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The Bandera County Republican Women honored veterans and active-duty soldiers during their monthly meeting on Thursday, November 4.
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“Political and Racial Polarization in Texas” is the topic of discussion at the monthly meeting of the Bandera Democratic Club this Saturday, November 13.
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The Board of Directors of the Arthur Nagel Community Clinic has selected Saleh N. “Doc J” Jaafar, M.D., as recipient of this year’s Hometown Hero Award. The ceremony of recognition will take place as one of the highlights of the Clinic’s largest annual fundraising event, Cork and Fork, on Saturday, November 13 at The Farm Country Club.
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The Breast Run Ever 5K and 2.5K Races were held at the 414 Ranch in Polly Peak on Saturday. The event raised money to help pay the medical expenses of cancer survivor Krystal Tripp.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Kerrville, Texas, Nov. 5-6, at the Hill Country Youth Event Center. The two-day event, featuring 120 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 5. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Nov. 6. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
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The Nightmare on Maple Street (NOMS) thriller last Sunday drew a spooky group of costumed characters, including dogs and a lemur.
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My nightmare started with a simple request. Daniel, the intrepid editor of the Bandera Bulletin, emailed me one morning asking for any Bandera ghost stories. I had always heard the old 1881 jail was haunted. I’ve been in the jail plenty of times during the day, showing tourists and local folks the old sheriff’s office, the cell block where inmates carved graffiti into the floor, and the repaired spot in the limestone wall where a determined inmate had once chiseled through the mortar to escape. Nothing extraordinary had ever happened during those tours, no clacking chains or mournful moans. But I figured, nighttime could be different. This may be my opportunity to finally put the rumors of a haunting to rest.
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“If you don’t swing, you won’t hit!” is the lifelong guiding motto for the guest speaker at the November 13th Bandera Honors Veterans celebration on the County Courthouse lawn. United States Marine Corps retired Colonel and NASA Astronaut, Jack Lousma, will provide the keynote address during the 19th annual celebration.
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