From Our Mayor
Jay F. Feibelman
After a fun filled year of construction meetings, nail biting, and sometimes sleepless nights, the reward for our efforts is here. We plan on moving to the new Garden Ridge City Hall complex around the middle of November. A grand opening for all will be announced. During the relocation process, please bear with us for any inconvenience.
Initial offices to be moved will be water billing and the Court Clerk to minimize interruption to essential customer services. Please bear with us during this time.
When you visit the new complex, you will know it’s all worth it.
Thank you for your past and future support.

Welcome to Garden Ridge
New Residents:

Rudy & Denise Andabaker
Todd Bergquist
Mark & Rose Delaney
Howard and Georgia Haislip
Scott Hudson
Louis & Dallari Kirchofer
Brad & Cindy Rice
Robert & Marney Van Diest

Quick Notes
Oak Wilt: All wounds, including fresh pruning cuts should be painted immediately, but no later than 6 hours after the cut, on live oaks and red oaks. For more information on this disease call in San Antonio 930-3086 or 223-9963

Mailboxes: Be wary of leaving mail in the mailbox overnight. There have been instances of mail disappearance. Don’t forget — Thieves are looking for account numbers, and other information.

Fall Clean-up: By the Community Center Nov 13 - 27 BRUSH ONLY PLEASE!

Points to Remember
Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Safeguard your personal information and documents

Memorize your personal identification numbers and passwords instead of writing them down

NEVER give out personal financial information in response to an unsolicited telephone call or e-mail

Report identity theft to your local police department or sheriff’s office

File an identity theft complaint on the FTC’s web site at www.ftc.gov

REMEMBER: SHRED IT ! Shred all documents that contain personal information, including pre-approved credit card offers, insurance forms, and financial statements

Bracken Volunteer Fire Department
Wurstfest November 3 - November 12 Workers will be needed at the Central Station located on FM 3009 each morning to prepare the potatoes and at Wurstfest in New Braunfels to fry our Potato Pancakes. Stop by the Fire Station and sign up to help or call us at 651-5762.

Saturday, Nov 4 - 9am to 1pm
There will be carry-out sausage and potato pancakes available at the station. Please support your fire station.

Coming Events (see the calendar)

Significant City Council
Actions in October

Nov 11th Veteran's Day
Remember with great gratitude and honor all members of our Armed Forces. Especially those who fought & died serving America!

United Way of Comal County
The United Way of Comal County wraps up the annual fund drive on December 1st. Approximately 20 percent of the United Way of Comal County funds come from residents who work outside the County and designate their gift to come home.
Since many Garden Ridge residents work in San Antonio, it is important to know that your United Way gift can be designated to United Way of Comal County to assist the 26 health and human service organizations in Comal County. These organizations work with children, teens, families and individuals in crisis, disabled, and the elderly in our community. A listing of agencies can be obtained by calling the United Way of Comal County office in New Braunfels at 830-620-7760 or visiting our web site at www.uwcomal.org.

Since many United Way agencies in San Antonio only serve Bexar County residents, it’s important to make sure your caring counts where you live. The designation code for Comal County this year is #46593. This option is also available to federal employees through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), State employees in the State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC), School employees in the Combined School Campaign and Bexar County and City of San Antonio employees in their campaigns and United Way campaigns in many other companies. If you check the acknowledgement statement on the designation form, we will receive a listing of your gift and send you a thank you note to ensure your gift was received in Comal County.

Please make your caring count for what matters in Comal County

Celebrate the Season
The Garden Ridge Women’s Club is sponsoring a night for dancing or just enjoying the music of Ked Parrock and his 13 piece orchestra.
Saturday, December 9th at 7pm
An elegant seated dinner will be catered by True Flavors.
At the Garden Ridge Community Center $50.00 per person for GRWC Member and Guest
$60.00 per person for non-members.
Send your checks today!

Deadline for reservations is Nov 24th, and will be limited. Table reservations available on request.
For more information and to make your reservations (checks to GRWC required), contact:
Connie Furbish
8814 Garden Ridge Drive
Garden Ridge, TX 78266
210-651-6981
clfurbish@satx.rr.com

Library Footnotes
By Nancy Feibelman
Excitement grows! The new City Library should be open in November. Please limit your generous contributions until after the relocation as the move is already an immense undertaking. Volunteers to help in the move would be appreciated. Contact Nancy at 651-6094 or sign up at the library Monday through Saturday from 10am until noon.

Commission Opening
There is currently an opening on the Garden Ridge Quarry Commission. If interested, please contact Nancy Cain, City Administrator at 651-6632.

Operation Thanksgiving
Grumpy of Grumpy’s Mexican Café is soliciting donations to support his annual “Operation Thanksgiving”. This year support goes to the Salvation Army, Boysville, New Braunfels Crisis Center, needy families and more. Monetary support needed. Please help. 651-3444

GENERAL ELECTION
There is a Special Election (due to the redrawing of the District) for the U.S. Representative for District 21. You must vote that special election separately from the General Election. Caution: Voting a straight party ballot in the General Election will NOT include a vote for the special election.

Garden Ridge Police Academy Alumni Association (GRAAA)
The November meeting will be held on Tuesday the 14th at 7:00 PM in the Municipal Court Room in the old City Hall. The election of officers for the coming year is on the agenda as well as a very interesting Guest Speaker.

In Memory
We mourn the loss of John B. Boynton, Colonel, USAF, Retired, a resident of Garden Ridge. Colonel Boynton served the city as its Police Chief in the mid 1980s. He will be sorely missed by the city, his family and friends.

Garden Ridge-Bracken
Lions Club Thank You
On behalf of the Garden Ridge - Bracken Lions’ Club, I thank everyone in the community who helped make our annual Fish Fry, BBQ, and Auction a great success. Because of your generous contributions, we will be able to continue many important services to our community. The Lions in our club could not achieve our civic and humanitarian goals without the support of our entire community.
Last year we were able to provide Christmas groceries and gifts to many needy families, scholarships to local high school graduates and Texas Lions Camp counselors. We are major contributors to the Texas Lions Camp for Disabled Children in Kerrville, and Lions Club International, which is the leader in providing blindness prevention services, leader dogs for the blind, diabetes prevention and research and many other services. We also support other local organizations such as the Bracken Fire Department, Boy Scouts, Garden Ridge Library, Texas Boys and Girls State and many others.

Thanks to all of you who donated and volunteered to work before, during and after the Fish Fry, BBQ, and Auction. We could not pull off an event of this magnitude without everyone’s help. For membership information, contact Jay Feibelman at
651-6094.

The planning process has already begun for next year’s event which is scheduled to be held the first Saturday in October at the Garden Ridge Community Center. See Ya There!

Joe Hager,President
Garden Ridge - Bracken Lions Club