Like a breath of fresh air, the Bandera County Courthouse grounds came alive on Saturday, Sept. 5, with the sounds, sights and alluring smells of a big Labor Day weekend party called the Bandera Roundup. Genie Strickland, who has organized the marketplace activity around the courthouse for decades, was wearing a big smile. “We are thrilled to have this big response to the Bandera Roundup after not being able to show our other traditional summer events this year. I thought it would really be hot, but the weather was cooler and worked for us, and we didn’t get rained out,” said Strickland.