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Lawn proposal sparks city turf war
Inside
District
play
BY DAVE Pasley_________
Staff Writer
In recent years members of the Boerne
City Council have had many turf battles over
policy issues ranging from zoning to ethics,
but Tuesday the councilmen battled over the
real thing.
In a 3-2 vote council members rejected a
staff recommendation to allow St. Augustine
grass and approved a proposal to require top-
soil in newly established yards.
Planning and Community Development
Director Chris Turk’s suggestion to allow St.
Augustine grass because it does well in the
deep shade of large oak trees drew withering
fire from Councilman Bob Manning.
“I absolutely disagree with you,” Manning pass this ordinance,” Warden said. “There is
said. “This would be going backwards. We no reason for this. You’re not going to save
still live on the edge of a desert and this is a water.”
bad idea.” Mayor Pro-Tem Jacques DuBose, who pre-
The city banned St. Augustine grass in new sided at the meeting in Heckler’s absence,
said many months earlier he had asked the
yards in 2004 because studies have shown
it requires more water to sustain than other
types of grass. None of the current council-
men were on the council then, although
Mayor Dan Heckler was a councilman at the
time. Heckler was on vacation and did not
attend Tuesday’s meeting.
Councilman Ron Warden rejected Turk’s
proposal for requiring topsoil saying it would
promote root growth and require more irriga-
tion by homeowners to sustain lawns.
“You are going to use more water if you
staff to look into the possibility of requir-
ing top soil after he read an article about the
water-saving benefits it can have.
Turk agreed that topsoil can save water, cit-
ing in a memorandum to council members a
statement by San Antonio Water System offi-
cials that requiring four inches of topsoil is
the single most effective water conservation
measure a city can implement.
See TURF, page 2A
Furry friends fundraiser
Teen’s trial
postponed
until 2010
BY Mark J. Armstrong
E News Editor
The trial for a Boerne teen
accused of plotting a shooting
spree at Champion High School
last year has been postponed until
next year.
The trial that was set to begin
next week in Bandera, but defense
attorney Wayne Huff requested
additional
time to pre-
pare expert
witnesses
based
on new
evidence.
Assistant
District
Attorney
Lucy Wilke
said she did
not object
Doelitsch
The Boerne Champion
and Comfort football teams
open district play tonight at
home, while Boerne High
School is on the road to
take on Rouse.
See Sports pages 1B-3B.
to the
request.
“I don’t think it was an unrea-
sonable request considering the
punishment range we are looking
at here,” Wilke said.
Doelitsch, who was 18 when
he was arrested three days before
See TRIAL, page 14A
...Birthday
Sept. 25
Jean Edgemon
Jim Luisi
Donald Odvody
Wilda Sanders
Sept. 26
Eugene Haas
Sept. 27
Russell Hawkins
Gertrude Holekamp
Verena Mazour
J.L. Robin
Sept. 28
Nicholas Cartwright
Gene Anderson
Leonard Holman
...Anniversary
Sept. 28
Stan and Wilma
Preston
Deaths
Brad Henson
William I. Braden
Star photo by Candace Velvin
Full obituaries, Page 2A.
See the latest obituaries at
www.boernestar.com.
Birgit Duffy, left, and Stacy McCurdy start an IV for a cat at the Hill Country Animal League spay and neuter clinic.
Since opening three years ago, more than 12,000 surgeries have been performed.
Weekend festival to benefit Hill Country Animal League
CVB turned
into acity
department
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BY DAVE PASLEY
Staff Writer
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By Candace Velvin and pony show, miniature horses, microchip the group’s animal services and corporate
•. th. and pet identification clinic, dog obedience offices are located. A year later, the spay and
Managing Editor and dance demonstrations, information on pet neuter clinic opened there. Since then, more
Fun for people and pets of all ages is planned adoptions and educational booths. than 12,000 surgeries have been performed
Saturday at the Furry Friends Festival benefit- Many items have been donated for the live at the clinic. Volunteers and state assist vet-
ing the Hill Country Animal League. auction at 2:30 p.m. with Auctioneer Forres erinarians who contract with EICAL Over the
HCAL staff and volunteers plan to raise Meadows. There will also be a silent auction entire history of the organization, the number
funds for the spay and neuter clinic while and a benefit raffle with a diamond pendant as approaches 40,000. .
raising awareness for the organization’s mis- the prize. The Kathy Bauer Band will provide “Now, we are averaging 25 surgenes per ay
sion of preventing overpopulation of unwanted musical entertainment. with one (contracted) veterinarian and 5 ee
animals. Since 1986, HCAL has provided low-cost techs,” Director Jennifer Blackson explained.
Many different events are planned on the spay and neuter services and animal adoption “To meet the growing demand, we hope to add
Main Plaza in downtown Boerne from 10 a.m. services for residents of the greater Kendall the services of a second veterinarian an more
to 4 p.m. Saturday, according to Katie Oaster, County and Hill Country area. The major staff to do 45 to 50 surgeries per ay.
who is chairing the event. ■ source of funding is the group’s thrift store at In order to expand clinic services, the build-
A benefit barbecue lunch will be served from 115 West Bandera where supporters donate ing must be remodeled to expand the surgery
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. items for resale by the non-profit organization, area. HCAL needs to raise about 481,000
Accompanied by their owners, pets are wel- In the beginning the services were provided for the remodeling and additional equipment,
come to attend and participate in contests, such through local veterinary offices. Donations to the league are tax e uc 1 e.
as a pet fashion show, or have their portraits Four years ago, the organization purchased
made. In addition, there will be a live dog a second location at 924 N. Main St. where
The Boerne City Council voted
5-0 Tuesday to make the Conven-
tion and Visitor’s Bureau, which
has been operated by the Chamber
of Commerce since its inception
five years ago, into a city depart-
ment. The change will take effect
Oct. 1.
At a council workshop two weeks
ago the change was portrayed as
little more than an administra-
tive matter that will allow the
CVB’s four employees to receive
city health and retirement ben-
efits. However, on Tuesday council
members pressed City Manager
Ron Bowman for details about his
plans for changes in the bureau
while spontaneous applause after
the vote suggested that council
members were not the only ones
seeking a new direction.
“I think we can improve and do
a better job and I’d hoped to have
more information tonight,” said
Councilman Jeff Haberstroh.
Responding to a request from
a council member a few days
before the meeting, Bowman had
distributed a packet of materials,
, including draft job descriptions
for the CVB employees, that were
distributed to council members at
the start of the meeting. Council-
men wanted more specifics, and
Bowman seemed surprised by the
pointed questions and the urgency
of the calls for immediate, sub-
stantive changes at the bureau.
“I thought the idea was to decide
tonight whether or not the CVB
would become a city department.
I didn’t realize you wanted to have
a full-blown discussion,” Bowman
said.
Bowman asked Haberstroh if he
wanted the CVB’s strategic plan
to be developed before or after a
new CVB advisory board has been
appointed. Pausing several sec-
onds before answering, Haberstroh
said it would probably be best to
See ANIMALS, page 2A
See CVB, page 2A
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