It’s Monday March 30th. 

And it was on this date in 1981 when President Ronald Reagan took a bullet in the left underarm, breaking a rib, puncturing a lung, and causing serious internal bleeding. James Brady and two others were also shot by John Hinkley Jr. 

I’m Baron Wiley. 

A new baseball book coming out of Boerne will debut on April 1st, no joke, and it’s called How Boerne Made History and Played on their Field of Dreams by Coach Tim Christ telling the story of their historic run to the Little League World series.  Be listening this Saturday for our Boerne Radio interview with Coach Christ.

Congratulations to Wendy Zamzow for being announced District Teacher of the Year for Boerne ISD! Mrs. Zamzow is an AP Physics teacher at Champion Highschool, and has her Bachelor’s in Genetics and a Master’s in Physics from Texas A&M. She has already received praise as Champion’s Teacher of the Year in 2018 but was selected by the Boerne Education Foundation as the ultimate winner this year. With her title, Toyota of Boerne also gifted her $10,000. 

And your Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce has four ribbon cuttings this week celebrating local businesses. Mixx Consulting led by Jacques DuBose will kick off the week with their ribbon cutting at 11:30 tomorrow at the Chamber, followed by Fortify Texas at 1:30. Bella Sera will be celebrated on Wednesday at 1:30, and Swing Strong ‘Til It’s Gone will be cutting the ribbon on Thursday at 11:30 at the Oak of Boerne as they are promoting their golf tournament supporting Parkinson’s Research. 

My Boerne News did an exclusive piece on the heroes who fought on the frontlines of the panhandle wildfires. In mid-February, wildfire spread across West Texas- the Boerne Fire Department deployed a brush truck and a three-person crew: Firefighter Johnathan Vadnais, Driver/Operator Ryan Lynch, and Lt. Toby Vicknair. Assigned to Strike Team ST-130, the Boerne firefighters operated in challenging, hilly terrain and worked 26 hours straight at the beginning of the fire, which behaved in unpredictable ways. After the initial response, the crew got about four hours of sleep at an old volunteer fire department building before returning for a 12-hour shift later that day, during which they hiked 10 miles. If you want to read more about their mission, you can visit myboernenews.com, or just click the link in the Boerne Radio news blog. 

https://myboernenews.com/we-were-driving-through-fire-boerne-firefighters-recount-frontline-fight-in-panhandle-wildfires/