It started out like any other Saturday morning. On December 1, 2007, I got up with the kids, drank coffee, and put in a load of laundry. But this Saturday I had agreed to do something slightly out of character for me. I agreed to go on a trip down the San Antonio River with my husband and his brother.

Karnes County’s Commissioners Court met on Thursday, January 24 at 3 p.m. and heard an update on the progress of building an office annex within the county’s budgeted amount of $3 million.

The architects of the Synero Architecture Studio firm presented drawings with ideas concerning costs of proceeding with a schematic design from three different levels of structural design.

The architects reported on their efforts to develop very effective cost saving means and still be able to keep the basic office needs as requested for the county’s proposed building.

Many of the savings could come from using standardized building systems such as metal systems, concrete pre-built walls, or a mixture of several systems that are currently being used at this time in institutional structures such as banks, schools and other office buildings.

The cost would be within the $180-per-square-foot range showing a base design at $2.8 million, a base plus 1 design at $2.99 million and a base plus 2 design at $3.4 million.

Twenty-two individuals were indicted by a Karnes County Grand Jury on January 31.

The following is the list of indictments issued by the Grand Jury:

Kaiser Home Health Services was recognized for their High Quality of Care and ranked in the top 1% in the Nation. Recently, Kaiser Home Health Services received the Home Health Collaborative Award of Excellence from TMF Health Quality Institute, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Texas.

The Home Health Collaborative Award honors Texas home health agencies that have worked with TMF over the last two years and achieved required levels of improvement in specified quality improvement measures.

Kenedy Rotary Club presents the Miss Karnes County Pageant on Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Kenedy High School Auditorium. The festivities include the Little Mister and Miss Karnes County contest. Rotary members invite everyone to come out, have some fun and support our students.

This annual event is the Kenedy Rotary Club’s effort to raise scholarship funds for the youth in our communities. The proceeds are used to finance scholarships that are awarded to students from Runge, Falls City, Karnes City and Kenedy. These scholarships are distributed to students when they enter college or vocational school.