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The second annual 5K Bunny Run/ Walk brought out over 100 runners to enjoy the cool sunny morning on April 13.

“OTHER CENTERS ARE FULL, AND OUR LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE NO OTHER OPTION”

Last month, Judge Pat Mc-Guire ordered that his Feb. 7 temporary injunction preventing construction on the Rio Lago solar farm until a list of conditions are met must be followed.

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART

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Editor’s note – Readers are reminded that an arrest is not an indication of guilt. People are presumed innocent after an arrest until convicted.

The Frontier Times Museum is celebrating a special Texas Heroes Hall of Honor this year by inducting nationally known watercolorist Susie Short as the lone 2024 inductee into the Hall of Honor.

Bandera County’s A Doggie For You recently announced they are et to receive $2,000 grant from the national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for animals.

County Auditor Darryl Sadler presented the annual report of the County’s garbage collection stations at the March 28 Bandera County Commissioners’ Court.

The Meals on Wheels program at the Silver Sage Community Center received a $25,000 donation last month of $25,000 from The Cowboy Capital Regulators. Head regulator Buck Murray arrived with a large group to present the check to Silver Sage Executive Director Art Crawford. The Regulators host the Red and Black Ball each year in February to support the Silver Sage Community Center. The Silver Sage serves seniors through its Meals on Wheels program, bringing hot lunches daily to those in need. For more information or to volunteer, call the Silver Sage at 830-796 4969.

The National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) has confirmed several doves collected across Texas, including the Trans Pecos and Rolling Plains, tested positive for Trichomoniasis.

Howdy to All!

BY JON B RAUCHLE Special to the Bulletin

The Bandera County Democratic Party met at the Silver Sage Community Center on Saturday, March 23, for their county convention. The state convention will be held June 6-8 in El Paso. The Democratic Club meets the second Saturday of every month. The club invites all to attend a “Historical Women of Bandera County” presentation in conjunction with the Hill Country League of Women Voters. The event will be presented by Rebecca Norton, Executive Director of the Frontier Times Museum, on Saturday, April 27 beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the BEC Community Room.

Colorado State University researchers are calling this year’s hurricane season forecast “the most aggressive” ever, the Texas Standard reported. They say there is a 54% chance a hurricane will strike the Texas coast, and a 25% chance it will be major.

Bandera residents packed the March 26 City Council meeting with most wanting to be heard as part of the noise ordinance workshop, a non-voting item that was shuffled later on the agenda in an effort to accommodate the large crowd.

As the day of the long-awaited total eclipse dawned cool, cloudy and overcast. Visitors remained optimistic about the weather.

At the March 28 Commissioners’ Court, Sheriff Dan Butts and EMS Director Shannon Griffin presented their department reports for the month of February. Butts reported that the Sheriff’s Office responded to 517 calls for service and traveled 18,549 miles.

On March 28, the Bandera County Commissioners’ Court heard the presentation of the Bandera County audit for fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, by Keith Neffendorf of Neffendorf & Blocker, P.C.

At the March 28 Bandera County Commissioners’ Court regular meeting, the court and Wayne Gondeck of DRG Architects opened the sealed estimates of five construction contractors bidding on the project to build a new county annex building.