dindayal Patel, Rogelio
“Roger” Tamez, Jesse M.
Mendoza, Jr., Anthony Thomas
Madrid, Charles Wendell
Brantley, Luther Eugene
VanLandingham, Jr., Roy Blaine
Laubach,
Droze,
Matthews,
Jr.,
Eugene
Robert
Gregory
Reinhardt
Wayne
Edward
Adams, and Charles Motz, V.
Rusty Randall Cass, Lori Renee
Smith and Leann Marie Pyles
were not present at the ceremony.
Sworn in as reserve deputy sher-
iffs were: James Edward
Bernaduci, Richard Andrew Vidal,
Ronnie Lucero Araiza, Louis
Casals, Daniel Wayne Funke,
Harold Merritt Hitt, Clell Ray
Gresham, Oscar Nuncio Moreno,
James Weldon Wilson, Michael
Alfred Villarreal, James Joseph
Pacheco, Billy Gene Stockton,
and Robert Bryant Pankratz.
Wendell Lane Busby, Roger
Pershing Anderson, Jr., Derrick
James Palmer, and James Edward
Rhodes were not present at the
ceremony.
Kendall County Judge James W.
Bill Gooden recognized the
spouses of the officials, the Bar
Association of Kendall County,
the Democratic Chairman of
Kendall County, Bill King, the
Republican Chairman of Kendall
County, John Henry Key,
Commissioner L.M. Holman,
Precinct 2, and four Justices of the
Peace: Eddie John Vogt, Precinct
1, Jerry Collins, Pct. 2, Debbie
Hudson, Precinct 3 and Frieda
Pressler, Precinct 4.
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