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Medina Lake Level

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The lake level is at 975.79 feet - 3.6% capacity.

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Veterans Voice

On this page, we preserve the stories and memories of military veterans. This is a place for service members to share their experiences in the most vivid, intimate way - in their own voices. Please listen here.
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Growing Up In Bandera - Podcast

As my Growing Up In Bandera story keeps rolling along I can count on the blessing of a somewhat sound mind to recall events that can carry me away from any of my modern day problems.

​Listen to Season 4, Episode 6, of Growing Up In Bandera on podcast.
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This month at the Medina Library

The Medina Library will be closed Dec. 23, 25, 26 and Jan. 1, 2024.
The non-perishable food drive will be Dec. 1-7. Bring two non-perishable items and enter to win a fun family Christmas basket.
​The Medina Community Christmas will be Sunday, Dec. 3.
The Ladies Christmas Tea will be Tuesday, Dec. 12.
The Medina Community Choir will perform Friday, Dec. 15.
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Senior food distribution set for Thursday, Dec. 7, in Lakehills

The next ALAMO RC&D, Senior Assistance Program, food distribution will take place Thursday, Dec. 7, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Applicants must be 55-plus, and may register at the door, or ahead of time online.
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Leap into Lakehills library

The library will be closed Saturday, Dec. 23 through Tuesday, Dec. 26 for Christmas. They will also be closed Monday, Jan. 1. The Board meets Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 4:30 p.m. The public is welcome.
In the Healthcare Marketplace, healthcare assistance will be offered on Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon.
​There will be no December book sale. The sale will resume in January.
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The San Antonio Food Bank extends donations requests for deer

As part of Texas’s Hunters for the Hungry Program, donated deer are processed, with meat finishing as 1.5-pound ground vacuum sealed bags. This healthy, sustainable meat is then distributed to communities in need throughout the San Antonio Food Bank’s 29 county service area. As a result, local wild game resources are used to feed local communities.
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​Today in Texas History

On this day in 1880, the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, owned by tycoon Jay Gould, entered the Lone Star State for the first time by leasing the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (the Katy) and its line from Kansas to Texas.
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Christmas Quirks

Presents on Christmas Eve or Morning? Feast on Ham or Turkey? Are Bloody Mary’s allowed before 10 am? We all have our weird little Christmas quirks.
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Boys & Girls Club partners with Helping Hand for the 6th annual Big Christmas Gift Giveaway and Dinner

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Bandera County is partnering with Bandera Helping Hand this year for Christmas.
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Bandera Electric Cooperative announces new interim Chief Financial Officer

Bandera Electric Cooperative (BEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lynn Midgette as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the cooperative.
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A Hill Country Christmas – Book Signing and Author’s Talk

It’s that time of year, and what better way to enjoy the holiday spirit than to find a comfortable spot with a great book and a glass of wine. The Frontier Times Museum in Bandera has got you covered in all those areas with the much anticipated return of renowned Texas author Lynn Dean to a book signing event at the museum on Thursday, Nov. 30.
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Bandera City Council members sworn in

The Honorable Mike Towers swears in Bandera City Council members Tony Battle, Debbie Breen and Brett Hicks.
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The Latest at the Bandera Library

The Friends of the Library are looking for new volunteers to help out with the monthly book fairs and to serve on the steering committee.
Every Saturday is our Dungeons & Dragons meet up, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the Monthly Book Club is hosting their annual Christmas luncheon in lieu of a reading discussion next Thursday, Dec. 7.
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Three Bandera ISD educators receive state award

Bandera ISD coaches Cody Fields, Brady Keane and Jeremiah Silone were each selected to receive the state-sponsored ​Great Teachers Change Lives award.
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What is going on at The Silver Sage

In an exciting development, The Silver Sage is embarking on a transformative journey towards establishing a new 60-acre campus. Reflecting this change and the organization's expanded scope of services, it will be partially rebranded as The Hill Country Resource Center.
To learn more about the project, please join us for an afternoon of ranch tours on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 1167 FM 3240.
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Medina 2023 All-District Football and Volleyball players named

Medina Bobcat 2023 All-District Football and Lady Cat Volleyball players have been named.
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Lady Bulldogs remain unbeaten at home with win over Hondo

The Bandera girls basketball team split a pair of games against Throckmorton and Hondo over the Thanksgiving Break to move to 4-2 on the season.
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Silver Sage extends community-wide invitation to CommUnity Fest

The Silver Sage would like to cordially extend an invitation to the community to CommUnity Fest, an exciting weekend filled with music, information, tours, fundraising, and the official launch of our rebranding initiative. CommUnity Fest is a three-day Charitable Celebration of Unity, dedicated to supporting The Hill Country Resource Center, the new home of The Silver Sage.
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Lakehills Turkey Day meal a huge success

The 12th annual Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner, held in the Lakehills Community Center, was a rousing success, serving 382 people, including some who receive Meals on Wheels.
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Bandera High School Star Steppers star in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

“You want to see the best of the best - that is that right there.”
​ ~ Today Show Host Hoda Kotb of The Spirit of America Dance Stars, including the Bandera High School Star Steppers

The Bandera High School Star Steppers had their collective performance of a lifetime yesterday, dancing in Herald Square during Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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See the latest Caddo Kuntree, by Larry Haddad

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My son’s fish tank is trying to kill me

Last Christmas, Mee Maw bought my son a fish tank with a Betta Fish.  As my son is a nature lover, and desperately wanted a lizard or turtle that no sane pet store would sell a 4-year-old, fish it was.
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Press Release from the Sheriff's Office

On Nov. 17, the identity of a body was recovered in Crocket County was confirmed as a Bandera County man reported missing earlier this week. 
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Growing Up In Bandera

One recent day, as I was passing the intersection of Seventh and Cedar, I watched as some men were cutting down a mesquite tree on the corner of the St. Stanislaus Catholic Church parking lot. I will admit it was not a pretty tree and it never was, but I recall it being the only shade in that playground area of St. Joseph's Catholic School when I was a kid. I have asked myself over and over why it bothered me so much to see it being removed. Here I am weeks later still trying to figure it out while knowing in my heart why it is so troublesome. I can't look to the future without having visions of the past. 
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Bandera City Council Notes

Bandera City Council members are looking forward to a private viewing of The Cowboy Capital, a documentary film produced by Cowboy Capital Productions. The full-length film featuring Bandera has already premiered in Chicago, Warsaw, Poland and Strzelce Opolskie, Poland.
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Grammy and Emmy award winning artists 
​celebrate with Boerne  Performing Arts 

Boerne Performing Arts is ready to celebrate the holidays and the start of the 2023-24 show season with a performance by Grammy and Emmy-winning vocal and musical ensemble, Time For Three on Dec. 7.
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Bandera Academic Decathlon team preparing to put their intellect to the test

Next month, nine Bandera ISD students will square up against their peers in a rigorous competition of academic teamwork. Putting preparation, practice, and intellect to the test, the Academic Decathlon is the ultimate meeting of the minds.
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Petty Officer hops in the saddle for Bandera Veterans Day parade 

Petty officer Camron Aguirre takes a ride in the Bandera Honors Veterans Day parade.
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​Christian Job Corps graduates first Inmate Prepped for Life classes

On Nov. 1, the Men’s and Women’s classes received their program certificates of completion for completing five weeks of the Inmate Prepped For Life curriculum in the Bandera County Jail.
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Bandera Paint & Body offers 15 percent discount to veterans and active-duty military

"On Dec. 3, 2021, our lives were changed forever, when our 24-year-old son was involved in a head-on collision. He was airlifted to BAMC that night, and began his fight for life. Although my son is not in the military, the amount of support he received from this wonderful group of folks has been humbling."
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Commissioners Court Briefing

Bandera County commissioners unanimously declined to adopt a countywide burn ban, allowing the previous ban to expire. Intermittent showers, morning mist and cooler days have lowered the drought index, which is hovering around 371 to 575.
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Bandera Economic Development Corporation now accepting promotional funding applications

The Bandera Economic Development Corporation is now accepting promotional funding applications from individuals and area businesses.
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Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country awards grants to Bandera County organizations

The Arthur Nagel Community Clinic, the Bandera Kronkosky Public Library, the Boys and Girls Club of Bandera County, the Lakehills Community Center, and the Silver Sage were awarded grants this month from the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country.
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Cowboy Capital of the World

Bandera, home to some of the best ballplayers, hog-catchers, bull-riders, steer-ropers and distance-runners in the nation. ​It's a magical place tucked deep in the Texas Hill Country where wild flowers grow free, the river runs smooth, cowboys coach little league and the whole town shows up at the high school for barbecue before the Friday night football game.
The Bandera Prophet is dedicated to providing our community objective, balanced and up-to-date news and information. Independently owned and locally operated, our team is committed to serving our neighbors, friends and colleagues with honesty and integrity, while celebrating value, innovation and creativity.
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Veterans Voice

Preserving the stories, and memories, of military veterans. A place for service members to share their experiences 
​in their own voices.
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Growing Up In Bandera

I really do feel sorry for the folks who had to grow up in a big city environment. While I'm sure they had their friends it was a far cry from the lifestyle I enjoyed.
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Growing Up In Bandera 
​Podcast

Listen to the tales told by
​Bandera's Glenn Clark,
​narrated by Larry Haddad.
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