Garden Ridge News

The Garden Ridge Lions Club is doing all it can to make sure several local needy families will have a joyous Christmas this year.

Garden Ridge has hired an engineering firm to develop a master plan to address drainage problems throughout the city, some of which came about during an October rainstorm.

The National Retail Federation had expected a decline in holiday spending this year, prompting several chains to open Thanksgiving Day to get a jump-start on Black Friday.

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally considered the day stores break into profitability for the year.

Mayor Jody Smith presents an award recognizing Flower Mound as the Most technologically advanced city, population 30,000 to 74,999, from the Center for Digital Government.

The lure of Black Friday sales had Houstonians camping out for a chance at the deals.

Retailers are banking on some women being bored on Thanksgiving ... bored with watching men watch football.

Residents continue to pencil their signatures on a petition to force a bond election for the proposed downtown county justice center.

County officials made their case once again for the proposed $36-million Comal County Justice Center at a public meeting in Garden Ridge Thursday night.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following men and women are being recognized for their enlistment, promotions or duty changes within various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Comal County Commissioner Jay Millikin will not seek re-election in 2010. The veteran public official said Tuesday he would forgo a possible run for county judge and 'mosey on the down the road' to retirement when his term as county commissioner expires in December of next year.

If you haven't been to Garden Ridge in Irondale you should make a point to stop buy.

If everything goes as planned, construction on the new $7.2 million Schertz recreation center should be completed by the first of year, according to the city's engineer.

'Taste' just days away The Taste of the Metrocom is coming October 14 at Live Oak Civic Center! Tickets will be on sale by the time you read this at the chamber office, Live Oak Civic Center and RE/MAX Access in Garden Ridge.

When it comes to regional commuter rail, the city of Schertz is still on board. The Schertz City Council Sept.

'People love their pets,' Chandler Gray says. She and her husband, Bob, knew this when they started their business DogWatch of Central Texas, LLC, a pet containment system, in 2004.

Tuesday ushered in some wet weather and cooler temperatures, but forecasters said it should clear up in time for the Comal County Fair Parade on Friday.

Sales tax revenues remained almost steady in New Braunfels and Comal County, but statewide Texas sales tax revenue was down 12.5 percent compared to a year ago.

Jeff Duffield, a former Schertz city councilman, checks out a book Saturday morning from library clerk Karen Bowerman at the new Schertz Public Library grand opening.

John Hezel: Helped companies build culture. John Donald Hezel Born: Sept. 10, 1934, in Creve Coeur, Mo.