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The Boerne Star
Tuesday, October 10, 2000
Donald D. Reynolds, retired Eastern
Airline Captain, passed away Oct. t,
2000. due to complications following
heart surgery at Southwest Texas
Methodist Hospital in San Antonio.
Texas. He was born in Cairo, Missouri
on Oct. 9. 1935 to Joseph and Gladys
Reynolds, who proceeded him in
death.
Mr. Reynolds was a Air Traffic
Controller in the U.S. Navy. After
serving in the Navy, he joined the U.S.
Army and served as a helicopter pilot,
completing numerous missions during
the war in Vietnam and was awarded
several medals. His latest employment
was as an Eastern Airlines captain,
Ron Thomas, of Boerne, died as a
result of a traffic accident on
Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000. He was born
in Bangor, Maine on May 23, 1952,
the son of Hilton 0. and Mary Lewis
Thomas. He was a member of the
Boerne Church of Christ and had
been a firefighter for 17 years, his
last service being with the Balcones
Heights Fire Department. He was the
owner/operator of Hill Country
Nursery and Landscaping and annu-
ally donated a scholarship at the high
school awards ceremony. He was a
member of the South Texas Car
Club. He had been in the Top Ten
Buyers for four years at the Kendall
County Junior Livestock show and
was a sponsor of many youth sports.
Community Calendar
• e October
I w Tuesday
★ Gerry and Arabella Stone,
pharmacists at The Drug Store in
Comfort, will have a presenta-
tion on Natural Hormone
Therapy for menopause at The
Cypress Creek Inn Restaurant,
408 Hwy. 27 in Comfort at 7
p.m. RSVP at (800) 597-5459.
11
October
Wednesday
★ Kendall County Retired
Teachers invite you to their first
meeting of 2000-2001. This will
be a luncheon meeting at 11
a.m. If will be conducted at
Arlene's Cafe in Comfort, 426
Seventh St. (on same street as
Wells Fargo Bank). The cost of
$13.15 includes gratuity. Make
your reservations as soon as
possible to Helen Shinn at 816-
Kendall
• The Texas Department of Public
Health, Boerne, is in charge of moni-
toring and reporting communicable dis-
eases, offers HIV and STD testing, vision
and hearing screenings for children, pro-
vides vaccines for children and adults,
helps with resources and referrals to need-
ed services, provides community outreach
and education on public health-related
subjects. For more information call (830)
249-3511.
★ Square dancing lessons, Fridays
from 6-8 p.m., Hill Country Health &
Wellness Center, all ages welcome, 997-
1355. . •
★ Sisterdale Vol. Fire Dept, meeting,
7 p.m., third Tuesday of each month,
1207 Sisterdale Rd., 324-6737.
★ First Baptist Church of Boerne's
grief support group, 7 p.m., Tuesdays, led
by Karen Calhoun, free, 249-2527.
★ Hill Country Hikers meeting, 7
p.m., second Tuesday of every month,
Kronkosky Tower at the Benedictine
Convent, 899-3439.
★ Bike Boerne 26-46-mile rides, 1:30
p.m., Sundays, 802 E. Blanco Rd.,
816-2305.
★ Fair Oaks Ladies Bible study,
9:30-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays, Jackie at
981-4453, Marji at 981-4169.
★ HOPS, High School Organization of
Parental Support meeting, noon, second
Thursday of the month, Boerne High
School home economics building, 816-
2492.
★ Boerne Alpha Beta Tau (ABT)
chapter of Beta Sigma Phi meeting, 7
p.m., second and fourth Monday of the
month, 537-4114.
★ Alcoholics Anonymous, Mon-day-
Wednesday, Friday, 8 p.m., First United
| Methodist Church, Boy Scout Hut, corner
| of James and Turner Streets. Open meet-
ings, non-smoking.
★ Alcoholics Anonymous, Tuesday
j and Thursday, noon, First Baptist Church,
I School Street and Highland, building
| behind church. Open meetings, non-smok-
| ing.
j ★ Alcoholics Anonymous, Open dis-
cussion, St. Helena's Episcopal Church,
410 N. Main St. Non-smoking, Sunday, 8
p.m.
★ AL-ATEEN meetings, 7 p.m., Mon-
days, behind St. Mark Presbyterian
Church on Water Street in the mobile
home.
★ AL-ANON meetings, 7 p.m.,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays,
I behind St. Mark Presbyterian Church on
I Water Street in the mobile home.
; ★ VFW Post 688 meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
second Tuesday of each month, Boerne
Church of Christ, 1 Upper Balcones Rd.,
981-4971.
j ★ American Legion meeting, 7:30
i p.m., third Tuesday of each month, Old
Lower Balcones Schoolhouse, Boerne
I Stagecoach Road, 249-2197.
| ★ Chamber of Commerce Small
Business Counseling, second and fourth
Thursday of each month, 249-8000 for
appointment.
★ US TOO meeting, a prostate cancer
survivor support group, 5:30 p.m., first
Monday of each month, Ecumenical
OBITUARIES
Donald D. Reynolds
from which he retired in 1989.
He is survived by his loving wife of
33 years, Carole of Boernel; his
daughter and son-in-law Donna and
Emmett Leopardi, of Cincinnati,
Ohio; and grandchildren Emmett
Leopardi, III, Crista Leopardi. April
Leopardi, and Eric Leopardi, also of
Cincinnati, Ohio. He also leaves
behind many friends.
A memorial service was held
Sunday afternoon. Arrangements were
provided by Ebensberger Funeral
Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests memorials be made to the
Boerne EMS or to the charity of
Ron Thomas
He was proceeded in death by a
brother, David. In addition to his par-
ents, Mr. Thomas is survived by his
wife, Debbie; daughters Kim
Thomas and Melissa Shively and her
husband, Larry, all of North
Carolina; sons Eric and Andrew
Anderson of Boerne; sister Joy
Young and her husband, Randy of
Brady; mother-in-law and father-in-
law, Betty and Jim Grohman of
Boerne.
The funeral service was conducted
Monday, Oct. 9, at First Baptist
Church in Boerne, 631 S. School St.,
Pastor Randy Couchman, officiating,
assisted by Pastors Max Lucado and
Bubba Stahl. Burial in Boerne
Cemetery followed. The pallbearers
7006, Barbara Hinze at 336-
3 690 or Virginia Milner at 995-
4670. You may pay for your
lunch on arrival, but we need
your reservation soon. District
president Margaret Butler will be
the guest. All new retirees are
especially invited to attend and
join the legislative and service
organization. The goal this year
is to improve health insurance
and provide long term health
care for both active and retired
members. Those wishing to car
pool from Boerne should meet at
the Methodist Church, 205 E.
James St., north parking lot at
10:30 a.m. All retired school
personnel are encouraged to
visit and join.
★ Chapel Hill Baptist Church
will be conducting their third
Blood Drive of the year on
October 11, 2000. The Blood
drive will be conducted in the
Co. Consistencies
Center, 249-9027. more information call the guild at 830-
★ Kuhlmann-King Historical House, 537-5906.
Graham Building and Museum Store ★ Ladies Auxiliary V.F.W. Bruno
behind City Hall, open Sundays, tours Phillip Post 688 meets at St. Helena's
available by appointment. Episcopal Church in the intermediate
★ Boerne Art League, second Tuesday room on the third Thursday of the month at
of each month, 7 p.m., Benedictine Healtn 2 p.m. New members are needed. Call
& Wholeness Center, 634-2956. Joan at (830) 816-7899.
★ Agricultural Heritage Center, ★ Comfort Volunteer Fire Depart-
Inc., open Sundays and Wednesdays, ment meets the second and third Tuesday
1:30-4:30 p.m., tours available by of the month at 7 p.m. at 224 W. Hwy.
appointment, 249-2814. 473 behind the Super 'S.'
★ Hill Country Women in Business ★ Comfort Lions Club meets on the
meeting, first Tnursday of every month, first and third Thursday of the month at 7
call Tenlee Lund at 249-9550 or Rebecca p.m. at the Double 'D' Restaurant.
Boles 698-0131. ★ Kendall County Public Trans-
★ Various student artwork will be portation, 204 E. San Antonio Suite
on display every Friday at J. Hester Studio 24 in the Historical Courthouse. This
Gallery, 904 S. Main St. If weather does transportation system is for all ages. Call
not permit outdoor viewing, art will be on 816-1707 Monday through Friday from
display inside the studio. 8 a.m. to noon for information or leave a
★ You can help make a difference message on the recorder.
in the life of a young adult in foster care! ★ Boerne Lions Club meets on the
The Mentor Program at Baptist Children's second and fourth Wednesday of the
Home Ministries needs committed, caring month at 7 p.m. at Bear Moon Bakery,
adults to serve as friends, role models and For more information call (830) 981-
trusted advisors to young adults aged 16 2417 or (830) 755-8417.
to 21. If you are interested in guiding a ★ The Navy Officers Wives Club
youth (from Boerne or San Antonio) (NOWC) meets the first Thursday of
through a successful transition to adult- each month. Contact Jean Robitaille at
hood, call Laurie Bell Scantlin at (210) (830) 981-4971 for more information
224-9966 for more information, about monthly hostess and location.
★ Hill Country Sq. CAF meeting at New members and guests are welcome.
1:30 p.m. the third Sunday of each ★ Water Aerobics at the Health and
month, Boerne Stage Airport. For infor- Wholeness Center for 55 and older on a
mation call 249-8687. regular basis. For more information con-
★ The Kendall County Democratic tact Mary Anderson at (830) 816-8470.
Club meets the first Thursday of the each ★ Kendall County Republican Wo-
month at 7 p.m. at the Boerne Indepen- men meet at 9:30 a.m. the 2nd Tuesday
dent Administrative Building, 123 Johns in the month. Call Toni Anne Dashiell at
Rd., Boerne, Texas. Call 981-4971. 537-3760.
★ MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, ★ Newcomers General Meetings,
meets a second Monday of every month, the second Monday of each month at dif-
except school holidays, from 9-1 1:30 ferent locations beginning at 10 a.m. For
a.m. Cost is $3 per mom and children information, call Ricca McClain (830-
are free. For more information call Sheri 755-4373) or Rita Chapman (830-755-
Morger at 249-2316. 8436).
★ Parents of seniors at Boerne ★ Newcomers Koffee Klatch will
High School are invited to attend Project meet every third Monday from 10 a.m.
Graduation meetings on the second to noon. For information call Pattie
Monday of each month. Meetings will Pegues (830-537-6153).
begin at 7 p.m. at the BHS cafeteria. ★ Newcomers Lunch Bunch meets
★ Art League of Boerne invites any- every third Thursday at different loca-
one with an interest in and appreciation tions. For information call Betty Fuqua
for art to join the league. Meetings are on (830-981-5115) or Elva Jumper (830-
the second Tuesday of each month at the 981-8087).
Health and Wholeness Center. For infor- ★ Newcomers TGIF meets every
mation call Bill Scheldt at 249-2473. fourth Friday of the month from 7 p.m. to
★ Alzheimer's Support Group meets 9 p.m. For information call Alice Irving
third Thursday of the month at Town and (830-981-9623).
Country Manor main lobby, 5:30 to 7 ★ Newcomers Restaurant Group
p.m. For more information call Jack at meets once a month in the evening at dif-
249-3085. ferent restaurants. For information call
★ Boerne Middle School South PTO Kathi Shaffer (830-981-4645) or Gina
meeting, 10:30 a.m., second Monday of Hampton (830-981-8783).
the month, library. For information call ★ Hill Country M.O.M.S. Club meet-
Mary Nagel at 981-9419. ing, 9:30-1 1:30 a.m., third Monday of
★ Hill Country Writers Guild meets each month, First United Methodist
the last Tuesday of the month at the Church, Anna Bard, (830) 438-3858.
Boerne Community Center, Room 201 at ★ Curington Elementary PTO
7:30. In addition to the writers who meet board meetings are conducted the first
the group, the guild also hosts the Young Wednesday of every month at 2 p.m. the
Musicians Coalition that produces the PTO Portaole Building. For more infor-
local Battle of the Bands and the mation call Maria Clark, secretary, at
Screenwriters of Texas that works in con- (830) 816-9200.
junction with the Documentary Film Project
and the Young Filmmakers Program. For
choice.
Jumpin’ Pumpkins
Thensherger
Juneral Home
FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1882
Pre-needs • Cremation
Boerne Cemetery’ Sexton
111 ROSEWOOD • BOERNE
830-249-2321
were Steven Marsh, Ben Hoeffner,
Mike Salvidar, Don Stephens, Mark
Kight and Brock Ward. Honorary
pallbearers were the firefighters of
the Balcones Heights Fire
Department.
If so desired, memorials may be
made to the Boerne Volunteer Fire
Department or the Kendall County
EMS or charity of choice. Funeral
arrangements were entrusted to
Vaughan’s Funeral Home of Boerne.
Vaughan’s Funeral Home
319 EAST SAN ANTONIO ST.
% A. BOERNE, TX 78006-2501
‘ $7 Office 830-249-9128
€ 4 toll free
^^^ 1-800-929-0949
Fellowship Hall at Chapel Hill
Baptist Church. The South Texas
Blood Center will start taking
Blood at 5:30 p.m. and will con-
tinue until 9 p.m. or until they
are thru. The public is invited.
For reservations, please call
Johnnie Broyles at 537-5601.
Thank you for your assistance.
•I G October
I Thursday
• The Kendall County Demo-
cratic Women's Club will con-
duct its regular monthly meeting
at noon at Culver Farms, 22
Welfare Waring Rd. For infor-
mation call 830-537-4004.
■ sp October
I • Friday
★ Heart of Texas Mesquite Art
Festival, Fredericksburg, 10
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The annual Pumpkin Patch is now open! People can buy their Halloween at Veterans Park in Boerne. Remember
that the pumpkins purchased from the patch benefit the youth of Grace Community and First United Methodist
Church. The money that is raised through this fundraiser help children attend camps, retreats, and can use it
toward any type of youth function throughout the year. While adults are shopping for the best pumpkin, a
Moonwalk has been set up for children. The Moonwalk is open Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. The Moonwalk is
donated by Bounce-n-Moonwalks.The patch will be open from 10 a.m. 7 p.m. every day until Oct. 31.
Man dies because of blowout
A Boerne man was killed Oct. 5 on
Interstate 10 near Ralph Fair Road
when he swerved to avoid a pickup
truck having a tire blow out, causing
his own vehicle to spin out of con-
trol.
Ronald Mark Thomas, 48, of 13
Curington students asks to
public to hel
them read
The PTO-sponsored Help Us Read
program is off and running. The
State Farm Good Neigh-Bear was
present for our big kick-off Monday,
Oct. 2. The children received their
brand-new Help Us Read bags and
each class got a crate full of great
books. Each night the children in
kindergarten and first grade will get
to bring home a different book for
their parents to read to them. After
every 10 books read, the children
will receive a brightly colored rib-
bon. The children seem very excited
about their new bags and the excite-
ment should only increase as rib-
bons start going home.
We want to thank all those who
have helped make this program a
success. The Boerne Gymnastics
Center, Read All About It
Bookstore, Boerne Chrysler and
Haven in the Hills sponsored the
bags. Donations for new books were
received from the Boerne Noon
Rotary Club and The Optimist Club.
We would also like to thank the
many families who have donated
money, books and time to this pro-
gram. We are continuing to accept
P.E.A.C.E.
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evolved from the first Day of Unity
observed in October 1981 by the
National Coalition Against
Domestic Violence (NCADV). The
intent was to connect battered
women’s advocates across the
nation, who were working to end
violence against women and chil-
dren. The Day of Unity soon
became a special week when a range
of activities was conducted at the
local, state and national levels.
These activities were as varied and
ELECTION
FROM PAGE 1
Kendall County Republican Party, the Kendall County
Republican Women and the Republican Club of Kendall
County, Heckler said.
The regular hours at the Democratic headquarters are
Saturdays from noon until 2 p.m., King says.
“We encourage all local Democrats to stop by our
headquarters on Industrial Drive and pick up their
increased funding for federal programs, which means bumper stickers and yard signs,” he said.
increased taxes to support an already bloated federal Those who are unable to do so may call King at 981-
bureaucracy,” Heckler said. 4438 or Jean Robitaille at 981-4971.
She says she emphasizes that citizens in this country “We will make a special trip,” King said.
are privileged to cast their vote for the candidates of Democrats and Republicans may not agree on many
their choice. things, but King and Heckler both stress the freedom
“This is a freedom we must take seriously,” she said. and consequential duty to vote.
Heckler says she urges all voters to take a close look “I hope we have a big voter turnout here. Everyone
at both party platforms and “not to vote blindly.” should remember they have an obligation to vote. This
The Republican Party headquarters of Kendall County, opportunity comes only once every four years make
located at 100 West Hosack, at the corner of Main, in an effort,” King said.
the Michael R. Arthur building, is staffed by an all-vol- He said there is a very active group of Democrats in
unteer team. Operating hours are 10-5 weekdays, 9- Boerne.
noon on Saturdays and Thursdays until 7 p.m. The tele- “The woman’s group is growing like crazy. Their next
phone number is 249-0491. big event is the Eleanor Roosevelt dinner on Oct. 21. A
This year, the headquarters is sponsored by the wonderful affair,” he said.
CARE
FROM PAGE 1
The current director of the after
school program is Jan Johnson, a
teaching assistant at Boerne High
School. Although she’s a district
Ea
• -
Chaparral Hill in Boerne, was trav-
eling east on Interstate 10 when the
accident occurred at 6:51 a.m. last
Thursday morning.
According to the Bexar County
Sheriff’s Department, the pickup
Thomas was driving crossed several
I
Children show off their new Help Us Read bags and the State Farm Good
Neigh-Bear. The children Emily Boyer, left, Jordan Hagendorf, Federico
Palacios, Chelsea Dryden and Nicky Baxter.
any donations of money or books for
the program. There is a wish list
available at Read All About It
Bookstore, and there will also be
one at our Fall Book Fair in October.
We would especially like to thank
diverse as the program sponsors, but
had a common theme: mourning
those who have died because of
domestic violence, celebrating those
who have survived and connecting
those who work to end violence.
In October 1987, the National
Domestic Violence Awareness
Month was held. In conduction, that
year, the first national toll-free hot-
line was started in the country. In
1989, the first National Domestic
Violence Awareness Month com-
memorative legislation was passed
by the United States Congress. Such
legislation has passed every year
since.
In October 1994, NCADV, in con-
employee and the program is run out
of an elementary school, the funding
comes from private—not public
school—funds, the superintendent
stated.
“We're helping and cooperating
and have an employee working
there, but the program is run by pri-
lanes of traffic before flipping over
on its roof in the median. The truck
cab was crushed and Thomas, who
was wearing a seat belt, was pro-
nounced dead at the scene at 7:27
a.m.
all the parents who are reading to
their children. The quality time they
spend with their children will make
our program a success and most
importantly will help their children
become successful readers.
junction with Ms. magazine, created
the “Remember My Name” project,
a national registry to increase public
awareness of domestic violence
deaths. Since then, NCDAV has
been collecting information on inci-
dents of women who have been
killed by an intimate partner and
will produce a poster each October
for National Domestic Violence
Awareness Month, listing the names
of those documented in the preced-
ing year. The long range goal for the
project is to establish a permanent
exhibit and/or monument utilizing
all the names that have been submit-
ted to the registry and to continue to
add names as they are submitted.
vate citizens and it belongs to pri-
vate citizens. It looks like it’s doing
well financially,” he said. “We may
be expanding to a second site in the
future.”
Two other programs are run by the
YMCA at Fair Oaks Ranch and
Fabra elementary schools.
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Keasling, Edna & Fierro, Jennifer. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 10, 2000, newspaper, October 10, 2000; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1694151/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.