Boerne Star & Hill Country Recorder (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 2004 Page: 1 of 40
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BRIGHTS
Good day
Kendall
County!
Well spacing
King to be placed on Tuesday
evening’s agenda, has become a
concern to some residents liv-
A discussion and action item ing in the district.
concerning well construction King is asking the board to
standards and spacing resulted consider a well spacing require-
in Cow Creek Groundwater ment of 500 feet. However,
By THERESA LUCIO
Staff Writer
an issue for CCGCD
ment of Licensing and Regula- tion the size and differences of tended a prior engagement out
tions, which establishes state county wells when discussing of state, recommended more
guidelines for well drillers, said spacing standards. discussion and a possible work-
although some rules regarding Patrick Linder, attorney for shop involving local well
well construction standards will CCGCD, said that there were drillers and constituents. A date
be helpful when the district de- no hard rules and regulations was not set, but board members
Conservation District board
members deciding to hold a
special workshop session out-
lining rules and regulations.
The item, which was request-
ed by Kendall County Well
Owner’s Association’s Neil
after Secretary Bill Haas re-
searched construction standards
and well spacing requirements,
he found no information regard-
ing well spacing regulations.
Haas, who compiled his infor-
mation from the Texas Depart-
velops their own rules, the well mandating well spacing, agreed they would begin coor-
spacing issue remains at best, “Everyone in the Hill Country dinating the workshop.
muddled. appears to be doing a different During public comment, King
“The well spacing issue is a thing,” he said. “I’d hate to be a said the lack of well spacing re-
big one,” Haas said. “And I’m well driller in the Hill Country.” quirements posed “a big threat”
really not quite sure how to ap- Vice President Skip Shumpes, to smaller, residential wells in
proach it.” Haas added that the who ran the meeting while
board must take into considera- President Tommy Mathews at-
See CCGCD, page 8A
Rod Run Fun
Boerne author
pens poetry book
Daniel Brown, 15,
works at the Bohemian
Guitar Player and plays
bass and keyboard.
Next year he plans to
graduate and move to
Dallas.
“I used to play in a
band called “The Con-
servative Son," but they
disbanded when every-
one went to college.”
HAPPY.
...Birthday
OCT. 8
Lee D Spain
OCT. 11
Bernadette Hagendorf
HS
Jerald Louis Merritt
Hope Angela Sill
Malissa Ingrid Smith
Hayden
William Roy Kosub
Full obituaries.
Page 8A.
www.boernestar.com
BHS yearbooks
now available
Former students or par-
ents of former students
can pick up their copies of
the 2003-04 Boerne High
School Yearbooks in the
main office of the high
school or in Room 810
during second lunch
(12:53 to 1:48 p.m.), fifth
period (8:09 to 9:39 a.m.
on B days) or eighth peri-
od (1:45 to 3:15 p.m. on B
days). For information,
call the main office of the
high school.
INDEX
Viewpoints
Religion
Business
Crossword
Mary Alice’s Potpourri
Sports
TV Listings
Classifieds
Auto Guide
4A
7A
9A
15A
15A
1B
5B
Section C
Section D
Volume 98 • Number 69
Star file photo
The 18th Annual Key to the Hills Rod Run will take place this weekend on Main
Plaza in Boerne. Close to 500 entrants from around the country are expected to
bring their cars to the event.
Rod Run races into Boerne
— By Jessica Sanders_______
Staff Writer
Hot-rodders will fire up their
engines in Boerne this week-
end for the 18th annual Key to
the Hills Rod Run. Lanne
Brehmer, Rod Run chairman,
said the event is free and open
to the public.
“I think it’s a fun day for
Cow Creek residents
to receive $25 bill
By Theresa Lucio
Staff Writer
Once again, Kendall County
homeowners residing in the
Cow Creek Groundwater Con-
servation District will receive a
$25 invoice for yearly well fees.
The invoice, scheduled for
mail delivery sometime this
month, will be due on Nov. 1
and considered late on Nov. 15.
However, some well owners equitable system.”
haven’t paid last year’s dues, While some constituents await
which according to board mem- a more equitable system, the
bers, subjects payers to a possi- budget will inevitably be affect-
ble late fee attached to last ed, said Vice President Skip
year’s invoice in addition to the Shumpes.
future Nov. 1 payment amount.
With an approved budget of
close to $176,000, the district
has collected $90,000 as of the
beginning of October. Board
members based this year’s budg-
et on higher well drilling fees,
which were approved earlier this
year and based on a three-tier
people who have a desire to
see restored autos of nostalgic-
type,” he said.
Brehmer said 400 to 500 en-
trants from all over the country
are expected, depending on the
weather.
The event will take place on
Main Plaza 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and 8 a.m. to noon
Sunday. The cars form a pa-
system: residential, business and
commercial. The service fee of
$25 remained unchanged.
However, some residents liv-
ing in the district still view the
fee as unfair, refusing to pay the
fee. “We think it should not be
on the residential well owners
shoulders to pay for the district,”
said Neil King of the newly
formed Kendall County Well
Association. “We want a more
“We haven’t heard from about
15 percent of the people we sent
invoices to,” Shumpes said on
Thursday adding that this
amount does impact the budget.
“We’re trying to be understand-
ing that people are confused
See FEES, page 8A
rade down Main Street on Sat-
urday at 6:30 p.m.
Brehmer said a street rod is a
pre-1949 car that has been out-
fitted with a modern engine,
power steering, safety features
and other modern conven-
iences. Because of the sport’s
popularity however, many en-
See ROD RUN, page 8A
Boerne bikers ride to Corpus
n By Jessica Sanders
• Staff Writer
Hours of rain were not
enough to keep three Boerne
teenagers from completing a
141-mile bike ride from San
Antonio to Corpus Christi.
Andrew McCloskey, Tyler
Hestilow and Chris Butler were
among the participants in the
MS 150 HEB Bike to the
Beach Oct. 2 and 3, a bike ride
to raise money for multiple
sclerosis.
“It was pretty much a lot of
fun,” said Tyler, who rode for
the second year in a row. “It’s
for a good cause and it doesn’t
hurt any.”
While it may not have hurt,
the ride was definitely uncom-
fortable because of the heavy
rain, the boys said. The riders
started Saturday at Brooks
City-Base in San Antonio and
finished Sunday at the Texas
State Aquarium in Corpus
Christi. It rained most of Satur-
By Jessica Sanders
Staff Writer
Horace A. Green paints quite a
picture. With words as his
brush, he weaves images of
cowboys and horses, of humor
and of pain. As a poet, Green
will take almost any assign-
ment, but one of his favorites, HORACE a poem
“Searching for the Light,” was GREEN when we first
written in honor of an got married, but he didn’t write
Alzheimer s patient. . anymore,” she said.
In the dark of the night go the Green said poetry gave him a
lonely, just hoping for some ray way to fill the days of retire-
of light, he reads. Their search ment, and before long friends,
in the day disappointing, broken neighbors and family members
hearted they search in the were requesting poems,
night.". His neighbor Suzanne Young
Green s new book, Shades of asked for a poem about the Ci-
Green,” showcases several years bolo Nature Center, where she
of his work, which ranges from works as the volunteer coordi-
solemn to silly. . . nator. After a few visits, Green
His wife, Mildred, said she is said, he was able to understand
proud of her husband’s work, the essence of the center and
but was quite surprised that he
took up poetry. Green is a re-
See POET, page 8A
Brenner joins
Star/Recorder staff
Longtime friend of the Boerne
community, Kit Brenner has
joined the staff of the Boerne
Star & Hill Country.
Brenner will work as a pagina-
tor for the Star/Recorder after
being with the Hill Country
Recorder for more than 20 years
as the paper’s editor.
“I’m just so happy to be here
and I hope that my experience
and knowledge of the area will
Submitted photo
(l-r): Sixteen-year olds Tyler Hestilow, Chris Butler and
Andrew McCloskey, road over 140 miles to the coast to
raise money for multiple sclerosis last weekend.
day.
Chris said this was his fourth
year to participate, and the rain
added a whole new level to the
difficulty. There was a bus to
take riders back at lunch, but
the boys decided to keep going,
he said.
tired region-
al manager
for a rubber
company,
and had
never let on
that he was
a poet.
“He wrote
benefit the paper,” Brenner said.
Star/Recorder publisher Brian
Cartwright said he was glad to
have Brenner on board.
“We’re very pleased to add Kit
to our staff,” Cartwright said.
“Her years of experience and
talent have already had a posi-
tive impact on the community’s
newspaper. I’m sure our readers
will notice the continuing im-
provement in our product.”
“I have never cycled in rain
before and it gets really cold,”
he said. “We wanted to get on
that bus so bad but we didn’t.”
He added each rider must
raise at least $200 for MS, and
See BIKERS, page 8A
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