It’s Thursday April 23rd.

Robert Oppenheimer was born on this date in 1904 - he’s the American physicist known as the father of the atomic bomb. The movie grossed $330 million domestically, and made almost a billion dollars worldwide.  It did not bomb.

Also a quick happy Boerne Radio birthday to Donna White and Angela Grover.

I’m Baron Wiley. 

Boerne ISD held their Incubator Final Pitch Night yesterday, giving student entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their business ideas that they’ve developed over the school year. Teams presented to local sponsors for the opportunity to earn startup funding and turn their ideas into real ventures. 

Here are your winners…

• The People’s Choice Award went to: CampusGigz: they won $2,000
• Honorable Mentions: Grinz and Lytz each won $2,000
• GoShave won $4,000
• Oasis Kinetic Jewelry won $6,000
• And in First Place: Preventify won $8,000

Thanks to Das Greenhaus.

The Spurs play the Trail Blazers in Portland tomorrow night in game 3 of the playoffs in a series tied up at 1 apiece, hear more details in the Boerne Radio Sports report at the bottom of the hour, but for the record the game we won on Sunday saw the presentation of the colors with an Honour Guard team with members from the Boerne Police Department and Fire Department, Kendall County Office of Emergency Management and Fire Marshall, and the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office.  Go Boerne Go.

Our friends at the BoerneLife.com broke the news of Phase 2 of the Boerne Town Center.  More national chains are on the way to populate our portion of I-10 oceanfront property.   Here comes the Jimmy John’s, Wing Stop, Wag N’ Wash, and Palm Beach & Tan…there’s your ocean front.  Many of the businesses from Phase 1 are looking to open next month.

Cibolo Creek Bridge will be reduced to one lane in Fair Oaks Ranch today, work operations are expected to end by 5 with traffic control assisted by flaggers and law enforcement.

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And while yesterday was Earth Day, the Cibolo Center for Conservation says everyday is Earth Day but this Saturday April 25 they are hosting an Earth Day Scavenger Hunt all over the trails of the Cibolo Nature Center and Herff Farm to compliment the global City Nature Challenge.  There’s no charge, no rsvp required, bring the family, and discover all the nature in our own back yard at the Cibolo.  All the details at cibolo.org. 

https://cibolo.org/calendar/earth-day-scavenger-hunt/

Baron Wiley - Boerne Radio 103.9FM