The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 2011 Page: 1 of 26
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Playoff time
Boerne Champion’s Heather
Hormuth drives to the basket
during Tuesday’s playoff game
with Buda Hays in Seguin.
For more about the contest,
look in today’s sports section,
pages 1B-2B.
1GY 000
...Birthday
Feb. 18
Donna Gibson
William Goodrich
John Krueger
Louise Martinez
Duane Tucker
Feb. 19
Beatrice Bell
T.J. Baumgartner
Robert Huntley
Gerald Naumann
Lillian Soell
Feb. 20
Joyce Dwight-Bolton
Ken Klein
Stan Lindner
Dana Loewen
Feb. 21
Sammye Reagan
Kathryn Wisenbaker
Belated wishes
Dawn Davis Hicks, Feb. 17
...Anniversary
Feb. 18
David & Connie Granato
Feb. 19
John & Mary Buchanan
Feb. 21
Enrique & Helena Lozano
Deaths
Florence Dixon Babbitt
Joe Eddie Schweizer
Fred Sinclair, Jr.
Grace B. Tober
For complete obituaries, see
page 2A. See the latest obitu-
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Faith
From the Heart
Games
Hill Country Gardener
Home Cookin'
Mary Alice's Potpourri
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Service Directory
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Herff Road bond issue on May 14 ballot
County Judge Gaylan Schroeder meetings throughout the county in ening and extending Herff Road project, then estimated at $13.1
said he would have preferred issu- recent weeks that explained the has been on the drawing board for million, with the promise that a
ing certificates of obligation to raise project to residents and answered many years and has long been con- sizable chunk of the investment
. SE fr the funds, rather than holding a questions. sidered a high priority by both city would be reimbursed by Marlin
Voters will decide May it Herd bond election. However, he said Schultz estimated that 250 to 300 and county planners. Atlantis and the Texas Department
Road will be widened and extended after the vote yesterday that he people turned out for the meetings Efforts to act on the concept gained of Transportation.
to South Main Street. .voted in favor of holding the bond and that they expressed “over- traction in 2008 when Esperanza Rather than take immediate action
in a series of unanimous, 5-0 election because he did not want whelming support” for the project, developer Marlin-Atlantis agreed at that time, commissioners opted
votes Monday afternoon, Kendall there to be a dissenting vote cast. Schultz said there may have been to contribute $2.3 million to build to form a working group of staff
County Commissioners agreed to "We need to now all work together a slight edge in straw polls taken at the new road, including a provision members from both the city and the
put a $10 million bond issue on the as a team to get this done, that’s the the meetings for issuing the certifi- for inflation that could increase the county that met monthly for more
ballot in a May 14 election that will bottom line," Schroeder said, cates of obligation versus holding a contribution to as much as $2.75 than a year, hammering out details
be held jointly with Boerne ISD Schroeder thanked County bond election, but there is no reason million, on roadway alignments and design
and the City of Boerne. Engineer Terry Anderson, former to dwell on that issue. In July 2009 the Boerne City features with assistance from John
If the bond issue is approved, the Greater Boerne Chamber of Com- “That decision has been made,” Council authorized the city man- Kight, a former TxDOT engineer
county will manage the project but merce Chairman Mike Schultz and Schultz said. “Now we need to turn ager to enter into an inter-local and former county commissioner,
will work in partnership with the Boerne Assistant City Manager our attention to getting the vote out agreement with Kendall County While $3 million was whittled
city on design and implementation Jeff Thompson for their efforts in and getting it done.” that called for the city and county
details. conducting a series of five public The concept of widening, straight- to split the upfront cost for the
BY Dave Pasley
Staff Writer
See BOND ISSUE, page 2A
Cow Creek GCD directors
review TWDB-proposed
annual water allocations
By Dave Pasley
Staff Writer
District retains -
Stage 3 drought
use restrictions
While levels in many |
monitoring wells continued
to decline last month, board I
members made no change
in water use regulations
and the district remains in
Drought Stage 3.
Cow Creek Groundwater Con-
servation District Board members
got their first look this week at
annual pumping allocations for the
county resulting from a decision
made by a regional water planning
group last summer.
Cow Creek General Manager
Micah Voulgaris said his initial
reaction is that Kendall County
has fared “pretty well” with the
allocations proposed by the Texas
Water Development Board, known no more than 30 feet over the next
in water planner lingo as managed 50 years.
available groundwater, or MAG. Using a hydrology model, the
Voulgaris said the MAG num- TWDB translated that policy
ber IWDB proposed for Kendall direction into the pumping alloca-
County would be enough to allow tions board members discussed at
the number of wells for residential their monthly meeting Monday
and livestock use that are exempt afternoon and will discuss in more
from permitting requirements to detail at a workshop in March.
double or even triple by 2060. Voulgaris said he also expects
According to the TWDB model, additional water to become avail-
there also appears to be enough able for allocation over time, as
water available to allocate addi- permit holders report actual pump-
tional pumping rights to new and ing numbers and permit allocations
existing permit holders, which are “trued up.”
include water purveyors like the There was an example of just
City of Boerne and commercial such a "true up" on the agenda at
entities not served by a purveyor. Monday’s meeting.
“Bottom-line is our exempt usage The Valero gasoline station and
from residential and livestock retail complex at the intersection
wells is projected to increase from of state Hwy. 46 and FM 3351 in
2,287 acre-feet per year in 2010 to Bergheim received an operating
6,543 acre-feet per year in 2060, permit five years ago to pump 3.14
which is based on a (projected) acre-feet per year. However, actual
population of 41,962 (in exempt pumping has been about half the
areas not served by a purveyor),’ amount allocated.
Voulgaris said. That leaves a total Noting the difference but also
of 8,335 acre-feet available for taking into account that there are
permitting in 2010, being reduced still some vacant lease spaces
over time to 4,079 in 2060. that could increase pumping in
The water board numbers were the future, board members voted
based on a decision made last unanimously Monday to set the
July by representatives from nine new pumping allocation at 2.6
Hill Country groundwater districts acre-feet per year. Thus, the half-
- known as Groundwater Manage- acre-foot residual will be added
ment Area 9. GMA 9 voted to limit back to the 8,335 acre-feet avail-
the drawdown of aquifer levels to able for permitting this year.
Got warrants? Pay up
Annual roundup begins March 5
The City of Boerne and more nience and embarrassment of being
than 250 law enforcement agencies arrested at home or at work in front
across Texas are combining forces of family, friends or co-workers,"
to search for defendants with out- City Public Relations Coordinator
standing municipal court warrants Pamela Bransford said.
during the 2011 Great Texas War- For more information on how to
rant Roundup March 5-13. pay acitation and avoid arrest dur-
There are more than 900 out- ing the warrant round up, contact
standing warrants in Boerne alone, the Boerne Municipal Court at
A list of outstanding Municipal 830-248-1504 or visit the court of-
Court warrants can be viewed at fices Monday through Friday from
the City of Boerne's website, www. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ci.boerne.tx.us. The list will be up- The Boerne Municipal Court re-
dated each week through March 13 cently moved to a new location at
as payments are made and records 124 Old San Antonio Road, across
cleared.
the street from Meadowlands
“People with unpaid tickets are School.
urged to contact the Boerne Mu- Credit card payments may be
nicipal Court to resolve their case made by calling 1-888-252-6741.
voluntarily and avoid the inconve- A fee will be charged.
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Edmonds' intricate drawings keep local
memories alive for future generations
BY ELENA Tucker
Staff Writer
Her original home was in gates to places I couldn’t have
Bergheim where Edmonds con- otherwise gone,” she explained.
nected with the old Bergheim “We took pictures and I got
Store and the hamlet’s “Aunt” to meet everybody. They let me
If the lacy lines of ink on Bet- Helen Marquardt. draw their homes and their old
tie Edmonds’ drawings could "We were always ‘meine fre- buildings; I did Bergheim and
be measured, they might just undes,’" Edmonds recalled. “We everything around there, the
outstretch the distances she’s were friends. She took me all
traveled along Kendall County around and got me through the
roads - miles she’s driven in
See HISTORY, page 8A
search of buildings to draw.
Edmonds is more than just a
prolific artist. She’s also a metic-
ulous archivist of Boerne’s past
and has also put a definitive
thumbprint on the area’s future.
The importance of her work is
underscored in remarks by Joe
Mills, director of the national
architectural program “Commu-
nities by Design” and one of the
American Institute of Architects’
2008 Boerne RUDAT experts.
“Artistic contributions like hers
can capture community identity
and build pride of place for gen-
erations,” he said of Edmonds’
drawings and archival work.
Access to such unique drawings,
Mills added, provides a crucial
orientation for the town as it con-
fronts future change.
Of course when Edmonds
moved to the area, development
hadn’t much scratched the coun-
tryside’s limestone surface. She
retired from the Air Force at the
rank of colonel in 1974, when
she became a true Hill Country
devotee.
“I just fell in love with Boerne,”
Edmonds said regarding her
move to the area. She’d been in
San Antonio for a while after liv-
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post requiring that she manage Bettie Edmonds spends many hours each week in
global assignments for the Air the Boerne Public Library Historical Research Room,
Force’s 5,000 nurses. painstakingly maintaining files on many local historic
“Man, what a job that was,” buildings, some still in use, some no longer standing.
Edmonds laughed. ′ “They’re family,” she says. Star photo by Elena Tucker
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