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Tuesday, OCTOBER 18, 2005
The BOERNE Star & Recorder
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From the Heart
St. Peter’s hosts benefit organ
recital, ACTS men’s retreat
St. Vincent de Paul Conference A special feature will include Acts of the Apostles (2:42-47) -
Boerne Middle School South ninth graders Christina Webb, Shelby Chandler,
Maddison Douglas and Maggie Nail and eighth graders Marika Austad and Noel
Wallace presented a check for $2,235.77 to Dr. Janey Hunt, BMSS principal, for the
American Red Cross. The funds were raised by the BMSS student body to help
victims of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf coast states.
"The Share Your Heart Campaign" was spearheaded by counselor Jane Cutbirth
and teacher Sandie Ford who asked the students "to give what they could" for the
Katrina evacuees.
Greater Boerne Chamber brings
two state legislators ‘to the table
What would you talk about if
you could sit down at your kitchen
table with State Senator Jeff
Wentworth and State Represent-
ative Carter Casteel? They’ll both
be sitting down at the Boerne
Chamber of Commerce Quarterly
Roundtable Friday, Oct. 21, at the
Holiday Inn Express in Boerne.
Of interest to every stakeholder share your input and ideas about
in the community will be topics what really concerns us here at
such as school finance reform, home. That way, when our repre-
property tax relief, local govern-
ment’s ability to impact growth
and the impact such growth has on
resources.
“This Quarterly Roundtable
won’t be a debate, town hall meet-
Both representatives will “sit and ing or campaign stop. It will be a
talk awhile" about the impact that great opportunity to participate in
the 2005 Legislative Session will our representative form of govern-
have on businesses and communi- ment. Senator Wentworth and
ties. Business topics will include Representative Casteel will fill us
taxation, revisions to the worker’s in on what’s going on in Austin
compensation law, the IRS crack- and how it affects us locally,” said
down on corporate tax shelters and Paula White, Boerne Chamber
changes to the bankruptcy code. president. “You’ll have a chance to
sentatives go to work for us,
they’ll both have a better idea of
how to best represent their con-
stituency. It will be a fabulous
chance to hear and be heard, just
like a conversation at ‘the kitchen
table’.”
This is the final of four Quarterly
Roundtable events Registration
starts at 8:30 a.m.; the program
begins at 9 a.m.
Seating for this event is limited.
To register, call the chamber office
at 830-249-8000 or drop in at 126
Rosewood.
Join us for Teen Read Week
“The Youth Tour Essay
THE BOOKWORM wireless laptops and access the Contest is one of the many ways
- Internet through our wireless net- PEC strives to provide educa-
ploarec, work. tional opportunities for the
We’ll still have our regular pub- youth of the community,” said
" Natalie Moraan lic access computers that can be Toni Reyes, PEC public infor-
. ) pco.son used by anyone, so this'll just mation manager. “We are chal-
- BOERNE PUBLIC pump up our services, lenging thesestudents to recog-
LIBRARY We’re also offering the use of nize their writing potential and
_ library laptops to those patrons rewarding their efforts with an
This event is free and open to the who need to take computer tests incredible learning experience.”
public, but Kinky’s salty lan- in a quiet spot . Entry forms are available
guase mav alarm some little The online sessions will be through high school counselors,
ones so if you can, please leave timed for as long as it takes to at any PEC office or onthe PEC
your youngsters at home. complete the test. Web site at www.pec.coop. The
CURERSMARTS BOOK TALK deadline to submit the form and
ALA’s Web site at Next Tuesday at 10 a.m., com- Please don’t forget that the essay is Thursday, Nov. 10.
puter students will explore library plays host to two wonder-
Internet Explorer and at 11:30 full bookdiscussion groups. On
a.m., we'll hold a beginner’s class the first Thursday of every month
on Web-based email. Both these mystery lovers come together and
classes will open up a whole new talk about a whodunit that we ve
world for you, so don’t miss out! Just finishedreading., .
We encourage students to Our next Mysteries for Lunch
become proficient with the gathering is at noon on Nov. 3.
mouse and comfortable with a The book we "be discussing is
computer before taking this class. ,A Letter of Mary written by
Remember that our classes are Laune ing- Nr ,,
first come, first served, so please On Monday, Nov. 14 at noon,
sign up at the Front Desk before our Food for Though book dis-
class starts that morning cussion group will gather to talk
class startsabout "In toe Land of Second
1Chances” by George Shaffher.
Wi-Fi is the shortened version STAYING INFORMED
of wireless fidehty, and that’s v+ n
where we’re headed at the You can contact us at 830-249-
library! Beginning Nov. 3, 3053, www.boerne.lib.tx.us and
patrons can bring in their own www.boernelibrary.blogspot
& .com.
of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic 14-year-old John McDonald, breaking bread together, wor-
Church will host an organ recital who has been blind from birth, shipping together, receiving
on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. at performing Bach minuets on the instruction together, sharing in
the church, 202 W. Kronkosky organ with Hamilton, his common and reaching out in
in Boerne. teacher. loving service.
The organist will be Claudia Contributions will be accepted ACTS stands for Adoration,
Hamilton, an accomplished to assist the needy of Boerne Community, Theology and
local organist, who will play- and surrounding communities, Service, concepts which will be
classic compositions from Bach, which is the mission of St. discussed in small groups with
Mendelssohn, Handel and Vincent de Paul. time for private reflection dur-
Pachebel along with favorite Thursday, Oct. 20, marks the ing the weekend.
Thanksgiving selections. beginning of a retreat weekend ACTS had its beginnings in
for men organized by the men of Selma in 1987 with close con-
St. Peter the Apostle Catholic nections to the Cursillo move-
DEG acea Church under the guidance of ment which is self-described as
TEU cosdy the ACTS mission, a “short course” in the Catholic
2AnA2 The retreat takes place at the faith.
CoNtest OTICTS Omega Center in Boerne begin- The notable differences
* ning Thursday evening at 6.30 between ACTS and Cursillo are
I p.m. and concluding at 11 a.m. that ACTS retreats are parish-
, on Sunday, based.
WWashington The weekend offers a time to There will be a women ’ s
Pedernales Electric explore the deeper meanings of ACTS retreat at the Omega
Cooperative is accepting entries what life is about and how that Center on the weekend of April
for the 2006 Youth Tour Essay understanding is applied to 27-30.
Contest. everyday lives within the com- For more information regard-
Six contest winners will join munity. ing the upcoming men’s retreat
students from across the coun- The ACTS retreat is structured or future Boerne ACTS retreats
try on an all-expense-paid trip according to the description of call the St. Peter the Apostle
to Washington, D.C., June 8 the early Church found in the parish office at 830-816-2233.
throughl6. The trip will include
a visit to several historic sites,
including the Tomb of the
Unknowns, Capitol Hill, the
Supreme Court, the Washington
Monument and the Smithsonian
Institution.
High school students who will
have completed their sopho-
more, junior or senior year by
June 8 and whose parents or
legal guardians are PEC mem-
bers are eligible to enter.
Students must submit a dou-
ble-spaced, typewritten essay of
500 to 750 words on the theme
“What Would Life Be Like
Without Electricity?” An inde-
pendent panel of judges will
evaluate essays on content of
subject, originality, composi-
tion, neatness and grammar.
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sponsored by the Young Adult
Library Services Association
(YALSA). Teen Read Week is a
national literacy initiative' to
encourage teens to take time to
“read for the fun of it.”
Throughout this whole week,
our library is encouraging teens
to explore the world of nonfiction
books by offering all kinds of
cool after-school programs.
Teens also can vote for their
favorite books by logging onto
www. ala. org/teenstopten.
For more information call Miss
Constance or Miss Amy
GET KINKY AT THE
LIBRARY: PART2
Well-known author, columnist,
musician, pop culture icon and
gubernatorial candidate Kinky
Friedman is returning to the
library on Tuesday, Oct. 25 from
6 to 8 p.m. He’ll be reading from
one of his books, and then he’ll
stick around for a bit to sign
copies.
“Read All About It” Bookstore
will be selling his two newest
books so you’ll have the opportu-
nity to buy one or two for Kinky
to sign!
We’ll also be serving delicious
refreshments from local eateries.
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Cartwright, Brian. Boerne Star & Recorder (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 76, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 18, 2005, newspaper, October 18, 2005; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1663408/m1/3/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.