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Good fellowship, good music, good spirit, good food at Juneteenth celebrationDuring a simultaneously solemn and triumphant celebration, people gathered at the Bertha Tryon/Hendrick Arnold Cemetery to honor Juneteenth, when in 1865, 250,000 Texas slaves were freed.
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Bandera commemorates Memorial Day weekend with Stampede parade and rodeoThe Bandera County Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Memorial Day Stampede over the weekend with a parade and Arts & Crafts show on the courthouse lawn.
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Brick Dedication at Western Trail Heritage ParkLegendary Cowgirl/Rancher/Barrel Racer Carmen Dorene Peek and Bull Cowboy/Rider/Texas A&M Kingsville Bull Riding Coach Terry Peek were honored with a brick dedication in Bandera.
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Laissez les bon temps rouler at the Bandera Natural History Museum
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Bandera Natural History Museum hosts dino egg hunt
Adding its own prehistoric twist on the traditional Easter egg hunt, the Bandera Natural History Museum enlisted the help of its guests to locate a nest of missing raptor eggs.
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Easter Parade and Egg Hunt a community eggstravaganzaMembers of the community donned their best bunny ears for the city's first annual Easter Parade and Egg Hunt on Saturday.
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Local museums roll out the carpet for Spring Break festivitiesBandera’s local museums pulled out all the stops for Spring Break, each lining up daily activities to entice and entertain tourists and local visitors.
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Christian Job Corps cuts the ribbon at new Lakehills locationChristian Job Corps of Bandera County representatives prepare to cut the ribbon for the Grand Opening of their new location.
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Oklahoma woman embarks on Great Western journey
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Trunk or Treat at Noah's ArkThe Grace Noah's Ark Daycare celebrated its annual Halloween Trunk or Treat.
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Mane Attraction Hair Salon hosts Chamber Cork PopperBandera salon Mane Attraction Hair Salon hosted the latest Bandera County Chamber of Commerce monthly Cork Popper event.
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Celebrate Bandera Round-up launches Labor Day weekend with annual paradeThe banks of Main Street were lined with people anticipating the long-awaited arrival of the Longhorns.
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Great Texans inducted into Texas Heroes Hall of HonorLegendary rodeo clown and bull fighter Leon Coffee; Frances Kaiser - the first woman to be elected as Kerr County sheriff; and, posthumously, beloved Bandera business owner Mary McGroarty were inducted into the Frontier Times Museum Texas Heroes Hall of Honor.
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Pipe Creek Dental Center celebrates grand opening
Flanked by her team and community members, Dr. Carolyn Walker cut the ceremonial ribbon in celebration of the Pipe Creek Dental Center grand opening.
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Coconut Cowboys Frozen Yogurt cuts the ribbonIn true celebration of National Frozen Yogurt Day, owners, staff and supporters of Coconut Cowboys Frozen Yogurt Shop hosted a ribbon cutting on Sunday, Feb. 6, with the Bandera County Chamber of Commerce.
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O.S.T. celebrates 100 years of service
Commemorating a century of non-stop service, the O.S.T. is the longest continuously-running restaurant in Bandera County, and one of the oldest in the state. Opened in 1921, the O.S.T. is celebrating its 100th birthday by saying thank you to the patrons who have helped make it an icon.
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Shell-ebrating the sea turtleOn Aug. 4, at 5:30 a.m., my family and I departed our hotel room and began our bleary-eyed trek to the Padre Island National Seashore. We left home the day before with the intent of grabbing a good night’s sleep in anticipation of an early morning. We aren’t hardcore adventurers nor members of the dawn patrol surfing circuit; we were instead in pursuit of a glimpse of palm-sized turtle hatchlings slowly make their way across the sand to frothy ocean waves.
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Local couple rescues injured baby owlA Bandera County couple added a once-in-a-lifetime experience to their repertoire early one day last week. Amidst a pile of feathers on their patio was a juvenile owl, and they thought the worst.
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2 Gringos Chupacabra Meat Company cuts the ribbonThe Bandera County Chamber of Commerce welcomed their newest member, 2 Gringos Chupacabra Meat Company.
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There’s new eats in Lakehills
There is a new eating establishment in Lakehills called the Out of the Way Cafe´. Located at 11816 PR 37, it is a coffee shop in the old tradition of community coffee shops found in small towns across America.
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Outlaw Barber Shop has new locationThe Outlaw Barber Shop is moving “down the road a piece.”
Owners Garrett and Tara Worley Hagendorf recently acquired the property and have a new hot-pink shop building installed. They are busy completing the interior and will celebrate their Grand Opening in style on Saturday, Oct. 2 |
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Bandera Nursing & Rehabilitation dedicates wingBandera Nursing & Rehabilitation staff and administration celebrate the reopening of the facility's Memory Care wing with a ceremonial ribbon cutting.
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Boot & Saddle celebrates ribbon cuttingThe Boot & Saddle Dancehall celebrated its new location neighboring the Best Western on Main Street with an official ribbon cutting Friday night.
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Life after the NICU
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K9 police dog helps keep Bandera County safe
Undoubtedly the cutest member of the Bandera County Sheriff’s Office, K9 Police Dog Zeus is also an integral soldier in the fight against crime.
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Renaissance woman spreads her wings and influence in Bandera’s business communityBank manager, business owner and single mom are just a few of the titles Alana Smith can claim. As if running a bank and owning a local bar aren’t enough to prepare an impressive resumé, the entrepreneur is adding two more businesses to her repertoire.
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Discovering a Lost History: African-Americans in Bandera CountyThe stories of the early black residents of Bandera County were traditionally overlooked by local historians who focused more on Bandera’s European immigrants and white settlers. Much was written on the original Polish families who settled along the Medina River to work the cypress mills and on the Mormon families whose site of their short-lived colony sits beneath the waters of Medina Lake.
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Bandera High grad uses comedy to spread message of hope and acceptanceFrom a pool of more than 1,300, only four people were chosen this year to receive The Second City scholarship - a mentorship and training program for comedic talents, carried out in partnership with Saturday Night Live. Morgan Van Dyne, 2012 Bandera High School Graduate, was one of those four.
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Bandera's Hyo Silver celebrates anniversary ribbon cuttingJoanne Symons and her daughter Josie Symons Krider, along with friends and members of the Bandera Chamber of Commerce, prepared to cut the ribbon last Thursday.
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The Bistro celebrates ribbon cuttingThe Bistro owners Cheryl Mydland and Kathleen Connolly celebrated their new membership with the Bandera County Chamber of Commerce with a meet and greet and ribbon cutting.
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Maggie Mae & Nellie Rae's is open for businessTwo of Bandera's beloved businesswomen have celebrated their grand opening at a new location.
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Bandera welcomes Vision Plus with ribbon cuttingOptometrist Dr. Thomas J. Goldstein, with his daughter Krista and wife Jennifer Goldstein, hosts a ribbon cutting with Bandera County Chamber of Commerce members.
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