Keep in Beat with the Bandera Library

Have you been by the library lately? Work on our Native Plant garden has been going on for a couple of months and it is now fully installed. With help from a grant from the Native Plant Society of Texas, the Board of Directors, and a team of volunteers, the library’s grounds will be a haven for pollinators. Each of the plants were selected to support local wildlife and have minimal watering needs.
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See the latest Caddo Kuntree, by Larry Haddad

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Cruisin’ the East End
Serving Pipe Creek, Lakehills and Mico

American Legion Post 410 will host the 3rd annual Bob Stephens Memorial Dart Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 23, starting at 1:30 p.m. Located at 147 Legion Dr. in Lakehills, the entry fee is $10 and offers 100 percent payout, with a 50/50 draw. The winner will get a nice prize, in addition.
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Growing Up In Bandera

Sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky to be born into this special place called Bandera. I can't imagine any other place being so well suited for growing up. I have heard others say that they couldn't wait to get out of here after graduating high school and it's confusing to me because anytime I was somewhere else all I could think about was getting back home.
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A Hair-Raising Tale

I was born with very, very thick curly hair. In fact, there was so much of it, right after I was born, the nurse pulled it up into a ponytail on the top of my head. I’m pretty sure I must have looked like the Flintstones Bamm-Bamm. I was fine with the whole thick curly hair thing as I grew but then again, you don’t know what you don’t know. 
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This month at the Medina Library

The library will be closed on Oct. 9, during the Medina Street Sale.
On Thursday, Oct. 7, the library will switch to Libby. Starting February 2022, the Overdrive app will no longer be available for e-books. Join us and learn how to switch to Libby.
A free exhibit of beautiful and unique quilts created by the Medina Quilters will be on display from Saturday, Oct. 16 through Oct. 23.
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Frontier Tales
Tall Tales and Big Foot Wallace

Nobody told tall tales like a grizzled old frontiersman and the greenhorns, or tenderfoots, were often their target of a good joke or prank. One such storyteller was the celebrated Texas Ranger, Big Foot Wallace.  As one would surmise, the bearer of such a colorful moniker indeed had rather large feet.  At over six feet tall and weighing around 240 pounds, his daunting physique belied his convivial nature.
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The Latest at the Lakehills Area Library

Johnny Boyle from Boyle's True Value in Bandera and Lakehills donated a $1,000 gift card for the Lakehills Library to raffle off as part of its annual fundraiser.
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The Buzzard's Roost, by Juan Mogeaux

Featuring Lefty and Riff

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The View From Dry Creek Hill

A cat took refuge from the bitter cold this February and became my office cat. She’s sitting on the windowsill watching the deer and the birds this morning. The windows are open and we’re both enjoying the air and the view. If either one of us sneezes or coughs it’s only the pollen reminding us how nature works. I’m OK with that, and the cat doesn’t seem to care either.
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Effectively Elena - Podcast

It’s important, isn’t it, not to take ourselves too seriously. Most of us suffer occasionally from the malady known as Self-Importance. But we don’t talk about it much because it’s such a tacky problem. Symptoms are numerous but easily ignored.
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