Two Kendalia residents drowned this past week when they were swept away by rushing creekwaters near their ranch, said Kendall County authorities.

At about 11:55 a.m. May 3, emergency personnel responded to a call for a suspected drowning. An employee arriving for work at the Granberg Ranch at 634 Crabapple Road in Kendalia reported that he discovered the vehicles of the owners, David and Patricia Granberg, parked and unattended on a road on the ranch property near a water crossing.

The employee went to phone for help then returned to search for the owners, the body of one of whom he found along the water’s edge downstream from the crossing. Volunteer fire department personnel located the second body further downstream.

The vehicle of Patricia Granberg, 75, was off of the roadway at the water crossing, while that of David Granberg, 82, was at the water’s edge, still running, with the lights on.

Kendall County Sheriff’s investigators postulate that Mr. Granberg went to assist his wife at the water crossing when they were swept away by rushing flow from an intense rainfall the prior evening.

Their immediate family members were notified. The bodies were released to Croft’s Funeral Home in Blanco.

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Feds, local agencies arrest Kendall man on drug charges

Local and federal agencies converged for a Kendall County drug bust Friday in the Ranger Creek subdivision, where they arrested a 31-year-old man on federal charges of drug trafficking.

Around 10 a.m. Friday, officers from the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration, assisted by the Boerne Police Department’s K-9 Unit, conducted a narcotics search in the 200 block of Doeskin Road and seized guns, cocaine, methamphetimines and marijuana along with paraphernalia used to package and sell the drugs. The owner of the home was identified as Jack Ryan White, who was arrested and charged with possession with intent to deliver.

Kendall County Sheriff Roger Duncan said Whtie is also facing federal parole violations and firearms-possession charges.

“There were large amounts of money in White’s bank accounts, which will be frozen at this time, and there is the possibility that his house and vehicle will be seized in connection with these violations,” Duncan said. White, who was arrested without incident, is in federal custody, he said.

Crime Stoppers alerts

* Sometime between April 5 and April 6, unknown subjects cut the gate lock at #50 Old San Antonio road and stole a stock trailer. The trailer is described as a red, 16-foot 1997 W-W covered stock trailer with a tendon axle. The trailer is in very good condition but did not have a licence plate. The vehicle identification number is 11WHS1626VW335959.

* One the weekend of April 20-22, vandals damaged the windows of numerous business offices and vehicles in the area of Industrial and Interstate 10 West in boerne. The damage is believed to have been inflicted with an air-type gun, such as a BB gun.

Kendall County 100 Club elects slate of officers

At their annual meeting April 30, the Kendall County 100 Club, a non-profit organization that provides benefits to family members of law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty, elected its new slate of officers for the coming year.

Steve Spence of Comfort was installed as president, Boerne Police Chief Gary Miller as vice president, former Boerne City Councilman Ben Stafford as secretary and Boerne resident Max Roeder as treasurer.

Members appointed to the board of directors were Boerne Fire Chief Doug Meckel, John Bish, Rhealand Keele, former Kendall County Commissioner Rusty Busby, David Biermann, Bille Busby, County Judge Gaylan Schroeder, Marcia Keele and Sheriff Roger Duncan.

In new business, the board voted to make county fire and emergency medical personnel eligible for benefits along with their law-enforcement colleagues.

The group is seeking donations to support their efforts. Send tax-deductible contributions to the Kendall County 100 Club, P.O. Box 1135, Boerne, Texas 78006.

For more information, contact Steve Spence at 1-800-804-1958.