Bandera News

To celebrate the birth of the United States of America, members of the Bandera community gathered on the courthouse lawn to read the words Thomas Jefferson penned 238 years ago.

The Frontier Times Museum is looking for vendors to participate in Bandera's celebration of the National Day of the American Cowboy, slated for Saturday, July 26. A Cowboy Market-place will be set up at Mansfield Park, located off Highway 16 North, to catch traffic from the afternoon match races and a ranch rodeo that evening.

Bandera Director of Public Works Mike Cardenas City watchers are advised to attend the special meeting of Bandera City Council slated for 6 pm, Thursday, July 10, as it looks like beleaguered Director of Public Works Mike Cardenas will be the subject of an executive session.

Photo by Judith Pannebaker The former Cabaret Dance Hall in its present incarnation For some time now, the Bandera County Courier has fielded calls from readers asked what's going on with the restoration efforts at the former Cabaret Dance Hall on Main Street.

Monday, June 30: A Bandera Bozo got busted for felony injury to a disabled person and, as a result, remains confined to the county clink.

The Publisher's Opinion By Gail Joiner BCC Publisher According to Wikipedia, "a political cartoon typically combines artistic skill, hyperbole and satire in order to question authority and draw attention to corruption and other social ills."

In the popular "Anything that Floats" Regatta, the Junior Ranger Drill Team from the Hill Country State Natural Area floated down the Medina River in equine-centric style.

Bandera Chapter #643, Order of the Eastern Star honored Joy Wilson as the 2013 - 2014 Deputy Grand Matron of District 3 Section 5 of the Order of the Eastern Star on Wednesday, June 11, at The Grille restaurant in Bandera.

Bandera 4H member Macey Gratteau with her 4-year-old paint gelding, Sacred Love, participated in the District 4H Horse Show held June 17-18, at the Uvalde Fairplex in Uvalde.

According to Sandy Jennings, president of the Bandera High School Athletic Booster Club, several telemarketers are calling Bandera businesses, attempting to sell them ad space for a so-called "Football Calendar" and other sports-related items.

Beginning July 1, a portion of the energy supplied to Bandera Electric Cooperative will be provided by CPS Energy .

Natalie Barnard comes from an entrepreneurial family. Her parents, Dave and Sharon Koehler, started the Beverage Barn, Bandera's first drive-through convenience store, coupled with a riverside park for RVs before the term "winter Texans" was coined.

In the popular "Anything that Floats" Regatta, the Junior Ranger Drill Team from the Hill Country State Natural Area floated down the Medina River in equine-centric style.

This month, the Texas Water Development Board approved financial assistance in the amount of $785,000 to the Bandera County Fresh Water Supply District No.

Eileen Rogers sells fresh vegetables at the Bandera Farmers Market, 8 am -11 am in front of Sid's Bar B Que, 702 Main Street.

Courtney Kuykendall was selected to the 2014 Texas 4-H State Shooting Sports Team and will represent Texas in the shotgun discipline at the National 4-H Invitational Contest, June 24-29, in Grand Island, Nebraska.

In the past month, local business owners have contacted City of Bandera Marshal James "Charlie" Hicks twice about a new scam making the rounds.

Wells Fargo Bank will host a retirement reception for Dawn Skinner on Monday, June 30. Customers at Wells Fargo Bank in Bandera will certainly miss the smiles and quiet attitude of long-time personal banker Dawn Skinner when she retires.

Pictured: Claude Butch Morgan, leader of Band-A-Holics The Lloyd Bonham Band Three Peace Band Spending time floating on the crystal clear Medina River is a favorite thing to do at Bandera RiverFest - and second only to enjoying the music that makes the day perfect! So, for music lovers, the place to be on Saturday, June 28, is Bandera City Park.

San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills, right, of Australia, greets Anthony Allsup, left, and his nine-month-old son, Ethan, on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the Bandera/1604 H-E-B in San Antonio.