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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.

At the risk of sounding like an “old person”, I must say that the good old days really were better. Not because of what political party controlled the White House or Congress, but because of how “we, the people” handled things.

I remember well my first vote. It was 1972, in Decorah, Iowa. I voted for Nixon for president, and he won the greatest landslide in American presidential history. My, how politics in America have changed.

It’s time to be honest with you.

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.

Thursday evening, April 11, 2024, the Bandera County GOP Executive Committee met at the Silver Sage Senior Center at 6 PM. The meeting was open to the public.

William (Bill) Cullen Archer, 84, died Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Town and Country Nursing Home in Boerne TX, following a long bout with dementia / Alzheimer’s.

Patsy Jean Pederson, age 71, of Bandera, was called back to the Lord peacefully in her home with her loving husband and family by her side on April 9, 2024 after a long battle with melanoma skin cancer.

Douglas Martin “Doug” Jones, 82, passed away December 8, 2023, with his special love, Kathryn Loeffler and dear friend, Vic Cuppetilli by his side. He was born June 10, 1941 to Rufus and June Jones of Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Carl J. Michel Jr., 81of Bandera, Tx, passed away peacefully at his home on April 13, 2024.

1937-2024

Michael W. Britt, M.D., 61 years of age, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 24, 2024. Dr. Britt was born November 3, 1962, in Austin, TX. He was the son of a football coach and an art teacher who moved frequently and settled in Medina, Texas, where Mike developed his love of football playing for his father, Coach Britt. Mike attended Angelo State where he played college football for 2 years then set aside the sport he loved to focus on his pursuit of a medical degree.

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.

April 21 is San Jacinto Day in Texas, commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto.