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Christian Job Corps cuts the ribbon at new Lakehills location

Christian 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
78-year-old travels the Great Western Cattle Trail in 1909 wagon

Crossing state lines in a 113-year-old horse-drawn covered wagon, Lou Shuman is on a mission from God.
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Bandera Natural History Museum gets bewitched

Staff and volunteers enjoy tricks and treats at the Bandera Natural History Museum. 
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Trunk or Treat at Noah's Ark

The Grace Noah's Ark Daycare celebrated its annual Halloween Trunk or Treat.​
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Mane Attraction Hair Salon hosts Chamber Cork Popper

Bandera 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 parade

The 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 Honor

Legendary 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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First annual Preston Schuetze Memorial Car Show held in honor of beloved son, husband and father

Last year, on Mother’s Day, Preston Schuetze was in a tragic motorcycle accident that took his life. He was 29 years old, and left behind a wife and three boys. In his memory, his family held the Preston Schuetze Memorial Car Show on Saturday.
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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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Bandera Memorial Day Parade

Please see the photo gallery here.
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Bandera County Democratic Club members clean Hwy. 16

Ten members of the Bandera County Democratic Club collected trash early Sunday morning on Hwy. 16, near Pipe Creek, and they got a great view of the bicycle tour.
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Bandera County Junior Livestock Show

Please see the photo gallery of the Grand Champions and Reserve Champions, as well as the Horse Division first place winners. 
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Coconut Cowboys Frozen Yogurt cuts the ribbon

In 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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New Year’s Day celebrated Bandera style
Cowgirl Roundup takes place at Mansfield Park

Maintaining a tradition that began on New Year’s Eve in 1999, more than 30 local cowgirls gathered for the annual Cowgirl Roundup on Saturday, Jan. 1.
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Shell-ebrating the sea turtle

On 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 owl

A 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 ribbon

The 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 location

The 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 wing

Bandera 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 cutting

The 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
Child born 16 weeks premature finally goes home

Little Maximus Decimus just celebrated his first Easter, and is fast approaching his birthday - an amazing milestone in his young life after a traumatic beginning.
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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 community

Bank 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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Bandera Natural History Museum is
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New Spain Art Hall open now

Right in Bandera’s backyard lies a gem that outshines any other in the country. In addition to 16 life-size reproductions of dinosaurs and ice-age animals, six dioramas with full-size body mounts, kids educational playstations and more, an exclusive art collection from the New Spain period is open for viewing now.
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Discovering a Lost History: African-Americans in Bandera County

The 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 acceptance

From 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 cutting

Joanne 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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We love, we love, we love our calendar guys

A few of Bandera’s best-known veterans have put together an all-male calendar revue - with a slight twist. Not afraid to show some skin, these seasoned soldiers got in touch with their sensual sides, all for the sake of a Christmas fundraiser. With a little bit of poise and a lot of pose, U.S. Marine Corps Veterans Jerad Wilcox, Nick Barron and company are the featured fellas for the Dad Bods of Bandera County Dudeoir Calendar.
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World Champion

Bandera resident Jamie Graham is the new World Champion Jiu-Jitsu purple belt. She traveled to the Silver Spurs Arena, Florida, last month to compete in the World Master Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
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The Bistro celebrates ribbon cutting

The 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 business

Two of Bandera's beloved businesswomen have celebrated their grand opening at a new location. 
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Bandera welcomes Vision Plus with ribbon cutting

Optometrist 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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