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The roads for that period will “Various roads will be closed put together a comprehensive The Bulletin will provide a be: Cottonwood Street from to through traffic as construc- city construction plan encom- more complete overview of the Sycamore to Main Street; Syc- tion commences,” read a release passing various types of repairs construction project in a future amore Street from Main Street from the Bandera Marshal’s on the streets. issue. 335555 SStatetate HHighwayighway 16 SouSouthth PP.O..O. Box 1389 BanderBandera,a, TTexasexas 78003 830-830-796-3333796-3333 Courtesy Photo SERVING OUR Items available at Market @ COMMUNITY Bandera include cheeseburgers, watermelon salads and shrimp OFFERING: skewers, and certain items • DIGITDIGITALAL DROP OFF/ feature ingredients from locally APPROVAPPROVALAL sourced items. • APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE • WALK-INS WELCOME CALL FOR DETDETAILSAILS Market popups tease future 114 Enchanted River Dr Bandera, TX 78003 830-796-9000 BY DANIEL TUCKER Phone: [email protected] © 2014 HRB Tax Group, Inc. BULLETIN PHOTO/ Chuck McCollough The Market @ Bandera Museum attendees visit the dinosaurs outside the Bandera Natural History museum during the fifth isn’t set to open until July, anniversary celebration last Saturday. but the new business is al- ready sampling menu items during popups held outside their front doors and down Bandera NHM turns fi ve the walkway from Bandera Brewery. BY CHUCK MCCOLLOUGH bigger than the children hitting turn a dream into reality. Items like cheeseburg- For the Bulletin them. Built on eight acres, a ers, watermelon salads and THANK A VETERAN, shrimp skewers were avail- A SERVICEMAN, FIRST RESPONDERS Dinosaur George, aka some- 14,000-square-foot building was The Bandera Natural History one inside a dino costume, was filled with exhibits for people to able to order with a twist: Museum celebrated its fifth an- also present to greet visitors explore, experience, educate, and many of the menu items niversary last week, culminating during the celebration, which enjoy, according to museum in- featured ingredients from in a giant party with dinosaurs also included sidewalk painting, formation. locally sourced items. and pinatas on Saturday, June music and games. By early 2015, property had For example, beer from 19. Celebrations began last been acquired within the city of Bandera Brewery is used for Bandera Natural History Wednesday with talks on animals Bandera and construction began beer cheese, their “spent” Museum visionary, Juan Car- from the Last Chance Forever for 14,000 sq. ft. building. grains for oatmeal cookies los lnfante, said the five-year Bird of Prey Conservancy, during In that same year, the board or dog treats, and produce Online. Anywhere. Anytime. point marks a lot of hard work, which experts gave a talk on the changed its name from Bandera from The Betsy Blue Farm including the addition of the re- benefits that bird give humans Exotic Wildlife Museum to Ban- can be found in The Market’s cently opened New Spain Art and the environment at large, dera Natural History Museum watermelon salad and veggie Hall, which includes paintings, such as helping rabies-infected to more accurately reflect the skewers. “The popups have been WEATHER polychromed sculptures, silver, animals and eating roaches. broader scope of our display and antique Talavera, ivories and Owls and other birds were also our education mission. The mu- great,” said co-owner Au- High Low furniture from 1521 to the early highlighted during that presenta- seum is organized exclusively for tum Perry-Sevilla, who lives 1800s. tion. charitable and educational pur- in the River Ranch Commu- Wednesday 93 74 Saturday’s celebration fea- On Friday, visitors were treat- poses and is a nonprofit business nity. “They have been help- Thursday 95 73 tured pinatas shaped like dino- edto the Happy Tails Exotic Ani- with 501(c)(3) status. The facility ful in the organizing process saurs, lions, and giraffes, all to mal Petting Zoo. opened its doors June 18, 2016. and meeting all the folks in Friday 95 72 the joy of the children, and their For more than five years, a For more information call the area.” Saturday 93 69 parents. group of community supporters 830-328-5090 or go to www. Some of the piñatas were and leaders worked tirelessly to banderanhm.org. Sunday 92 70 SEE MARKET, PAGE 10 Monday 89 69 Tuesday 90 71 Lake Medina fully infested with zebra mussels MEDINA LAKE BY DANIEL TUCKER Inks Lake. zebra mussels at sites near Echo Inland Fisheries Regional Director. Mean Water Level [email protected] According to a TPWD release, Point and Elm Cove. Roughly the size of a finger- This week Last month Last year a sighting by a member of the “The most recent discoveries, nail and featuring dark striped 1,026.49 1,027.18 1,048.13 Medina Lake is one of 27 lakes public in February and subse- combined with the initial sight- shells, zebra mussels filter out Filled Percentage in Texas designated by the Texas quent surveys uncovered a total ings in February, revealed nu- algae needed by native species This week Last month Last year Parks and Wildlife Department of three zebra mussels at multiple merous mussels of different sizes for food and incapacitate native mussels. 34.7 35.5 65.8 (TPWD) as being fully infested sites on Medina Lake, leading to in multiple locations, indicating with zebra mussels. an initial designation of the lake the presence of an established, They attach to boats and COUNTYWIDE Infested status means there as positive for zebra mussels. reproducing population and Me- anything left in the water, in- BURN BAN cluding anchors, and can sur- is an established, reproducing In late May, a lakefront land- dina Lake is now designated as vive for days out of water, often population of zebra mussels in owner reported a larger mussel at fully infested,” read a release LILIFTEDFTED hiding in crevices where they the lake. their dock on the lake near Elm from TPWD. may not be seen easily. Their CALL 830-796-3771 That designation follows Cove and provided a specimen. “Unfortunately, zebra mus- larvae are microscopic and in- FOR MORE INFORMATION event sampling efforts revealing The Bandera County River sels have now spread to 32 Texas visible to the naked eye and can evidence that zebra mussels in Authority & Groundwater Dis- lakes, with 27 fully infested, but be unknowingly transported in Medina Lake are now fully es- trict followed up by conducting there are far more lakes that still residual water in boats. tablished and reproducing and intensive shoreline and snorkel- haven’t been invaded and are at detection of a new infestation in ing surveys, locating numerous risk,” said Brian Van Zee, TPWD SEE MUSSELS, PAGE 7 IN HOUSE FINANCING SprSpringing intintoo SaSavingsvings 2018 HwHwy.y. 16 N. KM Auto Sales 830-460-7660 kmauto.us OPINIONS 2 • Wednesday, June 23, 2021 • www.banderabulletin.com Growing Up 10 LGBTQ Movies to in Bandera USPS #040-980 BY GLENN CLARK Special to the Bulletin THE BANDERA BULLETIN is published weekly by Hill Country Watch for Pride Month Newspapers, Inc., 606 Highway Camping along the river around 16 South, Bandera, Texas 78003. Bandera back in Y ONNIE OPEZ and thirty minutes. Largely set Beneath all that is a subtle Periodicals postage paid at B D L Bandera, Texas 78003. the day was pretty common. Special to the Bulletin in 1973 South Carolina, a man through line of gayness that af- ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $35 Campers included folks on vaca- named Frank Bledsoe (Paul fects each character in Simon’s per year in Bandera County, $32 tion, overnight visitors or people in People love to tell stories. Bettany) goes on a road trip orbit in a softer method than per year in county for seniors, $45 town for some event and just needed per year for other Texas counties The narratives that we see and with his niece Beth (Sophia perhaps reality would suggest. and $51 per year outside Texas.