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Richelle Mazur of Bergheim
said, "I'm enjoying the great
weather - fall is finally here,
so we decided to have my
family visit for a day out in
Boerne."
NOTICES.
FAMILY SERVICES
FOOD FAIR
Hill Country Family
Services and the San
Antonio Food Bank will co-
sponsor a Food Fair for
Kendall County residents
who meet low-income quali-
fications. The Fair will be
held on Friday, Oct. 21, from
1 to 4 p.m. in the vacant lot
across the street from HCFS
at 118 W. Advogt in Boerne.
HAPPY...
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Oct. 12
Glennis Edge
Oct. 13
Justin Waldeck
Oct. 14
Fay Kelley
Jane James
Rosendo Gonzales
DEATHS
Elaine Odell
Westenhaver
Ella Moseley
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Acevedo gets life for Cascade
averns murder
— by Kurt Mogonye__________
• Staff Writer
One day after jurors handed down a guilty
verdict, convicted murderer Dario
Acevedo, 27, was sentenced to life in
prison by 216th District Judge Steve Ables
in the death of Jeffrey Donofrio, 39.
Just moments following the judge’s
orders, emotion swept the courtroom.
Acevedo’s mother exited the courtroom
and wails of grief could be heard from the
hallway, while the victim’s family shed
tears of relief that their brother’s killer
would be off the streets.
“I have no choice but to sentence you to
life in prison for the heinous crime you
have committed,” said Ables, as he handed
down the punishment. pleaded for his relatives not to call 9-1-1, In an attempt to lessen the severity of the
During the punishment phase of the trial saying “they’ll arrest me.” forthcoming penalty, defense attorney
Friday morning, assistant district attorney Still terrified from the assault, Padilla said Jimmy Parks called several members of
Lucy Cavazos called Delia Padilla, 74, to that she experiences trouble swallowing Acevedo’s family to the stand including his
the stand to testify about her horrifying run- and has pain in her left arm due to a nerve
in with Acevedo on April 18, one month being cut in her neck. Padilla spent 12 days
after the murder of Donofrio. in the hospital, four in Intensive Care under
Padilla, a distant relative of Acevedo, had an induced coma.
flown into San Antonio to visit family and Acevedo had been released from the
was attacked from behind when he grabbed Kendall County jail after posting $150,000
her and slashed her throat with a utility bond days after the March 19 murder at
knife. Padilla, holding her hand over her Cascade Caverns. Officials had originally
throat while testifying, said Acevedo “had set his bail at $750,000 for the shooting of
an evil look in his eyes” prior to attacking Jeffrey Donofrio.
her in the bedroom while she was unpack- Cavazos sought the maximum penalty for
ing her suitcase. the murder, and attempted to show the court
Moments after the attack, Padilla said that that Acevedo is violent and a threat to soci-
Acevedo left the house telling other family ety. With Ables’ ruling, Acevedo will be eli-
members “I slashed her throat.” He also gible for parole in 30 years.
father, Ramiro Acevedo Jr., postmaster in
Comfort.
“He was a good, loving son,” Ramiro
Acevedo said as tears rolled down his face.
“He never had problems before... he’s
never done anything violent.”
The family maintained that Jeffrey
Donofrio’s death was an accident and pled
that the court understand Acevedo never
had a chance to mourn the death of his
common-law wife, Jill Beardsley, who died
on March 2 due to an aspirin overdose, and
that he was traumatized over the situation
Flying high with the Monarchs
Ultralight crew tracks winged wonders from Canada to Mexico
Old Boerne Stage Airfield saw • BY KURT MOGONYE
the arrival of an unusual group Staff Writer
of visitors Sunday afternoon.
Traveling in an ultralight aircraft, two men on a 3,000-mile
journey from Canada to Mexico stopped briefly to meet with
some friends as they journeyed southward in pursuit of a creature
that makes one of the most astonishing migrations each fall, the
Monarch butterfly.
Papalotzin, or royal butterfly in the Nahuatl (Aztec) language,
is the name that Francisco “Vico” Gutierrez chose for his ultra-
light and mission. Even his aircraft’s wings, 10.5 meters wide,
are patterned after that of the Monarch.
“Six years ago I became very interested in the Monarch migra-
tion,” said Vico. “I was fascinated about something that weighs
roughly the same as a penny, to fly from Canada to Mexico.”
And out of this fascination grew an interest to learn more about
the mysterious Monarch migration.
Five years ago Vico and several friends began planning a jour-
ney that would follow the butterfly’s annual passage from
Canada and the Northeastern U.S. south to central Mexico, to
document the migration with video and photographs.
Soon, several large organizations, including the World Wildlife
Federation (WWF) and the Mexican state of Michoacan pledged
funding to help the group get off the ground.
“The Monarch’s migration is a symbol of the struggles our
environment is facing,” said Vico, a native of Mexico City.
“We’re making this nip to learn more about this butterfly, and to
educate others.”
During the journey, the crew of five has videotaped nearly 100
hours and taken over 6,000 photographs that will be used to cre-
ate a documentary for educational purposes in schools around the
world.
The completed one-hour video filmed while in flight and on the
ground, will emphasize the life and flight of the Monarch and
environmental issues the insect is facing in the three North ,
American counties Star photo by Kurt Mogonye
^e cSw has also organized informational events and press Moments after th® ultralight’s arrival, Boerne-ite Terry
the crew has also organized informational events and press Adams (L) greets the papalotzin crew, Andres Gutierrez,
See MONARCHS, page 2 Francisco Gutierrez and Andrew Donaldson.
Picking a Perfect Punkin
Star photo by Kurt Mogonye
Kirk Moore III, 3, of Bergheim, picks out a pint-size
pumpkin Sunday at the First United Methodist
Church’s Pumpkin Patch on Veteran’s Plaza.
See ACEVEDO, page 2
Boerne bracing for high costs
of keeping warm this winter
As if rising gasoline prices bills and everyone's electricity
weren't enough, consumers are bills will be escalating drasti-
going to take another hit to cally also.
their pocketbooks in the com- Natural gas costs have
ing months just to stay warm. increased about 54 percent
Already-tight energy supplies since this same time last year,
have been worsened by back- and by the end of this year
to-back Hurricanes Katrina and could be more than double
Rita which pounded oil refiner- what Boerne was paying just a
ies and oil rigs along the Texas year ago.
and Louisiana coasts. Boerne Utilities is a whole-
Boerne residents will soon sale customer of the Lower
begin to see the effects of this Colorado River Authority,
shortage translated into higher Roughly 30 percent of the elec-
electric and natural gas costs. tricity produced by the LCRA
“We can't predict exactly, but is derived from plants which
costs have already risen by over burn natural gas and will there-
50 percent since this time last fore equate to an increase in the
year. Based on the natural gas cost of the power from those
futures we are seeing presently, generating plants .
by the end of this year, those Power costs billed to Boerne
costs could be 125 percent or Utilities by wholesale suppliers
more above the level of are calculated on a monthly
December 2004,” Joe Tippett basis depending on consump-
Boerne’s assistant finance tion of kilowatt hours (kwh)
director, said. and the cost is passed on to
Homes and businesses which local electric customers in their
heat and cool with natural gas
will see substantially higher
Deputies
bust teen
drinking
party, arrest
parent
provider
— By Kurt Mogonye
Staff Writer
Kendall County Sheriff’s
deputies are investigating sever-
al assaults that occurred on
Saturday, Oct. 1 during an
underage drinking party hosted
by Jack Burkhart at his resi-
dence located at 212 Live Oak
Pass in the Skyview Acres sub-
aivision off of Upper Balcones
Road.
Deputies responded to a call
shortly before 3 a.m. from an
unidentified caller who advised
the Sheriff’s department that the
adult homeowners at that loca-
tion were supplying alcohol to a
group of 16 minors.
The anonymous caller said
that the adult stated to those in
attendance that he had “killed
someone before and would do it
again.”
When deputies arrived, they
found the gate to the property
closed and several attempts to
gain entry were made. Burkhart
was ultimately contacted and
tried to deceive deputies that a
’party was taking place. It is
reported that the homeowner
attempted to supply false infor-
mation about the activities tak-
ing place at his residence.
During questioning outside
the home by deputies, Burkhart
did admit to an assault that took
place earlier at his residence
that involved several teenage
victims who were sleeping
when officials arrived.
Feeling the need to insure the
safety of the assault victims, the
deputies gained entry to the res-
idence and were able to identify
16 minors and several other
young adults. Several of the
minors admitted that they had
been consuming alcoholic bev-
erages and gave statements to
deputies that Burkhart had fur-
nished them, along with his
adult female companion,
Kathleen Tate.
While in the residence,
deputies also observed unse-
cured firearms in plain view
along with three teenage assault
victims who needed medical
attention. Emergency medical
services were called to the loca-
tion and attended to the victims
See GAS PRICES, page 2
See TEEN PARTY, page 2
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