Rabbits Raise at Comal County Junior Livestock Show
Fifth graders Cody Dowden and Erik Lindquist discuss meat pen rabbits weighing 3 to 5 pounds for Saturday's auction. Breeder rabbits go to breed standards and are not sold at auction. The show highlights New Zealand and Californian breeds, with show treasurer Nita Shed recalling decades of raising rabbits at home.
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Kayci
Comal County
Meat Pen
Cody Dowden
Erik Lindquist
Hoffmann Lane
Cody
Farrow
Nita Shed
Erik
Junior Livestock Show Schedule Across Species
Swine market hogs judging at 1 p.m. today with non sale departures 9–11 a.m. or 5–8 p.m. Friday. Goats market goats ship at 7 a.m. today with Friday hours 5–8 p.m. Sheep arrive noon–7 p.m. today, weigh 6–7 p.m. Thursday, lamb judging and showmanship 7 a.m. Friday, non sale departures 5–8 p.m. Friday. Cattle arrive with weigh in 6–7 p.m. today, market sheets judging and showmanship after lamb judging Friday, non sale departure 5 p.m. Friday. Broilers arrive 4–7 p.m. today, ship 8 a.m. Friday after judging. Turkeys weigh and sift on arrival with judging and showmanship at 8 a.m. Friday. Heifers arrive today after steer weigh-in, judge Friday after steer showmanship, non sale animals depart after judging Friday. Auction begins 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Comal County.
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David Ingram
Herald-Zeitung
Comal County
Jody Doerfler
Creekside TIRZ talks in New Braunfels housing deal
Creekside developers and city officials weigh creating a tax increment reinvestment zone to fund $40 million in Creekside and H E B infrastructure. The plan would shift 85 percent of ad valorem taxes and parts of sales and personal property taxes to repay a $26 million bond issue over 20 years, with full reimbursement expected by 2021 and nonessential tax revenue preserved for school districts.
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Creekside
H-E-B
Alvis
Tirz
New Braunfels
Comal County
Ray
FM 1101
Ray and Alvis
Idea
Pat Wiggins
Mark Wheeler
Surecap Village Partners
Surecap
FM 306
Beth Sokolyk
Bruce Boyer Boyer
Ameripoint Title Co
Mike Norris
Norris
Ameripoint
Creekside 1101
Boyer
New Braunfels faces TIRZ plan for Creekside mall project
The city considers a 400 acre Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone along I 35 to fund drainage streets and utilities at a 26 million cost. Comal County would reinvest most existing tax dollars. debate features city council resistance and calls for independent analysis to avoid harming local retailers like Target. Creekside developers warn delays risk losing tenants to San Marcos.
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Sokolyk
New Braunfels
Target
Creekside
Tirz
Alvis
San Marcos
Recusals Debate Continues Over Creekside Project
City council members Bruce Boyer Pat Wiggins and Beth Sokolyk say they will not recuse themselves from Creekside voting amid Creekside 1101 land deals and TIRZ talks. Interim City Attorney Paul Isham notes potential conflicts but finds no clear legal conflict given their interests and deposits. Wiggins defends retail ties and notes leasing rates show Creekside and MarketPlace not direct rivals.
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Bruce Boyer
Pat Wiggins
Beth Sokolyk
Paul Isham
Creekside
Sokolyk
Stephen
St. Luke's Hospital
Pat Wiggins Wiggins
MarketPlace
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