Cover story articles, featuring the profile of the current month’s Kendall Gentleman.
For nearly three decades, Peyton Turk kept Red Crest Pet Shop alive through illness, debt, competition, and a changing Boerne. Now, as the store winds down, the quiet man behind the counter considers what the place has meant to the families who grew up there. Peyton Turk knew the end would not come all at … Read more
I spent four and a half hours with Bill Thomas, and I left knowing I had only heard the beginning. That does not happen often. Most interviews eventually settle into a pattern: childhood, career, hardship, lesson learned. Bill does not speak that way. He tells his life as work remembered in motion: cattle gathered, pipe … Read more
STILL STANDING The Scott Carlson Story The first thing you notice about Scott Carlson is that he still carries himself like a firefighter. Even sitting in a chair on the back porch of his Boerne home on a warm May afternoon, there’s a certain alertness about him. Broad shoulders. Thick hands. The posture of a … Read more
In Kendall County, people don’t hand out respect easily. They’ll notice talent. They’ll show up on a Friday night and watch a kid throw it, hit it, or run past everybody on the field. But respect is a different transaction. It takes time, and it usually comes down to one question that nobody asks out … Read more
Outside the window behind him, an enormous oak tree fills the frame, its branches stretching wide across the front yard, older than the conversation taking place beneath it. He gives thanks for the opportunity “to reflect and remember all of your goodness and beauty that takes place in this place, in this city.” He prays … Read more
“If I can go home at the end of the day doing 51 percent more good than bad, I am doing okay.” For years, the hallways of Boerne Middle School North carried the familiar rhythm of adolescence. Students moved between classes with backpacks slung over their shoulders, laughing with friends, worrying about tests, and navigating … Read more
There are men whose names end up etched into stone, and there are men whose work becomes so foundational that no one remembers who laid it in the first place. William “Bill” Whitworth belongs firmly in the latter group. His life does not read like a résumé. It reads like a ledger. Work done. Responsibility … Read more
I first met General Leroy Sisco several years ago at a campaign event for Quico Canseco. It was one of those introductions that happens in passing. A handshake. A few words. A sense that the man in front of you carries gravity, even if you don’t yet know why. The room was loud, the night … Read more
When you sit with Jerry McKenna, time slows down in the best way. The man has lived enough for three lifetimes, and he talks about each one with a steadiness that comes from earned peace. His voice is gentle, his memory sharp, and his stories roll out one after another with the calm of someone … Read more
If you drive east of Boerne, where the land begins to rise and the trees crowd closer to the road, you’ll see a stretch of fence that tells you exactly who lives there. Simple white signs with bold red letters, speaking the kind of truths that make people honk, grin, and nod their heads. They … Read more