Press Release–The Driscoll Public Library is delighted to announce that, after several weeks of dedicated work by library staff and the City of Devine Public Works crew, the library will officially reopen its doors to the public on Friday, December 12 at 10:00 a.m.
During the first few days, staff will be busy catching up on patron needs and preparing for the holiday season—but the real celebration begins on Friday, December 12th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The community is invited to join library staff, the Devine Police Department, and fellow city employees as we commemorate the grand reopening of the newly renovated library.
Guests can enjoy complimentary cookies and hot cocoa courtesy of the City of Devine—perfect for warming up while exploring everything the refreshed library has to offer. The Devine Police Department will also be welcoming a very special visitor: Santa Claus himself! Families will have the opportunity to take photos with Santa, check whether they’ve made the “nice list,” and share their holiday wish lists.
This festive celebration is the perfect chance to tour the updated space, reconnect with your community, and help us usher in a bright new chapter for the Driscoll Public Library.
Please join us as we celebrate the season, our community—and the joy of reading—together!
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Lytle businessmen URGE council to KEEP city BANKING investments LOCAL
By Anton Riecher
Officers with Lytle State Bank expressed concern that the decision to move more than $7 million in city deposits into a public funds investment pool will negatively impact the local economy.
Bank vice chairman Franklin S. Wanjura told the Lytle City Council Monday that deposits from the city “are like gasoline for an engine that makes the city grown.”
“I really would appreciate council action directing the (city administrator) to direct this money back into our community so there’s more things we can do,” Wanjura said.
City Administrator Zachary Meadows told the council that he would be happy to explore options offered by the bank if so directed by the council.
TexPool, overseen by the state comptroller, is the largest public funds investment pool in the state, created for local governments to combine their funds for safer, higher-yielding investments. The pool provides investment services to more than 2,750 communities across the state.
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Come help at National WAA Ceremonies this Saturday, December 13
DEVINE EVENT–This past Saturday, Devine’s Current Events Club members, their families, and other volunteers completed the final task for the upcoming December 13th National Wreaths Across America Ceremony here in Devine. US flags were placed beside yellow yard stakes to identify veterans for this Saturday’s Wreath-Laying ceremony. This pair of markers, the yellow stake and the US flag, makes clear for team leaders and volunteers which gravestones identify US veterans who are to receive a wreath…LOGIN TO CONTINUE READING at www.devinenewsmembers.com. You will get instant access to our full E-edition, and begin getting the newspaper delivered to your home next week for $36 a year in Medina County. Support important local city, county, and school news like this!
Christmas Hayride & Santa this Saturday, Dec. 13 in Lytle
Lytle’s Annual Christmas Hayride is this Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Lytle Community Center. The first run is set to pull out at 6 PM, so get there early! Trailers will start loading at 5:30 p.m.
There are a few changes for this year. Santa’s Playhouse will be at the Community Center; there will be numerous activities for the kids, and Santa will be there, too! The Mayor pulled some major strings because it’s a busy time of the year and Santa is in high demand. Admission is $1.00 or one canned good.
Change in route
We also changed the route slightly. So, we will be turning off N. Prairie at Houston St. and then heading to Blume Drive. So, this will cut out N. Prairie from the Primary School to FM 2790 N., and from FM 2790 N. to C.R. 681 by the High School. I’m sure the map will be easier to understand than my words. Here is a link to the map https://www.lytletx.org/DocumentCenter/View/3413/2025-Hayride-Map?bidId=
Event is sponsored by City of Lytle and Patriot Automotive. Lytle Community Center is located at 19031 Priest Blvd., Lytle, Tx.78052. Any questions call 830-709-3692.
Denver-based company to develop 340-acre site dubbed I-35 Technology Park
Plans call for removing the property northeast of Lytle from the San Antonio Water Supply (SAWS) and receive water and sewer services from the city of Lytle instead. Developers promised to “invest heavily in the community with water and sewer infrastructure to make sure that the site is prepared and appropriate for this type of use,” Nelson said.
By Anton Riecher
An agreement to join with a Denver-based real estate company in the development of a 340-acre site northeast of Lytle as the potential site for a future data center was unanimously approved by the city council Monday.
Plans call for Tract, a real estate development company specializing in finding locations for data centers, to apply for annexation of the site into the city’s extra-territorial jurisdiction within the next few weeks.
Mitch Nelson, director of entitlements for Tract, made a PowerPoint presentation to the council as the basis for the development agreement request.
“What we do is look at appropriate sites and go through an acquisition process that involves acquiring the (electrical) power, meaning we put down sufficient dollars to pay for the power,” he said.
That process also includes joining with nearby communities in early master planning – “seeing where we can fit in and then performing entitlements which is what we are doing here tonight,” Nelson said.
“Ultimately, if we close on the property, then we invest heavily in the community with water and sewer infrastructure to make sure that the site is prepared and appropriate for this type of use,” he said.
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A beautiful Homecoming Hug…
The Devine News Made You Smile….This beautiful couple is celebrating their anniversary this month, and their story made us smile so we wanted to share it with you all.
After a 295 day deployment in the Middle East, Sgt. Brandon Hunt of Lytle made a surprise homecoming this October. As soon as he walked in the school where his wife Alexis works and said her name, she jumped into his arms for this long-awaited hug.
By Kayleen Holder
Editor
Sgt. Hunt explained how he and friends in the community pulled off the big surprise. When Sgt. Hunt arrived in SA on October 28th, Mayor Ruben Gonzalez picked up Sgt. Hunt from the base and coordinated trips to each of the schools so the soldier could walk in and surprise his wife and both kids.
Mrs. Hunt is a school secretary in Lytle so he surprised her where she works, as well as his daughter Avery at the elementary and son Jaxon at the high school.
“She didn’t have a clue I would be home so soon,” Sgt. Hunt said. “ She was super surprised when I walked in and said her name. She jumped up really quick and into my arms after the shock.”
The Devine News would like to say thank you to Sgt. Hunt and his family, and all of the men and women serving our great country who have made so many great sacrifices to make the USA such a wonderful place to live.
It’s on the way, Christmas, that is
As usual, it’s been a busy week, and this coming week is going to be busier, between getting my house ready for company, I also have to do a couple of things that will take me away from the house, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday! Also, we’re doing work shop getting some things ready for our bake sale, that will be on the 12th. Last week I gave you directions for cinnamon ornaments and sugar cookies. I have used the sugar cookie recipe for more years than I can remember, it is simple and does not have to be refrigerated overnight, and that makes it number one for me! The “cookie paint’ makes decorating super simple and my children, grandchildren, and the older great-grandchildren all love decorating cookies and using it.
Today’s recipe is very simple as you use cooking oil rather than shortening or butter and just put the dough on the baking sheet, no rolling nor cutting!
This week, I’m going to give you a recipe for mini-muffins. This is easy to make for a bake sale, as you get twice the muffins that you get from a regular recipe!
Here’s a bit of Christmas trivia for you. It appeared several years ago during Christmas week in the Victoria Advocate. They stated that is from Old Icelandic tales that give the following as the names of Santa’s elves: Askasleikir, Bjugnakraekir, Faldafeykir, Stekjarstaur, Gattathefur, Giljagaur, Gluggagaegir, Ketkrokur, Og Ketasnikir, Pottaslekir, Skyjarmur, Stufur and last but not least, Thvorusleikir! (This is the source that was listed at the end of the article: Source didyouknow.cd).
Peanut Butter Mini-muffins
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
¼ cup butter (do not substitute), softened (1/2 stick)
¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 large egg
¾ cup buttermilk*
3 Tbs. vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 1/3 cups “M&M’s® Milk Cho9colate Mini Baking Bits
Chocolate Glaze
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line 36 mini-muffin cups with foil or paper liners and spray lightly non-stick spray, (I put my liners on a cookie sheet and spray so I don’t get so much spray on the muffin tins.
In large mixing bowl, cream together peanut butter, and butter and sugars util light and fluffy; beat in egg. Add buttermilk, oil and vanilla and mix to combine. In separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and gradually blend into creamed mixture. Divide batter evenly among prepare cups, filling 2/3 full. Sprinkle evenly with ¾ cup of the “M&M’s”. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool completely on wire racks.
Glaze: In top of double boiler, over hot (not boiling) water, melt two squares of semi-sweet chocolate with 1-tablespoon butter. Stir until smooth, allow to cool slightly and drizzle over the muffins from the tip of an ice-tea spoon or regular teaspoon and decorate with with the remaining “M&M’s”. *If you don’t have buttermilk, pour 1 tablespoon of lemon juice into your measuring cup and add milk to make ¾ cup. Stir to mix and allow to stand about 5 minutes before using.
Stir and Drop Cookies
2 eggs
2/3 cup cooking oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon zest
¾ cup granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Beat eggs with a fork until blended. Stir in oil, vanilla, and lemon rind, blend in sugar until mixture thickens. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt; add to egg mixture. Dough will be soft, drop by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each cookie slightly by pressing lightly with a glass dipped in sugar. (Lightly spray or oil glass, dip in sugar, flatten a couple of cookies, continue dipping sugar as you do each cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet immediately. Cool completely.
280 pounds of food donated by faith formation classes to Food Pantry
The Kindergarten through Confirmation classes at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Devine donated over 400 items for the Devine Food Pantry. They brought canned goods, hygiene products, diapers, baby wipes, and much more.
We are proud to donate all these items to our local community through the wonderful work of the Devine Food Pantry. 2nd grade won a pizza party for donating the most items, and 1st grade came in second place! We thank all of our parents and students for supporting our program and this wonderful effort.
Lytle’s Citizenship Awards
Jessie Camarillo, center foreground, won in the lifetime achievement award presented by the City of Lytle.
Joshua Walker, second from right in foreground, recieves a plaque in the honorable mention category during the Lytle Citizenship Awards presentation at City Council (Photos by Anton Riecher).
Pam Wanjura, center foreground, was awarded the 2025 Annual Citizenship Award in the adult category with Lytle Mayor Ruben Gonzalez presenting the trophy during the city council meeting Monday.
In the other categories, Jessie Camarillo, center foreground, won in the lifetime achievement category and Joshua Walker, second from right in foreground, won in the honorable mention category. (Photos by Anton Riecher)
Meet Adian, 13
Adian is a delightful 13-year-old who is seeking to be adopted by parents who can provide him daily love and care.
Adian loves to play with sensory toys, especially toys that make music and sounds. His favorite fidget toy is a large wooden beaded necklace as he enjoys the sounds of the beads. Adian has a limited vocabulary, but he is always learning.
Adian loves to eat fruit and vegetables and likes trying new foods at different restaurants. He is very active, likes being outdoors, and loves to explore nature. A walk in the park or walk in the mall is his favorite.
His favorite snacks to eat are Dairy Queen French fries, apples, and chocolate milk. Adian loves animals, but his favorite animal to pet is dogs. He likes road trips and does well when traveling. Adian loves to ride the bus to school and enjoys being in a classroom.
Adian will make a great addition to a loving and forever family with a two-parent home, which is active and patient with him. He would do well with a family that has older children or as an only child in the home, to get the one-on-one attention that he works well with.
If you think you could be a forever family for Adian, or another Texas child, please call 1-800-233-3405 for more information or visit www.adoptchildren.org where you can find a schedule of online public information meetings, and learn about the foster/adoption program.
You can also view the www.heartgallerystx.org website, where South Texas children have their portraits along with individual personal stories they wish to share, with their future forever family.