New Braunfels Junior Chosen for Safari Club Program
Brian Scheele, a junior at New Braunfels High, is selected as one of four San Antonio area students for the Safari Club International two week program. The Wyoming based program trains youth in wildlife ecology and wilderness survival with a minimum $2000 scholarship and requires grades, references, and a 500 word essay.
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Brian Scheele
New Braunfels High
James Scheele
Bob White
San Antonio
County jail inmate caught after escape
An 18-year-old New Braunfels man named Pete Rodriguez escaped from the Comal County Jail last Friday night but was recaptured early Saturday morning by Police Officer Spencer Gremmer near East and South streets. He had fled the minimum security area after a late Friday arrest for unlawfully carrying a weapon. Rodriguez remains in custody on a $1,000 bond.
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New Braunfels
Comal
Pete Rodriguez
E. Lawn Terrace
Spencer Gremmer
East
South Streets
Honors for CMS students on aptitude test scores
Twenty seventh graders at Canyon Middle School took the Scholastic Aptitude Test as part of Duke University nationwide program. David Barranco earned an invitation to the Duke recognition ceremony on May 18. Six CMS students earned state level honors with ceremonies on June 8 at Trinity University in San Antonio. Traveling to San Antonio are Chris Boyer Daniel Craigmile Jill Grimes and Austin Rich, with their parents listed.
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Canyon Middle School
Duke University
David Barranco
North Carolina
John Barranco
Garden Ridge
CMS
Trinity University
San Antonio
Chris Boyer
Arthur Boyer
Daniel Craigmile
Neil Craigmile
Jill Grimes
Mauro Garza
Austin Rich
Stephen R.C. Rich
Mountain Valley field days planned for all grades
Mountain Valley School schedules field days across grades two through five on Wednesday with events including arm hang, standing broad jump, shuttle run, sack races, tug-of-war and sprint dashes plus softball throw and 440 relay. Younger kindergartners and first graders meet May 29 with dash races and relays while older students May 24 compete in track field events and academic contests by advisory with ribbons for winners.
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Mountain Valley School
Elks Lodge honors two teens from each high school
Elks Lodge 2279 hosted a Youth Recognition Banquet naming two Teenagers of the Year from each local high school. Guests included Hilmar Harborth, Matt Severance, Wanda Hitzfelder, Brian Barganier, Jeannine Pfeil, W.P. Arnold, Carolyn Fey, Joe Armstrong, and Scott Hadlock. Parents attended with the students.
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Elks Lodge 2279
Hilmar Harborth
Matt Severance
Wanda Hitzfelder
Smithson Valley
Brian Barganier
Jeannine Pfeil
Canyon
W.P. Arnold
Exalted Ruler
Carolyn Fey
New Braunfels
Joe Armstrong
Scott Hadlock
Comal ISD bids Bulverde Elementary expansion award
Government calendar notes Comal Independent School District board meeting to award bids for the Bulverde Elementary expansion at 5 p.m. Friday in the Central Office. Also listed are Boy Scout Troop 387 rummage sale at St Paul Lutheran hall, New Braunfels Music Study Club event, and Family Fiesta at Eagles Hall with Community Service Center details.
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Comal Isd Board
Bulverde
St. Paul Lutheran Fellowship Hall
New Braunfels
Seele Parish
Eagles Hall
Canyon and Smithson Valley Proms Set This Weekend
Juniors and seniors at Smithson Valley and Canyon high schools prepare for prom nights this weekend. Smithson Valley prom runs 8 p.m. to midnight Friday at the Civic Center with the theme Stairway to Heaven and music by The Renegades. Canyon High prom follows Saturday from 8 p.m. to midnight featuring The Boys.
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Smithson Valley
Canyon High Schools
Civic Center
Renegades
Canyon High
Weather sketch from Texas Panhandle to Edwards Plateau at dawn
The extended dawn weather shows showers dissipating after late Thursday night along the Texas New Mexico border. Early temperatures ranged from 49 in Houston to 77 in El Paso with many spots in the 60s and 70s. Central regions expect partly cloudy skies Saturday with highs mostly in the 80s to 90s and variable winds along the coast.
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West Foxes
New Mexico
Texas
Fanhandia
Southwest
Panhandle
South Plain
Edwards Plateau
Texas-New Mexico
Longview
el Paso
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Dallas Fort Worth
West Texas
South Plains
Permian Basin
Concho Valley
Far West
Big Bend
Big Bend Wallaye
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Scheele
Wyoming Wildlife Program
John Phelan
Clyde Jacobs
Rodriguez
Gremmer
Veramendi Street
Herald-Zeitung
Mountain Valley
Lark
Zeitung
Boy Scout
P.O
Zip UP
Slim
Broadway
Jacob Schmidt CO
W. San Antonio St
Pinyon Pime
Schurz
North
Ato
South
Port Arthur
Port O'Connor
Brownsville
1Mmbanknew
Braunfels
P. O
Main Plaza
NewCar
Herald
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