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Karnes County's newspaper News (last updated on April 30, 2008) Kenedy Bluebonnet Days Festival - May 2-3 Annual celebration brings food, fun, music & more this weekend Following Friday night’s Coronation, Kenedy’s Bluebonnet Days Festival is now officially underway and many events are planned for this weekend’s annual celebration sponsored by the Kenedy Chamber of Commerce. "Cajun Night" is Friday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Joe Gulley Park. There will be a shrimp boil, margarita contest and Cajun music will be provided by Les Flammes De Rouge (The Flames of Red), an exciting and diverse band from San Antonio. Saturday morning will bring the Bluebonnet Days 5K Fun Run/Walk which will be held at Joe Gulley Park on May 3, starting at 7:30 a.m. This event benefits the Bluebonnet Days Coronation and scholarship fund. Prizes will be awarded for the fastest male and female in five different age groups. One prize will be awarded for the most spirited group or team of walkers/runners. Registrations will take place the morning of event. (click here to read the whole story) Karnes City’s council hears report on new health center By Cathy Passmore During their April 22 meeting, the Karnes City Council heard a report from Monty Small, CEO of the Atascosa Health Center about progress for the first quarter of the satellite clinic, the Karnes Community Health Center located at 302 N. Butler Street. "During the first quarter," Small said, "the health center has exceeded expectations regarding the total number of patients served during this time." "The number of new patients, 326, and these generating a total of 883 visits, underscores the health care needs of the community," he said. (click here to read the whole story) Committee recommends posting FCISD school board meeting minutes on school web site By Kevin Matula During the April 16 Falls City ISD school board meeting, the site based committee recommended that the district should post approved minutes on the district web site. According to Superintendent Linda Bettin, not many districts put their minutes on the school web site. Bettin said they are made available to anyone who wants to see them in the superintendent’s office during regular school hours, although she said very few people request minutes. After the March 19 board meeting, community member Steven Swierc requested that the board post the minutes on the school web site. "We have limited personnel and the committee wanted to make sure that the request did not add too much additional work to staff," Bettin said via email. (click here to read the whole story) Classic Cruise will pass through Karnes County On Saturday, May 3, 2008, between 8 and 9:30 a.m., more than a dozen area car clubs will depart from the San Antonio Botanical Gardens parking lot (555 Funston) on their journey along the historic Alamo-La Bahia Corridor for AACOG’s 19th Annual Classic Car Cruise. Local songwriter Roger Chacon will provide the music. This year’s Classic Cruise is charted down back roads lined with south Texas wildflowers, and encompasses many of the charming historic communities of the Alamo La-Bahia Corridor. Attractions for the participating car clubs will include Panna Maria, which is known by some as the "Polish Plymouth Rock"; a beautiful kaleidoscope of colors in stained glass in a picturesque church in Cestohowa; museums (the former courthouse for Karnes County in Helena, a former firehouse in La Vernia, and the Longhorn Museum in Pleasanton, which also serves as a visitor bureau); the authentic ghost town of Helena, which was the victim of an early rancher’s revenge; missions, battlegrounds, Cinco de Mayo Celebrations, brush country panoramas and ranchland. All these attractions are part of a virtual hotbed of Texas history, and all are on the schedule for members of the Alamo Area Council of Car Clubs participating in the cruise. (click here to read the whole story) News Archives (click here to see a list of previously published news stories) |
