From Our Mayor
Jay F. Feibelman
Another prosperous and rewarding year for the city is in the books. Much was and is being done to insure water resources are available for the years to come. Watch for construction of a new above ground 1,000,000 gallon storage facility on Municipal Parkway and another water well, much needed for the future. As always thank all for the tremendous support given to me and the city staff during 2009. We continue to grow, but are controlling the growth.
I wish all a prosperous and Happy New Year!
Welcome to Garden Ridge
New Residents:
Those listed and families:
Bruce & Sharon Alsop
Beverly Dixon
Daniel & Stephanie Dunning
Dorma Kohler
Douglas & Jovita Macy
Joseph & Haley Murguia
John & Mae Smith
Juan & Sandra Trevino Jr.
Van Nguyen
Note: Newcomers are identified by water service records. Consequently, not all names in the household will appear. Those not appearing are also welcomed! The City of Garden Ridge requires that all dogs and cats be registered. Call 651-6831 for information.
QUICK NOTES
The following scam alerts are provided courtesy of the GRPD and the SAPD. If you are contacted regarding financial matters, credit cards, etc., do not give out information and get as much information as you can and contact the GRPD.
Free Medical Card Scam
Unknown individuals (probably from Canada or Nigeria) are calling elderly individuals and advising them that they can receive a "Free Medical Card" if they provide the caller with their Bank Account Number.
Advise and Alert your friends and relatives to NOT provide any Bank Account information to callers. Your bank already knows your account information; no one else needs to know.
Gift Card Scam Alert
Be careful how you purchase Gift Cards for holiday gift-giving. It appears that it is safer to purchase cards directly from a clerk than select them from open display shelves. Crooks can copy numbers from gift cards on store racks. Then, after the card is purchased and activated, buyers use them to shop online by entering the card numbers. So do the crooks. They phone an 800 number to check on the balances for card numbers they have copied. When they discover activated cards, they use the card numbers to buy merchandise on a store's web site. The legitimate owner of the gift card may find the account empty before they even have an opportunity to make purchases.
Courtesy San Antonio Police Website
PET REGISTRATION
City Ordinance requires all dogs and cats be initially registered on arrival and again each January thereafter. The cost is minimal ($5.00) and provides a tag for each pet. This tag is on the animal when lost, literally guarantees expeditious return of your treasured pet. Please comply with the ordinance. For Info: 651-6831.
Complete registration online. 
GR Animal Hospital to Open
Kevin & Elizabeth Templeman DMV
In mid-January, with a Grand Opening on February 3rd, the Garden Ridge Animal Hospital will open at 19121 FM 2252 offering separate cat and dog kennels, 4 exam rooms, full service surgery, dental, laboratory, radiology, and isolation facilities.
Hours of operation are:
7:30 am-5:00 pm Monday through Friday 9 am-1 pm on Saturdays on an appointment basis. Please call 651-0808,
Kevin Templeman DVM
Elizabeth Templeman DVM
Garden Ridge Animal Hospital
1921 FM 2252
Garden Ridge, TX 78266
Phone: 210-651-0808
Fax: 210-590-8915
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Library Footnotes
by Linda Crosland
SIP ‘n READ. Thanks to a very generous donation from Sam Stocks, the Library is receiving the Wall Street Journal. We are grateful for this gift and want to encourage people to come in and enjoy this fine publication. In order to entice you, we will host a SIP ‘n READ time on Friday mornings from January 8 through January 29. Come have a cup of coffee with us at about 10 am while you catch up on the week’s Journals. I guess we’ll call it Star*Books coffee.
It is gratifying to see how the library has grown this year. 1120 new books were added for a total of 14,483, thanks mostly to donations; 158 new families became patrons for a total of 724, and we checked out 8151 books and movies. We are grateful to the Lion’s Club and the Garden Ridge Women’s Club for donations enabling us to buy the current Bluebonnet and Lone Star Books for Texas school children; and to the Knotty Knotters for their generous donation to enable us to buy new movies on DVD.
40 faithful volunteers are the greatest assets of the Garden Ridge Library. Without them, our city just wouldn’t have the quality library we now enjoy. Be sure to thank them when you come in and also look for some of the new additions. For elementary school readers, we have all 6 of the 39 Clues books, and 7 of the Sisters Grimm series.
With the Wall Street Journal, we have a lovely volume called The New York Times Complete Front Pages, which emphasizes the importance of newspapers through the past century. Certainly don’t forget to check out Cold Winter’s Kill by Bob Doerr, Garden Ridge’s own author.
Library’s Winter Hours
Starting November 2:
Monday - Thursday 10 am - 6 pm
Friday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Prom Items Wanted
Cleaning out your closets for the New Year? If you have any slightly used prom or bridesmaid dresses and accessories, please consider donating them to Roy Maas Youth Alternatives for their high school girls. Prom season is coming soon — what a fabulous gift for those girls who have had such painful young lives! Please bring the dresses (have them dry cleaned first, if needed) to the City Library Monday through Saturday 10 am to Noon during January and February. Pam Camosy will take them to the shelter. Let’s share our good fortune.
Texas
Forest Service
Oak Wilt Prevention this Winter
Prevention is the key to preventing Oak Wilt spread:
- Select Well seasoned firewood
- Safely store unknown sources of firewood
- Destroy diseased Red Oaks
- Avoid wounding oaks during vulnerable seasons (Feb—June)
- Paint all oak wounds including pruning cuts
Oak firewood is an important commodity to Texans, whether it is used for firing up the barbecue pit or for warming up the home on a cold winter day. By selecting well-seasoned, disease free firewood and following other disease prevention guidelines, homeowners are taking the correct steps to prevent a new oak wilt disease outbreak in their neighborhood. Please visit www.texasoakwilt.org for more information on this devastating tree disease.
City Wide Garage Sale
Garden Ridge Women's Club
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Garden Ridge Community Center
Member Reservations begin January 7, 2010 Member Inside Table: $25
Member Outside Table: $30
Non-Member Reservations begin February 4, 2010
Non-Member Inside Table: $35
Non-Member Outside Table: $40
To reserve your table(s), make check out to GRWC and mail to:
June Fordiani
8824 Garden Ridge Dr.
Garden Ridge, TX 78266.
Questions to: June Fordiani at 651-9111
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Important Numbers
City Hall 210-651-6632
Lost Pet 210-651-6831
Police Department 210-651-6441
Republican Club Meeting
The Garden Ridge Area Republican Club will have their regular meeting on Monday, January 11, at 7:00pm, in the Bluebonnet Room of the Garden Ridge Community Center. The upcoming Primary Election will be discussed. For more information call: Charles Flink at 651-6631
Town Meeting
Water Drainage Issues
A town meeting was held on December 15th to address the storm water drainage issues throughout the city. A crowd of about 100 listened as the city attorney, engineers, and city staff provided information and answered questions. Recently the City Council approved action to pursue a Storm Water Drainage Master Plan to identify and hopefully provide some answers and solutions to the problems occurring. The problem is being worked, but cannot be completely solved. Nature will prevent that. The situation is extremely complex, as there are private easements and public easements among a myriad of issues to be addressed. Information is on the Water Mangagement page.
HEB Central Market
Cooking Class
It is time to make reservations for the Garden Ridge Women's Club (GRWC) cooking class at Central Market. The date/time for the cooking class is Thursday, February 25, 2010, at 11:30 A.M. The cost is $30 for GRWC members and $35 for non-GRWC members. This is always a popular outing, and you will not want to miss it. Make your reservations by February 4, 2010; make checks payable to GRWC and send to:
Tina Schuman
7814 Star Circle
San Antonio, TX 78266.
Space is limited to 30 students, so you should make your reservation early. If you have any questions, call Tina Schuman at 651-4151.
Citizens Police Academy Class
A new Citizens Police Academy Class will be offered in the Spring. Evening classes will be held once a week.Iif you are interested in attending call Lt. Johnson at
651-6441 or
Hugh McDonald at 361-649-0446
Thank you Lions Club
To the Garden Ridge Lions for providing Christmas dinners and toys to 55 surrounding area needy families.
Quarry Happenings
Citizens who are willing and interested in having quarry blasts monitored at their residence should contact a member of the Quarry Commission or call City Hall
210-651-6632. Citizens are invited to attend the next Quarry Commission meeting on November 9, 2009 at 7 pm.
Coming Events
Go to the Calendar.
Significant City Council
Go to Council Actions.
Grapevine Deadline
Grapevine Deadline. Submissions for the February 2010 GRAPEVINE need to be turned in no later than January 15th.
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