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May is Older Americans Month and the 2023 theme “Aging Unbound” highlights diverse aging experiences, combats ageist stereotypes and showcases how we all benefit when older adults are supported to remain engaged, independent and included.
Read moreOne day about 5 years ago, I was at a regional meeting in South Padre Island, Texas, and I looked around the room. Out of the 50-some-odd game wardens there to participate in the meeting, me and one other dude were the most tenured game wardens there. That’s when it hit me.
Read moreBuddy Tryon was born at the River Ranch 94 years ago this coming August.
Read more(Bandera, Texas)—Agriculture is food, fiber and fuel. But it’s also a variety of careers—education, food safety and service, science, engineering and others. It’s all celebrated on National Ag Day, which is set for Tuesday, March 22.
Read moreOur weekly Watercolor class has been taking advantage of all the beautiful weather we have been having.
Read moreAs a youngster being raised in the small country town of Bandera I discovered early on that a lot of lessons were not going to be taught in a classroom. The self taught hard lessons of everyday life are the ones you never forget. Physical pain and mental anguish had a way of making lasting scars. I was fortunate to have some association with oldtimers in my early years who were well educated in the early pioneer’s way of survival. It wasn’t that I was being instructed in most instances but rather I had opportunities to observe and learn. That was an era when the thinking was kids should be seen but not heard. In some ways it made me bitter and probably contributed to my lack of patience later in life but I have never felt entitled to anything I hadn’t earned.
Read moreHappy April to all! Thursday, April 6, is the monthly Book Club meeting in the Downstairs Meeting room at 10 a.m. The group will be discussing “Blessed McGill” by Edwin Shrake.
Read moreOldtimers like myself who are native to Bandera sometimes just have to sit back and smile when folks start preaching and arguing about how to preserve our small town. Keep it from changing? Exactly what does that mean? Unless you grew up here you can’t imagine how much change has taken place.
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