The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 94, Ed. 1 Friday, November 21, 2003 Page: 1 of 32
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Comfort
football
Saturday
The Comfort Bobcats
play Saturday at 6 p.m.
at Alamo Stadium in
San Antonio. They face
Brookshire-Royal in the
playoff game.
Be sure to check
www.boernestar.com as
game results will be
posted no later than
Sunday morning.
Real Estate
listings
and more
Each Friday. The
Boerne Star brings you
a classified section that
includes comprehen-
sive Real Estate list-
ings. Check it out in
Section C or visit our
searchable classifieds
onthe web at
www.boernestar.com.
Lack of
quorum at
meeting
Boerne ISD board
meeting Nov. 17 was
canceled due to the lack
of a quorum. A BISD
meeting for both Decem-
ber and November will
be 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at
the BISD administration
building, 123 W. Johns
Road.
Corrections
Baudelia Mitchell’s
name was misspelled in
the Nov. 18 edition of The
Boerne Star and in the
same edition Yvonne
Ebensberger’s name was
incorrect.
TT A DOTA
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Bennie Wiley, Ed Brady
Nov. 20
George Ludolf
Nov. 21
Michelle Rech
Nov. 22
Brian Cartwright
Nov. 23
Mildred Ham
DEATH
Hilmar Eric Bergmann
Lara Hazel Harmon
Lowell Duan Large
Full obituaries are on
Page 8A.
Volume 97 • Number 94
ition
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32 pages • 7
CISD takes tax cap to polls
• By Clay Morgan__________________Any tax rate for debt would be above holding the election in May. “It gives
“ Managing Editor and beyond the MNO rate. us more wiggle room.”
Voters in the Comfort Independent There were no public comments on Cupp echoed. Chamberlain’s com-
School District will decide Feb. 7 the matter. ments and added that holding the elec-
whether they want to pay more taxes Superintended John Rouse recom- tion in May, when there will be trustee
The CISD Board of Trustees voted mended setting the election to remove elections and primary elections, may
Wednesday night to hold an election to the tax cap. just confuse issues. He added that this
raise the current MNO cap of $1.31 to Trustee Robert Chamberlain made issue needs to stand on its own.
the state-allowed maximum of $1 50 the motion and Trustee Jim Cupp sec- Trustee Baro Linder asked if the Feb.
The election would not set the actual onded it. 7 date would give the board ample
rate only the maximum Comfort ISD The sooner the better given our time to explain the proposal to the
could assess for MNO. budget process,” Chamberlain said of public.
Rouse said that there were two full
months, not counting November, be-
fore the election and that should be
enough time.
The motion was approved unani-
mously.
Rouse estimated that holding the
election will cost the CISD roughly
$2,000.
E-mail Clay Morgan at news@boernes-
tar.com.
Dickens
- Photo by Clay Morgan
Sharon and Eileen Kwee entertain guests at Tuesday’s Boerne Middle School North Auditorium’s dedication.
The pair play the violin and piano.
Young talent heralds new
middle school auditorium
• BY CLAY Morgan________
Managing Editor
• See the related column,
Page 4A.
Elegant and graceful,
Sharon and Eileen Kwee’s
hands stroked the keys of the
grand piano. With the skill of
a maestro, they guided the
bow across the strings of people.
their violin. The story begins in Septem-
Encasing their gracefulness ber, 2000 when BMSN Prin-
was a building that started as cipal Vicki Layer got what
a disaster that turned into she termed that “fateful call”
sheer commitment and is now that the school’s auditorium
a testament to commitment. had collapsed.
Tuesday, Boerne Middle However, as she noted, the
School North dedicated its community turned the crisis ,
auditorium before about 100 -----—-------------—
See DEDICATE, page 8A
The Basics
Size: 15,000 square feet
Cost: $2,013,510
Time to build: Sept. 1, 2002 -
Aug. 15,2003
Features: 450-seat Auditorium,
Workshop/Drama Room, Choir
Room, Storage, Ticket Booth,
Concessions, Restrooms
on Main
getting
wired
■ By CHRISTIANNE YOUNG
Staff Writer
Anyone on earth wanting to
learn intimate details about
Boerne’s Dickens on Main can go
to one place.
During Dickens on Main shops
will stay open late, shop owners
will dress in
Victorian
costumes,
performers
will entertain
on stage
around town,
snow will
fall from
snow ma-
chines, floats
will parade
by and shop- Bob Caran
pers will be
abundant.
Executive event director for
Dickens on Main, Bob Caran, has
created a web site with Dickens’
schedule, event maps, photos,
snow show times and places, and
directions to get to Boerne. The
web address is www.Dickens-on-
Main.com. Those with questions
the web-site doesn’t answer may
e-mail the address or call the tele-
phone number available on the
site.
“The web site is the essence of
Dickens on Main,” Caran said.
See DICKENS, page 8A
Local bank honored for preservation
■ BY CHRISTIANNE YOUNG
Staff Writer
Texas Heritage Bank has been
applauded for its architectural ex-
cellence and preservation of trees.
Texas Heritage Bank stands at
1208 S. Main Street where the
Coryell-Walker House was built
around 1904.
“The two-story, limestone Walk-
er House was a beautiful Boerne
landmark that fell into disrepair in
later years,”
Vice-President
of Boerne Area
Historical
Preservation So-
the lowest estimate was around
$135,000, according to Edmonds.
“The first time I looked at the lot,
it was vacant,” said Steve Mack,
president and CEO of Texas Her-
itage Bank. “The home had al-
ready been cleared off.”
The house was to be demolished
in July 1997, but San Antonio
preservation architect, Umberto
Saldana, purchased the house,
moved it, dismantled it stone by
stone and stored it until it was
Preserving Boerne
Part One
bought by Toby
and Krisann
Stolhandske
who rebuilt the
ciety Col. Bettie Edmonds said.
“There were many pleas from
preservationists to save the house,
but it was out of the Historic Dis-
trict and not under the protection
of the city, who could not afford to
purchase the property.”
Photo by Christianne Young Kendall Appraisal District val-
Steve Mack, president and CEO of Texas Heritage Bank, ued the house at $4,990. The city
is pictured next to the fireplace made of natural stone, considered moving the house, but
house on Hwy. 46 E. as it used to
be, Edmonds said.
Boerne area residents were re-
lieved when the bank purchased
the property, for stories were
going around town saying the his-
toric home would be replaced by
an oil-lube garage, Edmonds said.
See BANK, page 8A
Thanksgiving
day closings
From Staff Reports
Area banks and govern-
ment offices will be closed
Thursday, Nov. 27 in obser-
vance of the Thanksgiving
holiday.
The city of Boerne’s
Thursday garbage pick-up
routes will be collected on
Friday.
Boerne schools will be
closed Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday Nov. 26 through
Nov. 28. Comfort schools
will dismiss at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 26 and be
closed Thursday and Friday.
The Boerne Star will also
be closed Thursday and all
deadlines for the Friday,
Nov. 28 newspaper will be
moved forward 24 hours.
Readers will still receive
their newspapers on Friday.
Normal business hours will
resume Friday.
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