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You Know You’re in a Small Town When . . . More from the Boerne Police Blotter
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008May 9
1700 block Water St. Comfort, 4:38 p.m. A called worried that sounds of a distressed cow had been coming from the creek. The caller was advised that three heifers were being weaned and although animals had food and water, they were “just not happy.” [MDR: Weaning is a drag, I’ve got to say.]
100 block […]
You Know You’re in a Small Town When . . . More from the Boerne Police Blotter
Saturday, May 24th, 2008April 4
544 mile marker Interstate 10, 8:42 p.m., Police stopped a vehicle and arrested the driver for possession of marijuana. A passenger was issued a citation for an open container. [MDR: An open container? Of what? Or is it illegal in Texas simply to have any open container in your car: peanuts, jam, etc.?]
April 7
400 […]
You Know You’re in a Small Town When . . . More from the Boerne Police Blotter
Friday, April 25th, 2008April 5
100 block of Wollschlaeger Driver, 11:53 a.m., A caller reported that there was a pot-bellied pig on his property tearing up his yard. [MDR: That’s just about a mile from my house. The feral hogs in this part of Texas can do a lot of damage to one’s garden. Photo: An unretouched photo of […]
You Know You’re in a Small Town When . . .
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Feb. 7
30200 Fairway Ranch, 1:09 p.m., An attempt to bake a pie turned into an oven fire. The volunteer fire department responded and put it out with - what else - baking soda. [MDR: I’ve never seen “what else” in a police blotter before.]
Feb. 10
8500 block of North View Pass, 5:42 p.m., A resident called […]
You Know You’re in a Small Town When . . .
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Feb. 3
1200 block of S. Main Street, 12:30 a.m., Police pulled over a vehicle for driving recklessly. The driver said that he thought the vehicle in front of him was a bunch of kids so he was acting dumb. [MDR: I’m a little worried if the driver actually thought the vehicle in front of him […]
You Know You’re in a Small Town When . . . .
Thursday, February 14th, 2008From the police blotter of the Boerne Star News:
January 7
100 block of First Street, 2:40 p.m., An officer was flagged down by a man who said he gave $900 to two men who said they were taking his money to the bank and would return with a check for him. [MDR: Note to self: Never […]
You Know You’re in a Small Town When . . . A Ghost in the City Library Grabs the Headlines
Saturday, January 26th, 2008This week The Boerne Star feature this headline: “Certified Ghosts? Boerne Public Library gets certificate of paranormal activity.” Other cities may have fires, murders, and official scandals. But we in Boerne have ghosts! And in the public library, no less.
How do we know this isn’t just some silly ghost story? Well, a couple of weeks […]
You Know You’re Still in a Small Town When . . . .
Monday, January 14th, 2008On Friday I put up a few highlights from the Boerne Star News police blotter. Here are a few more. Obviously Boenre has been having a crime wave recently.
December 15
30100 block of Battle Intense, 3:37 p.m., A caller reported two men parked in a vehicle wearing black masks. As police headed to the location, they […]
You Know You’re in a Small Town When . . . .
Friday, January 11th, 2008As most of my reader know, I recently moved from Irvine, California (population about 200,000) to Boerne, Texas, (population about 9,000). Irvine is part of Orange County (population about 3,000,000). Boerne is in Kendall County (population about 30,000). As you can imagine, there have been some changes in my lifestyle since moving to a […]