Happy New Year! As with each New Year, we ring out the old and ring in the new. The Bandera County Public Library is following that tradition. Current Director Mike Garr has announced his retirement, effective Jan. 10, and the library board has selected, after an extensive process, current staff member Mauri Guillen Fagan as the new director. You are invited to stop by the library on Wednesday, Jan. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to welcome the new director and say goodbye to the outgoing director. Did you notice how I avoided the word “old?” Following a 30-year career in the fire service ...