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September 3- September 8, 2016
Vol. 54 No 51
Helotes Area Chamber or Commerce City of Helotes to discuss budget
to host Balloonapolooza on
and lawsuits at the next Council
September 30
meeting
nighttime ambiance of the
Helotes Festival Association
Fairgrounds. Families and
children may walk up to the
balloons to feel the heat from
the burners as it inflates the
canopies and see first-hand
the shapes and colors come
to life.
Watch as these colorful
shapes float high above the
crowd with music, lights and
special effects that will be
sure to bring smiles to all
ages. Want to get that experience and “feeling” of a balloon flight without leaving the
venue, then! A Hot Air Tethered ride is a great way to
enjoy the experience. What is
a tethered Balloon
Ride? Tethering means, the
balloon is securely anchored
to the ground via a series of
high-tensile strength ropes.
During a tether ride, passengers climb aboard the aircraft
for a short ride. This is ideal
for people with fears of flying or heights. Then the hot
air balloon ascends to a predetermined height above the
ground and crowd to a height
of 50′ or less. Tethered Balloon
Rides are sold only onsite, are
weather dependent, and are
on a first come first serve
basis.
The Helotes Festival Association grounds open each
night at 4 pm and features
food, arts and crafts, inflatables, tethered balloon rides,
musical entertainment and
an exhilarating balloon glow
show.
Pre-Sale Tickets to the festival are $8 for children, military and seniors with
adult tickets at $12. VIP
and corporate packages are
available. Advance parking
express parking passes; VIP
packages and tickets may be
purchased online at www.
balloonapaloozatour.com No
Coolers, glass, pets, food &
drinks, bottles or cans are permitted on the premises. Lawn
chairs and blankets are welcome.
Don’t miss this incredible
weekend and bring your camera to “selfie” the moment!
Our balloon glows have been
described as “simply amazing”
and fun for all ages.
The Helotes City Council
will meet for the first regularly scheduled meeting in
September on Thursday, September 8. The meeting will
be held at City Council Chambers located at 12951 Bandera
Road. The meeting starts at
7pm.
Mayor Tom Schoolcraft will
present a proclamation in support of Payroll week before
any business is conducted.
Council will hold four public hearings. The first concerns the annexation of land
located at the intersection of
Lago Vista and Wildlake.
The remaining three public
hearings will center around
the budget for the City of
Helotes, the EDC budget, and
the tax rate for Fiscal Year
ending 2017.
City Council will enter into
a closed session to discuss a
380 agreement between the
City and an Texas Developers LLC; and to discuss the
lawsuits between the builders
and the City of Helotes.
Council will reconvene in
open session to conduct business on the consent agenda,
which includes approval of the
previous meetings minutes
and the expense and revenue
reports.
During individual action
items, Council will consider
the 380 agreement between
City of Helotes and Texas Developers LLC. A 380 agreement typically provides a
reimbursement of increased
sales an property tax on a
property after the developer
has built and opened places of
business.
Council will then discuss
the lawsuits between the City
of Helotes and area home
builders. Although this has
been removed from the agenda the last three meetings,
City officials indicate it will
be discussed at this meeting.
John McClish did confirm that
the City of Helotes and he
have had discussion.
The remainder of the meeting will be dedicated to updating budget figures, discussing
proposed raises, and the tax
rate for next year.
According to preliminary
discussion the tax rate should
not change from last year.
The meeting is open to
the public and the citizens
of Helotes are encouraged to
attend.
HELOTES ECHO READER’S POLL
Should the City Council of Helotes make providing pay
raises for City employees a priority this budget year?
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Get ready to join thousands
of people for the first annual
Balloonapolooza, a hot air balloon festival at Helotes Festival Association Fairgrounds,
Helotes, Texas on September
30, October 1, 2, 2016. Conveniently located along Highway 16 (Bandera Road) on
12210 Leslie Road, Helotes,
TX 78023.
Come witness what is described as “An Amazing Performance! A Balloon Festival
with entertainment that manifests itself into a fantastic
show captivating the crowd
over a three-day festival celebration from beginning to end.
Gather with thousands of
spectators to experience these
magical giants close-up as
part of the Balloonapalooza
Tour ever-popular “Balloon
Glow & Show” each evening. A
balloon glow is a gathering of
hot air balloons that inflate at
night. When the burners are
ignited, the balloons come to
life with brightly glowing colors and the roar of the burners. It’s a spectacular display
of color and sound within the
magical
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NO
To vote log onto www.helotesecho.
com select the Reader’s Poll tab or
check out the link on Facebook.com/
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University Health System to bring mobile shot clinics to six Northside
Campuses during September
University Health System
is offering a convenient way
for parents to stay up-to-date
with their child’s immunizations. They will dispatch a
mobile clinic to six NISD campuses in September.
Their Children’s Health
bus will be at the following
schools from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
on the dates listed:
·
Sept. 6 – Jones MS –
1256 Pinn Road, 78227
·
Sept. 7 – Neff MS –
5227 Evers Road, 78238
·
Sept. 8 – Hobby MS
– 11843 Vance Jackson, 78230
·
Sept. 14 – Luna MS
– 200 N. Grosenbacher, 78253
·
Sept. 21 – Martin
ES – 730 Canterbury Drive,
78228
·
Sept. 28 – Boone ES –
6614 Spring Time, 78249
Please call 210-358-7020 or
visit www.healthyUexpress.
com to make an appointment
or for more information. Appointments and walk-ins are
accepted while supplies last.
Parents are asked to bring
immunization records to appointments and proof of legal
guardianship. They accept private insurance, CHIP, Medicaid, and CareLink.
Texas law requires all public school children have current immunizations in order
to attend class.
For a complete list of immunization clinics in San Antonio, call San Antonio Metro
Health at 207-8894. For additional information about
immunization services, visit
the San Antonio Metro Health
website.
Immunization
Requirements for 2016-2017
DTP/DTaP/DT/TD/Tdap
Five doses are required for
entry of kindergarten students unless the fourth dose
was received on or after the
4th birthday. Doses are also
required for students entering pre-kindergarten – school
nurse will evaluate. Students
age 7, starting their vaccine,
are required to have three
doses. One booster dose of
a Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis-containing vaccine is
required for entry into 7th
grade if at least 5 years have
passed since the last dose of
a Tetanus-containing vaccine.
Grades 8-12 require a booster
dose of Tetanus/Diphtheria/
Pertussis-containing vaccine
every 10 years.
Polio: Four doses of Polio
vaccine are required for kindergarten students unless
the third dose was received
after the 4th birthday. Doses
are also required for students
entering
pre-kindergarten
– school nurse will evaluate.
It can be any combination of
OPV or IPV. Not required of
18-year-old students.
Measles/Mumps/Rubella:
Two doses are required. The
first dose shall be administered on or after the 1st birthday. The second dose is to be
administered by age 5 or entry
into kindergarten. One dose is
required for pre-kindergarten.
HIB: Three doses of Hae-
mophilus Influenza type B
vaccine and a booster if given
before the child is 15 months
or one dose of vaccine if given
after 15 months. HIB vaccine
is given through 4 years of age
and is required for students in
pre-kindergarten.
Hepatitis Type A: Two
doses of Hepatitis A are required for students in grades
PK, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6 and 7.
The second dose of Hepatitis
A is administered six months
after the administration of the
first dose.
Type B: Three doses of
Hepatitis B are required for
pre-kindergarten
through
12th grade.
Varicella (Chicken Pox):
Two doses of Varicella vaccine received on or after the
1st birthday are required for
students in grades K through
12. If the student has had Varicella (Chicken Pox) illness,
please request a form from
the school nurse to validate
illness. One dose is required
for students entering pre-kindergarten.
Pneumococcal
(PCV7):
PCV7 is mandated for all students 3 through 4 years of age.
The school nurse will evaluate
the number of doses needed or
if the student is complete to
enter pre-kindergarten.
Menactra
(Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine): This
vaccine protects students 11
years of age and older from
Meningitis. One dose is required for students in grades
7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
For more information visit
the NISD Health Services
website.
Easy Pulled Pork Is Crowd Pleaser
KITCHEN DIVA
By Angela Shelf Medearis
--My father was born and
raised in Winston-Salem,
N.C., the perfect place to
find a delicious pulled-pork
barbeque sandwich. The
Piedmont triad area where
he grew up is famous for its
pork barbeque and highly
seasoned, vinegar-based
sauces. Pigs are plentiful
in that area of the South,
so barbeques featuring the
whole pig -- split open and
roasted over a hardwood
charcoal fire, or using just
the pork shoulder -- are
popular. After the meat is
cooked, it’s “pulled” off the
bone by hand, sliced, shredded or chopped into pieces,
mixed with barbeque sauce
and served on a bun.
Pork shoulders are the
front leg of the pig and
are
fairly
inexpensive
cuts of meat. The shoulder includes two cuts: the
Boston butt, which is a
rectangular roast from the
upper part of the front leg,
and the picnic shoulder.
The Boston butt is the cut
of choice for pulled-pork
sandwiches.
Select a Boston butt that
has a white-fat cap and is
marbled with fat throughout the meat. The fat and
the collagen (the connective tissue) “baste” the
meat as it melts away. The
collagen also turns into
simple sugars that make
this typically tougher cut
of meat moist, tender and
flavorful as it slowly cooks.
Pulled-pork
barbeque
sandwiches were used to
entice potential voters to
attend political rallies.
These flavorful sandwiches
definitely have my vote.
This crockpot recipe for
pulled pork is perfect for
anyone who can’t barbeque
the traditional way. Serve
the pulled pork with a
scoop of coleslaw on the
sandwich or on the side,
along with some baked
beans, corn on the cob and
sweet, lemon-flavored iced
tea, and you’ll have the
makings of a Southernstyle barbeque no matter
where you live!
Barbequed Pulled-Pork
Sandwiches
This recipe is a great
way to tenderize an inexpensive cut of meat and
conserve energy by using a
crockpot. The salsa infuses
the meat with flavor while
it cooks, and the barbeque
sauce is the perfect finish.
You’ll have enough pulled
pork to feed a crowd, or you
Water District
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate
Marjorie Godfrey, and Robert Kuhn, and Fernando Rocha, and
Scott Mather, and Zeluma Fuentes-Real
AGAINST the proposal:
None
PRESENT and not voting:
None
ABSENT:
None
The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last
year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.
Total Tax rate (per $100 of value)
Difference in rates per $100 of value
Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-)
Average appraised value
General exemptions available
(excluding senior citizen’s or disabled
person’s exemptions)
Average taxable value
Tax on average residence homestead
Annual increase/decrease in taxes if
proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-)
and percentage of increase (+/-)
Last Year
$0.6277/$100
This Year
$0.6345/$100
Adopted
Proposed
$0.0068/$100
1.083%
$254,395
$257,936
$ 56,665
$197,730
$ 1,241.15
5 pounds boneless pork
butt, cut into 2-inch chunks
2 large onions, sliced
1 jar (16 ounces) Pace
Chunky Salsa, or pineapple-mango or similar salsa
1 1/2 cups water
1 bottle (16 ounces) barbecue sauce
1/4 cup apple-cider vinegar
2 tablespoons prepared
mustard
2 tablespoons brown
sugar
1 teaspoon salt
24 hamburger buns
1. Place half the onions
in the crockpot. Add the
meat and then the rest of
the onions. Pour the salsa
and the water over the
pork and the onions.
2. Turn the crockpot to
the HIGH setting for 4 to
5 hours or on the LOW
setting for 7 to 9 hours or
until the pork is tender
and can be shredded easily
with a fork.
3. Remove the pork and
onions from the crockpot
and discard any of the
remaining liquid and accumulated fat. Let the
meat cool slightly. Shred
the pork, using two forks.
Mix together the barbeque
sauce, vinegar, mustard,
brown sugar and salt until
well-combined.
4. Mix the shredded
pork and onions with the
barbeque sauce. Return
the barbequed pork to the
crockpot and cook on HIGH
for another hour. Serve
about 1/2 cup shredded
pork in each roll. Top with
coleslaw, if desired. Serves
24.
***
Angela Shelf Medearis
is an award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of
seven cookbooks. Her new
cookbook is “The Kitchen
Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.”
Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to
videos, recipes and much,
much more, Like Angela
Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook. Recipes may not be reprinted
without permission from
Angela Shelf Medearis.
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Synd., Inc., and Angela
Shelf Medearis
NOTICE
OF TAX REVENUE INCREASE
The San Antonio Municipal Utility District No. 1 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax
rate for the tax year 2016 on September 14, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at 16450 Wildlake Boulevard,
Helotes, Texas. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the
taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and
the tax rate that is adopted.
FOR the proposal:
can freeze any leftovers for
another fabulous meal!
$ 51,566
$206,370
$ 1,309.42
+$68.27
+5.50%
NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION
If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the
qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine
whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback rate under Section
49.236(d), Water Code.
The Bexar County Emergency Service District No, 7 conducted public
hearings on August 24th, 2016 and August 31, 2016, on a proposal
to increase the total tax revenues of the Bexar County Emergency
Services District 7 from properties on the tax roll in the preceding year
by .007665 percent.
The total tax revenue raised last year at last year’s tax rate of $.098506
for each $100 of taxable value was $2,206,466.
The total tax revenue proposed to be raised this year at the proposed
tax rate of $.10000 for each $100 of taxable value excluding tax
revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year
is $2,389,608.
The total tax revenue proposed to be raised this year at the proposed
tax rate of $.10000 for each $100 of taxable value, including tax
revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year
is $2,564,038.
The Bexar County Emergency Services District No. 7 is scheduled to
vote on the tax rate that will result in that tax increase at a public
meeting to be held on September 14, 2016 at District No. 7 Fire and
Rescue Station No. 2, 18579 Bandera Rd., Helotes, Texas, 78023, at
9:15 a.m.
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News from Casa Helotes
Casa is excited as our
1 st Annual Golf Tournament is approaching
on Saturday, Septem ber 10 th at 8:00 a.m. The
entry fee per player is
$50.00 and includes lunch
at noon, prizes will be
awarded. All proceeds
to benefit senior activities at Casa Helotes. If
you would like to sign up
please send a check or
money order payable to:
Casa Helotes Senior Center, 12070 Leslie Road,
Helotes, TX 78023, C/O
Judy Zipp, Coordinator.
You may also contact Judy
Zipp at (210) 867-5961 for
more information on signing up for the Golf Tournament. Come out and
enjoy the fun!
We are still in need
of items for our Silent
Auction. Please consider supporting the Casa
by donating gift certificates, merchandise or services. In exchange, you
will
receive
excellent
community exposure and
advertising. Your name/
company name, address,
phone number and donation will be listed in the
local media. Your donation is tax deductible and
we would be happy to provide our Tax ID number
upon your request.
We will gladly pick up
your donation, make arrangement for delivery, or
you may drop it off at Casa
Helotes at 12070 Leslie
Road, Helotes, TX 78023
during our office hours
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. If
you have any questions
please do not hesitate to
contact us at
(210)
695-8510.
Thank you in advance
for
supporting
Casa
Helotes Senior Center!
If you are planning a
l u n c h e o n , d i n n e r , c o nference, party, or simply
need a larger space to
hold any type of event,
keep the Casa in mind.
Our website includes additional information about
renting our facility.
Casa Helotes is a nonprofit organization that
is primarily supported by
donations and fundraisers
and in part by AACOG.
There is no fee for membership and all of our
classes and activities
are free for our senior
community to enjoy.
We are actively seeking
contributions from our
community to meet and
maintain the growing demand for our programs
and services now and into
the future. All contributions are tax deductible.
Serving our seniors serves
us all.
The Casa is open from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and
we’re located on Leslie
Rd. across from O’Conner
High School. We serve a
congregate meal daily at
noon. Please try to call by
10 a.m. the morning of to
let us know if you will be
joining us for lunch. Call
us at (210) 695-8510 for
more information or find
us on the web at www.
facebook.com/casahelotes
and
www.casahelotes.
com.
It’s Easier to Find a Good
Nursing Home
--Medicare’s Nursing Home
Compare website now has the
long-awaited star ratings. Announced months ago, the site
has added six more quality
measurements and has added
the star features, making it
easier to do comparisons when
the time comes to pick out a
nursing home.
To find the nursing home
ratings, go online to www.
medicare.gov and put “nursing
home compare” in the search
box. Put in your ZIP code, and
you can compare up to three
at a time.
The devil is in the details,
as always. Look for tiny items
like the number of minutes
of physical therapy per resident per day, dates of last
inspections, residents rights
deficiencies, any mistreatment complaints, pharmacy
service deficiencies and any
penalties and fines in the past
three years. Be sure to click
and read the actual inspection reports. You might find
that cleaning materials and
foods were comingled, or that
food was left uncovered in the
freezer.
What’s concerning is that
not all the inspection reports
are there. You’ll need to know
if a facility has eight fire-code
deficiencies, or that the ceiling
over the food-prep area has
peeling paint, or that insulin
wasn’t kept at the correct cold
temperature or had expired.
One thing lacking in the
ratings is that nowhere will
you find resident or family satisfaction. The data is mostly
self-reported by the nursing
homes themselves and the
measures aren’t necessarily
comparable between facilities,
especially the ratings that
don’t include full inspection
reports.
While the star rating
is a good place to begin, it
shouldn’t be the end of your
research into a good nursing
home. Ask for recommendations from your doctor or people you know.
Community Clubs and Organizations
regular meetings
REGULAR MEETINGS:
Helotes City Council, each
second and fourth Thursday at
7 p.m. at 12951 Bandera Rd.
Helotes Planning and
Zoning Commission, the
first Tuesday of each month
at 7 p.m., 12951 Bandera Rd.
Helotes Economic
Development Corporation,
each third Wednesday of
the month at 7 p.m. at
12951 Bandera Rd.
Leon Valley City Council
meeting, each Second and
Third Tuesday at 7 p.m.,
6400 El Verde Rd.
The Helotes Lions Club
holds its regular meetings
on the first and third
Tuesdays of the month at 7
p.m. at the club on Bandera
Road near Scenic Loop.
The Helotes Festival general
membership meets the first
Monday of each month at 7pm,
at the Helotes Lion’s Club.
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Synd., Inc.
Masonic Family – The
Helotes Masonic Family is
composed of four organizations
and all meet at the Helotes
Masonic Lodge at 11740 FM
1560S. The Helotes Masonic
Lodge meets on the third
Thursday of each month at 7
p.m. Adah Chapter 49 O.E.S.
meets on the first and third
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. For more
information, call 210-646-1429.
The Helotes York Rite
Chapter/Council meets on the
second and fourth Wednesday
at 7 p.m. The International
Order of the Rainbow for Girls,
Helotes Assembly 377 meets on
the first and third Wednesday.
For information on any of these
organizations, call 210-656-1429
Northwest San Antonio
Al-Anon Family Group,
meets every Wednesday at
7pm at Zion Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall, located athe
corner of Loop 1604 and Braun
Rd. For more information,
please call Edwin at 710-0786
Girl Talk’s weekly meeting
is every Wednesday during
the school year, 6:30 p.m., at
Shadrock Williams Masonry
at 10047 Floore Drive. For
more information, call Wendy
Thiery at 210-872-1976.
The Northwest Senior
Citizens Center at 6427
Evers Rd in Leon Valley
holds its monthly luncheon
and meeting at 11 a.m. every
fourth Wednesday, Lunch is
$5 or bring a covered dish.
Center hours are 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Monday through
Friday. For more information,
call 210-522-9966.
The Helotes Humane
Society meets every fourth
Tuesday of the month at 14398
Bandera Road, at 6:30 p.m.
The Knights of Columbus
Council 8306 meets the
first Wednesday of the
month at 7:00 pm in the
Parish Hall at Our Lady of
Guadulupe located at 13715
Riggs Rd., Helotes. For more
information contact Don
Rios at (830) 426-4121.
The Historical Society
of Helotes, founded in
1966, was incorporated in
2010 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit
organization. The purpose of
the HSH includes the discovery,
preservation, and dissemination
of knowledge about the history
of Helotes, Texas, and the
surrounding area. General
meetings of the Society are
held quarterly on the first
Tuesday in February, May,
September, and November at
a time and place designated
by the President. We welcome
all individuals interested in
the history of Helotes to attend
general HSH meetings and to
visit our booth at MarketPlace
in Old Town Helotes the first
Saturday of every month.
Please visit our website: www.
historicalsocietyofhelotes.
org for more information.
The Altar Society of Our
Lady of Guadalupe meets
on the first Wednesday of
each month at 7pm in the
Guadalupe Room at Our
Lady of Guadalupe Church
located at 13715 Riggs
Road, Helotes. For more
information please call Nancy
Keffer at (210) 695-2675.
The Elks Lodge of San
Antonio/Helotes meets on the
1st & 3rd Tuesday @ 8 PM. We
host an Open House/Burger
Night @ 6PM for the public the
first Wednesday of the month.
We are located @ 15650 Market
Hill, San Antonio (near La
Cantera Mall). 210.697.3331,
www.sanantonioelks.com
South Texas Area Farm &
Ranch
3rd Thursday of every month
(except Feb) at 11:30 a.m. at
Aggie Park, 6502 West Avenue,
San Antonio, TX 78213
V.F.W. Post 7108 holds its
General Meeting every second
Monday
of the month at 7pm. 8795 FM
1560 N San Antonio TX. For
more
information, call 210.688.9312
Leon Springs Business
Association, holds regular
monthly meetings, typically
on the third Thursday of every
month. This month’s gathering
will take place on June 19th
and will include an After Hours
Mixer and Karaoke. 6:00 - 8:00
PM at Silver Fox. Check their
website for contact information
and to RSVP.
Leon Springs Trail
Foundation, holds regular
monthly meetings, typically on
the fourth Thursday of every
month. Please contact Leon
Springs Trail Foundation for
time and location. Visit the
Leon Springs Trail Foundation
on facebook.
The Leon Valley Historical
Society board of directors
meets the 3rd Thursday of each
month at 6:30 p.m. at the Leon
Valley Public Library, 6425
Evers Road. Members and
visitors are always welcome.
The Echo • September 3 - September 8, 2016 • 4
Nihilism in Milwaukee
--Tim Pool is a fearless social-media reporter who specializes in getting close to the
action. It almost doesn’t qualify as a protest or a riot if Pool
isn’t live-streaming from the
streets. But he is pulling out
of Milwaukee because it is too
dangerous for white people.
In a carefully stated YouTube video, Pool described the
verbal taunts and threats, as
well as actual violence, directed at whites. After an 18-yearold male was shot in the neck
and extracted by Milwaukee
police in an armored vehicle
-- Pool identifies the victim as
white, although other press
reports don’t mention his
race -- he concluded he had to
leave. (For the record, Pool is
half Korean -- not that rioters
care.)
The Milwaukee unrest has
taken on a more explicitly racist cast than other riots after
officer-involved shootings.
After Ferguson, the anti-police movement famously adopted the slogan “Hands up,
don’t shoot.” If it were to take
its next catchphrase from
Milwaukee, it might be (per
Pool’s reporting) “f*** white
people.”
In other officer-involved
shootings or deaths that have
occasioned unrest, there has
at least been a colorable case
that the police acted wrongfully. In Milwaukee, a black
officer shot an armed man,
23-year-old Sylville Smith,
who by all accounts ran from
his car after a traffic stop and
defied an order to drop his
(stolen) gun. The officer wore
a body camera, and the police
chief says the video shows
Smith raising his gun before
the cop shot him dead.
Presumably we will see the
entire video and know more
soon enough, but it’s not hard
to believe that Smith was capable of recklessly threatening the officer. His long rap
sheet is the story, in microcosm, of why inner-city communities are so miserably unlivable, and need to be policed
so intensely.
Smith’s mother says her
son got his gun because he
had been shot twice and
robbed four times. Three people were murdered last weekend within blocks of where
the officer shot Smith on Saturday afternoon, and five people were killed in total over a
nine-hour period Friday night
and Saturday morning. The
routine carnage is, of course,
never the occasion for rioting.
The Milwaukee disorder
is another stark illustration
of how often the agitation
over police-involved shootings fades into a noxious nihilism, heedless of the facts
or reason. Burning down
neighborhood business establishments, throwing bricks at
cops, trashing police cars and
chasing white people -- all features of the Milwaukee riots
-- may feel good, but they
are simply more symptoms
of the social breakdown that
police are asked to respond
to every day. Even if the cops
conduct themselves perfectly
in such communities, there
will inevitably be tensions
and tragedies that don’t occur
in more orderly places where
young men aren’t so often the
perpetrators -- and victims -of crime.
The deeper question in the
debate over policing is how
we can keep the lives of so
many young men like Sylville Smith from sliding off
the rails. But trying to answer
it doesn’t hold the satisfaction of smashing windows, or
provide ready fodder for cable
TV debates. And so the beat,
drearily, goes on.
The Former Labor Day
--Can we stop with the platitudes about celebrating the
workers and face the reality
of America? For starters, let’s
do something about the name
of this three-day weekend. Instead of Labor Day, let’s call
it Plutocrat Day or maybe Oligarch Day. Let’s face it, fellow
beachgoers, what we’re celebrating these days is fantasy.
No longer can we expect
that hard work will pay off,
that those who profit from it
will share their rewards with
those who put their noses to
the grindstone for them. Instead, they’ll take away the
grindstone when they merge
their company with another
and, in the name of “efficiency,” lay off by the thousands
the people who made their
corporation such a valuable
commodity.
Labor movement? It’s moving, all right. Backward. In
the late 1940s, more than onethird of the nonagricultural
workforce was unionized. Last
year, that had fallen to just
over 11 percent, a large chunk
of them government workers.
With the decline of unions,
we’ve seen the destruction of
the country’s middle class.
The statistics are well-known
to all of us, and they add up
to this: Just a few families,
a very few, control most of
the wealth in this country.
The poorest half of the population owns 2.5 percent of
the wealth. The top 1 percent
owns 35 percent.
To be fair, there is a bit
of an awakening. Campaigns
to raise minimum wages to
somewhat higher than slave
pay have had some successes,
as has a push to force companies to at least show the
grotesque difference between
the compensation paid to top
executives and the average
employee. In both cases, the
“haves” are putting up a ferocious fight, threatening to cut
jobs to maintain their caste
system or even to relocate to
some other country.
It’s not only the middle
class that’s disappearing. One
of the fundamental premises
of our nation has always been
the expectation that a family’s succeeding generation
would do better. That upward
mobility also has become a
myth. Studies show that nearly three-quarters of those in
the lowest class, the nation’s
poor, will never achieve middle class. As for those in the
middle, only 10 percent will
move up to prosperity.
All of this is related. And it
snuffs out the pretense of an
American Dream. Our politicians, who might pass laws to
make everyone contribute a
fairer share, have been bought
and paid for by the wealthy
special interests who don’t
want fairness. They’ve got it
too good with unfairness.
The great bulk of us who
could elect more responsive
leaders have this bad habit
of voting against our self-interest. In large part, it is because the wealthy provide the
wherewithal for propaganda
campaigns to confuse us.
They encourage us to mindlessly focus on emotional issues and trivialities instead
of the economic policies that
could turn things around if
only we’d work to understand
the complexities, like reducing
the grip that “too big to fail”
banks have. We’re also distracted by buffoonery, which
replaces debate.
So sure, for those who even
care what the day off is all
about, let’s have a happy Plutocrat Day. At any rate, as
happy as we can afford.
(c) 2016 Bob Franken
Distributed by King Features Synd.
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
(c) 2016 by King Features
Synd., Inc.
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Community Calendar
Storybook Houses—Botanical Gardens San Antonio
March 5 - July 10, 2016
See kid-sized, family-friendly Storybook Houses in this spring exhibit opening March 5. A
partnership with AIA San Antonio, this engaging playhouse exhibit is the fourth collaboration
between the Garden and area architects and designers. Sponsored by Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and
Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, Gretchen Swanson Family Foundation, Inc, The USAA Foundation, Chipotle Mexican Grill, and Dickson-Allen Foundation. San Antonio Public Library cardholders enjoy $1 off admission.
Grey Forest
Grey Forest Community artists will open their studios for the 21st annual Grey Forest Open
Studios Art Show and sale. The different artists living in the community will have their art on
display at their studios. The art will be for sale. Each of the studios will be numbered and that
number will be placed on a map for those wanting to complete the tour. Hours are noon to six
on October 8.
Grey Forest
Aug 27 Texas Birding Tom and Patsy Inglet with the San Antonio/Bexar County Audubon
Society will discuss birding in South Texas. 9:00 am at the GreyForest Community Clubhouse.
City of Leon Valley
The Flood Warning siren is out of service due to electrical issues from the recent storms. The
Flood Emergency Response Plan (FERP) has a contingency measure for this. There is a mapped
route, a script, and vehicle PA systems that would be used (and also door-to-door in high priority low-lying areas). .
City of Helotes
City of Helotes will host the monthly Marketplace at Old Town on September 3. This event
happens the first Saturday of the Month. Vendors from across the City will travel to Old Town
to set up booth spaces and offer their products to the people. There will be food vendors on site.
Vendors will have live plants, food, farmers market, hand made goods, and other items will
be available for purchase.
The vendors open at 10am and will close at 5pm.
City of Helotes
Victory parade for the Greater Helotes Little League Softball World Series Champoins. Parade starts at 10am. Route begins at First Baptist Church and ends at Our
Lady of the Guadalupe Church.
City of Helotes
The third annual Bull Blowout will be held at the Helotes Festival Grounds rodeo arena.
This year the event will be a two day affair. The first night will be Friday, August 12 and it
will feature 40 bulls.
The second night will also feature 40 bulls and it will be Saturday, August 13. The gates
open at 6pm with the bull riding starting at 7:30 pm. There will be a calf scramble for children
under the age of 12 each night.
Friday night the Meyer Anderson Band will be performing and on Saturday night Felix Turvere will perform. Dances will start at 9:30pm each night.
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Weekly Devotional
Now after the death
of Moses the servant of
Yahweh, Yahweh spoke
to Joshua the son of Nun,
Moses’ servant, saying, ‘Moses my servant
is dead. Now therefore
arise, go across this Jordan, you and all these
people, to the land which
I am giving to them, even
to the children of Israel.
Joshua 1:1 WEB
Moses the servant
of the Lord died at 120
years old and the Lord
Himself buried him (Deuteronomy 34:6). No one
knows exactly where to
this day. The devil was
upset about this because
he wanted the body of
Moses (Jude 1:9). The
people would have turned
his grave into a shrine or
an idol and begun worshiping there and praying to it. There could
have began a new reli-
gion of Moses worship.
All Israel mourned and
wept for Moses for thirty days, then the days
of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended
(Deuteronomy
34:8).
When the thirty days had
passed, and the mourning was completed, the
Lord told them, ‘Moses
my servant is dead, Now
therefore arise, go over
this Jordan’ (Joshua 1:2).
After the death of Moses,
Israel entered the promised land.
This period signaled a
clear ending to an era,
so that a new era could
begin. The end of wandering in the desert, the
beginning of taking the
promised land. Though
they were sad and
mourned the passing of
Moses, in order to move
forward it was necessary.
The old passed away and
then the new began.
When our computer
business began to dry up,
we went to our pastor
and got him to pray with
us. During prayer he said
‘Something new. The
Lord is doing something
new.’ About a month
later, I was a full time
pastor myself. That was
quite a change for us.
At times, God will end
something in our life that
we cling to. When we finally let it go, He will
bring in a new era. It
is not pleasant when it
is happening and there
may be mourning, a passing away. If He had not
closed our business, then
I would not be in ministry. For you to move
forward into your real
destiny, at some point,
the old must pass away.
Northside passes budget keeps tax
rate the same
After months of public
meetings, the Northside Independent School District adopted its budget and tax rates
for 2016-17 on Aug. 23, 2016.
Trustees adopted a tax rate
of $1.3755 which is a zero
increase from the previous
year. In fact, Northside has
not raised the tax rate for the
past six years. The proposed
tax rate is more than 8.5 cents
less than what was projected
in School Bond 2014.
The proposed tax rate is
comprised of two parts: the
Maintenance & Operations
tax of $1.04 and the Interest
& Sinking tax of $0.3355.
On an average home in
Northside, which is valued
at $207,071 the increase in
taxes would be approximately
$15.71 month.
Trustees have held the line
on raising taxes in spite of the
District growing approximately 1,500 to 2,000 students per
year and opening new schools
every year.
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