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The Lakehills Community Center will conclude its 2024 Family Activity Night (FAN) season with a celebration on Friday, October 25, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

All businesses and organizations hosting annual meetings for the remainder of 2024 and all of 2025 are encouraged to attend a meeting hosted by the Bandera County Visitors Center on October 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the Best Western.

Members of the Major James Kerr Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) in Kerrville, Texas, came together for the DAR National Day of Service.

Sharon Varner’s original oil paintings and her creative tole paintings are being featured during the month of October in the Lakehills Area Library, located at 7200 FM 1283.

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Alamo RCD Area, Inc., Senior Assistance Program, sponsors the Free Food Pantry every month. The next Food Distribution is Thursday, October 10, from Noon to 1:30 p.m., at The Way Church, 7789 FM 1283.

Ten people gathered on the morning of Sept. 21 in Lakehills to walk a 2.2-mile route in support of The Trevor Project, a leading organization dedicated to ending LGBTQ+ youth suicide.

The October Book Sale will take place on Saturday, October 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the library meeting room. The November Book Sale will be Saturday, November 2, also from 10 to 2.

Cooler temperatures are setting the stage for the 2024 Hill Country Master Gardeners Fall Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife office in Kerrville.

I wonder what Jack Jones would say if he was still around and could see what is going on with the old Longhorn Steakhouse location.

A 200-page report from the Department of Homeland Security faulted U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the Uvalde school shooting in 2022, concluding they “failed to establish command and had inadequate training” in one of the deadliest classroom attacks, The Dallas Morning News reported.

The annual Bandera Beerfest is set to return Sept 19-22, promising a weekend filled with competitions, craft beer, and community fun.

John Wayne and Bubba

A Bandera-based non-profit organization, Ride & Rise Above, is ramping up efforts to ensure that Christmas is a magical time for children in need throughout the community. The organization, led by local resident Scott Kaufmann, is aiming to assist at least 25 families this holiday season.

The September Book Sale will take place on Saturday, September 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the library meeting room. The October Book Sale will be October 5, also from 10 to 2.

The tank is a Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go Light Tank replica which was transferred from the NPO Defense Technology Museum in Gotemba, Japan.

The dog-day heat wave has sent power demands to new records, the Austin American-Statesman reported. With much of the state enduring an excessive heat warning, power demand peaked at 85,559 megawatts last week, breaking a record set last August.