Thursday, October 14, 2021 Page 3 The Comfort News Happenings

Page 3 The Comfort News Thursday, October 14, 2021

Happenings Incident Meteorologist for the

Southwest and Rocky

M o u n t a i n D i v i s i o n

specializing in tropical

w e a t h e r p l a n s a n d

preparedness for Texas and

Louisiana. Suggested donation

$5. Starts at 1 p.m. Register at

riversidenaturecenter.org.

Hill Country Wine Works

Enjoy the Ribbon cutting on

Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at 16

US Hwy 87 in Comfort. All

are welcome to attend.

Sponsored by The Comfort

Chamber of Commerce. For

more information call (325)

370-6278 or (830) 995-3131.

Fredricksburg Fall Wine

Days Wine, grape stomping, live

music and great food on

Saturday from noon to 8 p.m.

Texas Wine Festival and

Grape Stomp. Local cheeses,

amazing wines, live music,

activities, vendors and food!

M o r e in fo r ma t io n a t

ticketbud.com.

2nd Annual Kerrville

River Festival

The Kerrville Parks and

Recreation Department invites

you to come out Saturday and

celebrate the River Festival.

This free, and open to the

public event, will create a fun

environment for your friends

and family. Event activities

include a free kids area, food,

drinks, and music from 3

exciting live bands! To end

the night with a bang, there

will even be fireworks to

follow. Held at the Louise

Hays Park at 202 Thompson

Dr. More information at

recreation@kerrvilletx.gov.

No outside alcoholic

beverages or glass containers.

No dogs allowed in the event

area.

Native Bees in the Hill

Country

On Oct. 20, the Kendall

County AgriLife Extension

office will be having Molly

Keck, Entomologist with the

Bexar County AgriLife

Extension Office, present a

program about Native Bees in

the Hill Country.

Keck will be discussing

how important the native bees

are to our ecology system,

ways to help strengthen their

population and ways to

improve our yards and

gardens for these pollinators.

This program will be held in

t h e K e n d a l l C o u n t y

Courthouse. The program is

at 10 to 11 a.m. RSVP by Oct.

18, for program material

supplies. Call (830) 331-8242

to reserve your spot.

Kendall County Fair

Association

The Annual Meeting will be

on Oct. 21 at the Fair Ground

Old Hall. Meet and Mingle

begins at 6:30 p.m. The

meeting is open to the public,

guests are welcome. More

information at (210) 710-

4985.

League of Women Voters

of Texas In preparation for the

Constitutional Amendment

Election on Nov. 2, the

League is releasing their

election Voter Guide for

Texans prior to early voting.

The 2021 Constitutional

Amendment Election includes

eight proposed amendments to

the Texas Constitution. The

Guide and the online

interactive version of the

Guide, VOTE411.org, provide

understandable explanations

and arguments for and against

each of the proposed

amendments.

Clay Workshop

The pinch pot workshop is

on the 4th Saturday of the

month. Oct. 23 and Nov. 20.

They are perfect classes for

beginners but all are welcome.

Learn a simple ancient method

that is a viable art form to

date. For those who with more

experience or have taken class

in past, there will be a more in

- dep t h s t ud y. go to

studiocomforttexas.com for

more information.

Center Point Volunteer

Fire Department

The Center Point Volunteer

Fire Department will be

having a fundraiser Fish

Fry on Oct. 23 from 4 to 7

p.m. at the Center Point VFD

Station, 548 Kelly Street in

Center Point.

Plates will include fish,

beans, French fries, coleslaw,

hush puppies, soda, tea and

beer. Plate by Donation.

Donations help support the

Department as it serves the

community through fire

protection and emergency

response services. Proceeds

help cover general operating

expenses such as fuel,

insurance, training, and

equipment replacement, safety

gear, hoses and more.

The Kendall Soil & Water

Conservation District The District is sponsoring the

2022 Texas Conservation

Awards Program Poster &

Essay Contest.

The poster contest is open to

all students 12 years old and

under. All posters must be

created by an individual

student. This year’s theme for

both the poster & the essay

contest is “Healthy Soils:

Healthy Life”. The essay

contest is open to all students.

Students in public, private or

home schools are eligible.

All students must reside in

Kendall County. The first,

second and third place posters

& essays will receive

monetary awards and will

advance to area competition.

All entries must be received

by Dec. 15.

Complete contest rules,

entry forms, and deadlines at

kendall@swcd.texas.gov.

Greater Comfort Area Chamber of Commerce

The October Mixer is this

Evening at 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Held at the Peterson Health in

Comfort, located at the

Towers of Comfort on US

Hwy 87, just past Connexa.

Masks please, distancing,

precautions taken with foods

and beverages.

All are welcome. There is a

$2 cover per person and a

$450 cash drawing at 6:30

p.m. Must be present and a

current member to win.

Fall Festival The Comfort Elementary Fall

Festival is Tomorrow from 5

p.m. to 7:30. Many Fall

festivities await, including

food, games, dunking booth,

cake walk and more. Tickets

at the gate are 25 cents or 25

for $5.

Riverside Nature Center

Join Paul & Deloris Sellin,

Saturday on a stroll along the

River Trail where you will

observe the avian inhabitants

and learn about their life

histories. All ages and level of

experience are welcome. Meet

at the Center. RSVP to (830)

2 5 7 - 4 8 3 7 o r a t

rnc.kerrville@gmail.com.

Are you prepared for a

disaster? On Tuesday join

R i c h a r d M c A l i s t e r ,

spo ke sper so n fo r t he

American Red Cross and

William G.

Heczko, D.D.S.

GENERAL DENTISTRY

520 St. HWY 27 Comfort, Texas

Appointments

995-2834 Emergency Appointments

995-2230 Special Time Arrangements Available

Office Hours Monday-Thursday

8 a.m.—6 p.m.

UFN

St Boniface Episcopal Church

116 Hwy 87 North (830) 995-3897

www.stboniface-comfort.org

The Rev Carol Blaine, Interim Vicar

Sunday Svc @ 10am by Zoom Email church for invitation:

Boniface@hctc.net Wednesdays @4pm Holy Eucharist

At the church, mask/distancing required OR Church parking lot—tune in your radio to 87.9 KSBR for

Gaddis United

Methodist Church 141 HWY 87 N.

www.gaddischurch.org

Barbara Dyke, Pastor Sunday School 8:30 a.m.

Fellowship Breakfast 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

995-3813

Nursery Available– Everyone Welcome

Sacred Heart Catholic

Church 114 Highway 87 North

830-995-3708

Rudy T. Carrola, Jr., Pastor

Mass Schedule

Saturday: 4:00 P.M.

Sunday (English): 11:00 A.M.

(Spanish): 1:00 P.M.

Monday-Wednesday: 9 a.m. saccredheartcatholicchurchcomforttx.org

Comfort Church

of Christ

PO Box 967

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Worship 10:00 a.m.

Bible Study 5:00 p.m.

Comfort Baptist Church 100 Amber Drive 995-3638 John Music—Pastor

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship Service: 10:45 a.m. Nursery provided - Everyone Welcome Monday Young Adult Night – 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday Men’s Bible Study – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Studies – 6:00 p. m.

Wednesday Youth & Children’s Group: 5 – 7 p.m.

Thursday Women’s Bible Study – 9:30 a.m.

www.comfortbaptistchurch.com

Jack Groff, Realtor 830-733-8511

jackgroffre@gmail.com

www.jogroffreservices.com

Jo Groff, Broker 830-777-1230

jocotagroff@gmail.com

Joshua D. Brown Chapter

The Daughters celebrate 25 Anniversary

The Joshua D. Brown

Chapter of the Daughters of

the Republic of Texas held its

25th Anniversary celebration

oo September 25 at the historic

U n i o n C h u r c h i n

Kerrville. Thirty-two guests

attended, including two charter

members: Pat Gaines and

Carolyn Bachofen. Four past

presidents were present: Pat

Gaines, Nancy O’Massey,

GayNell Wells and Sharon

Wolff. An innovative and

delicious “Waltz Around

Texas” buffet was enjoyed,

courtesy of caterer Brandi

Weatherford.

A short program celebrated

our history and honored our

f o u n d e r s a n d p a s t

presidents. GayNell Wells

presented a short biography of

the chapter namesake, Joshua

D. Brown. Historian Betsy

Drapela spoke on the history

of the chapter, and certificates

were presented to charter

members and past presidents.

Chaplain Jaye Lynn Watson

called the roll of deceased

members and led a memorial

prayer for them.

The October meeting will be

held at First United Methodist

Church, 321 Thompson Drive,

Kerrville on October 25 at 10

a.m. Sherry Jenkins,

Committee Chair of the

Republic of Texas History

Center building project will be

the speaker, and reporting the

l a t e s t n e w s o n t h e

progress. The Chapter has

faithfully supported this

building program since 2011.

This will be a very exciting

and informative report that has

been many years in the

making.

The public is welcome to

attend. For more information,

contact President Judy McVay

at (830) 537-3742 or email her

at jmcvay@gvtc.com.

Hill Country Chapter

Texas Master Naturalists resume in-person meetings

The resumption of Monthly

Chapter Meetings is a reality,

and the first in-person meeting is scheduled to take

place on October 25 at the UGRA Building from 6 pm to

8 pm. The UGRA Building is

located at 125 Lehmann Drive, Suite 100 in Kerrville.

This is the first meeting in which we have been able to

invite the public to attend

since the beginning of the

COVID pandemic.

The speakers for the October

meeting will be Robin W.

Doughty and Matt Warnock

Turner, and the topic of their

discussion is going to be

"Unnatural Texas? The

Invasive Species Dilemma",

in which they discuss the

problems posed by so-called

invasive species.

Robin W. Doughty is a

Yorkshire-born Geographer

who received his PhD from

the University of California

Berkeley. He has been on the

UT faculty for more than 40

years and has a longstanding professional and personal

interest in wild animals, environmental change and

conservation. He has

authored over ten books on such subjects as the feather

trade, the recovery of the endangered whooping crane,

the mockingbird, the purple

martin, the eucalyptus tree,

and more recently the

international steps being made

to conserve albatrosses. He

continues to travel the world extensively and lecture on

physical geography, cultural history, and wildlife.

Matt Warnock Turner, a fifth

-generation Texan, is a naturalist, teacher, and free-

lance writer who works as a market researcher at UT’s

M c C o mb s Sc h o o l o f

Business. Son of a well-

known botanist, he applies his

humanities training to enrich

our understanding of the plant

kingdom around us. He has

published both scientific and

popular works, including the

award-winning, Remarkable Plants of Texas (2009). He’s

twice appeared as a guest on

PBS’s “Centra l Texas

Gardener” and starred in the

P B S d o c u m e n t a r y ,

“Wildflowers: Seeds of

History.”

In their Unnatural Texas? The In vas ive Spec ies Dilemma, Robin and Matt

investigate the problems posed by so-called invasive

species. Their new book is

both a primer and a “think piece.” Drawing upon a

representative sample--from across the state and over five

centuries--of approximately

20 non-native species (including mammals, birds,

fish, insects, mollusks, trees, water plants, and fungi), they

introduce readers to Texas’

“big hitters,” discuss a range

of arguments for controlling

them, and explore how culture

and shift ing a t t i tudes

influence their management.

The Hill Country Chapter

also announced that the

application for membership in

the New Training Class of

2022 is live on their website

and is open to anyone

interested in becoming a

member of the organization.

The public is invited to refer

to txmn.org/hillcountry/ to

access the link to the

application as well as to view

additional information. The

Chapter also has a facebook page and a youtube channel.

Comfort Garden Club

First field trip eagerly anticipated The Comfort Garden Club

will be enjoying a High’s

lunch meeting on October 22

followed by a walk to, and

through, a local garden and a

presentation with Dinah Zike.

This is a special time for

members as they rejoin each

o t h e r s c o m p a n y w i t h

gatherings that are featured out

of doors. The Club has

adopted native plant initiatives

from the Comfort Area

Foundation’s Comfort Vision

2050 plan.

This plan was developed in

response to local and regional

growth in an effort to manage

the growth responsibly for all

concerned, and protect the

a re a’ s u n i q u e n at u r a l

environment. Never too late to

join the Club. Mail dues to PO

Box 926, Comfort, 78013.

New members are always

welcome. Send name, address,

phone and email along with

$10 dues. More information at

comfortgardenclub@gmail

.com.