Elections/Local News

Comal Residents Can Vote at Any County Polling Location on March 1

by Stephanie Johnson

March 1, 2022

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Tuesday is Primary Election day for Texas.

Comal County voters can cast their ballots at any polling location in the county. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

For complete information, click here to visit the county’s Elections & Voter Registration page. Sample ballots are provided. Information about candidates and sample ballots also are available at vote411.org, a site maintained by the nonpartisan voter-education organization League of Women Voters of the Comal Area.

Here is a list of polling locations:

Comal County Senior Citizens Center, 665 Landa, New Braunfels
Mammen Family Public Library, Meeting Room A, 131 Bulverde Crossing, Bulverde
Freedom Fellowship Church, foyer, 410 Oak Run Point, New Braunfels
Tye Preston Memorial Libary, 16311 South Access Rd., Canyon Lake
Canyon Springs Resort Clubhouse, 691 Canyon Springs Dr., Canyon Lake
Emergency Services District No. 4 Fire Station No. 4, 215 Rebecca Creek Rd., Canyon Lake
Vintage Oaks Amenity Center, 1250 Via Principale, New Braunfels
Lakeside Golf Club, 405 Watts Lane, Canyon Lake
Cibolo Creek Community Church, 30395 Ralph Fair Rd., Boerne
Peace Lutheran Church Foyer, 1147 S. Walnut, New Braunfels
Christ Our King Anglican Church, 115 Kings Way, New Braunfels
Comal County Offices, Bulverde Annex, JP 2 Courtroom, 30470 Cougar Bend, New Braunfels
Garden Ridge Community Center, Wildflower Room, 9500 Municipal Parkway, Garden Ridge
Bulverde/Spring Branchh Fire & EMS @Johnson Ranch, 30475 Johnson Way, Bulverde
Westside Community Center, gym, 2932 S. IH 35, New Braunfels
Knights of Columbus Hall, meeting room, 111 Landa St., New Braunfels
New Braunfels Library, large meeting room, 700 E. Common, New Braunfels
Comal County Offices, Goodwin Annex, training room, 1297 Church Hill Dr., New Braunfels
New Braunfels Christian Church, Fellowship Hall, 734 N. Loop 337, New Braunfels
Eden Hill, Town Hall, 631 Lakeview Blvd., New Braunfels
St. Francis by the Lake Episcopal Church, large room, 121 Spring Mountain Dr., Canyon Lake
North Shore United Methodist Church, 23880 N. Cranes Mill Rd., Canyon Lake
Gruene Methodist Church, Mission and Outreach Building, 2629 E. Common St., New Braunfels
Rebecca Creek Baptist Church, 11755 Hwy 281 N., Spring Branch
River Chase Clubhouse, 436 River Chase Way, New Braunfels

Event Details

Canyon Lake teenagers who are abusing drugs or alcohol and their family members are invited to free support meetings from 7-8 p.m. every Thursday at the Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC), 1917 FM 2673.

The sessions are facilitated by licensed chemical dependency counselors (LCDCs) with Braunfels-based RecoveryWerks! The nonprofit helps teens and young adults learn how to socialize and have a good time without using drugs and alcohol.

Counselors also will be available from 5-7 p.m. Thursdays for individual counseling and recreational activities. They believe positive peer relationships are necessary for recovery.

On a walk this summer, a counselor overheard one teenager ask another, “Can you believe that we’re having this much fun sober?”

Everything’s Confidential

Everything shared at Thursday sessions between counselors and teens, in group sessions, and during guided recreational activities is considered confidential and will not be disclosed without personal consent. No proof of income is required.

“RecoveryWerks! Alternative Peer Group Program (APG) is a family-centered, professionally staffed recovery model that is proven successful in treating substance use disorders in adolescents and in helping families find healing,” said Recovery Werks! Program Director Joanne Daxon.

CRRC Surveys Identified Need

CRRC Executive Director Sean Bailey said he added RecoveryWerks! to the nonprofit’s roster of services after several surveys from the community identified substance abuse prevention-and-treatment as top issues within the Canyon Lake community.

“I had the privilege of meeting the phenomenal folks from RecoveryWerks! and we thought this was a perfect fit,” he said. “The CRRC’s mission is to help the community but we can’t do it alone, so we love to invite strong partners like RecoveryWerks! to help us, and Canyon Lake out. They have a strong program in New Braunfels and we all felt this would be a great asset to Canyon Lake.”

RecoveryWerks! this week received a grant from New Braunfels’ prestigious McKenna Foundation. This operational funding, along with a recent donation from the Canyon Lake Rotary Club, helped fund its counseling outreach at the CRRC. The amount of the grant was not publicly disclosed.

‘Seedbed of Drug and Alcohol Abuse’

The nonprofit believes peer relationships are the “seedbed of drug and alcohol use,” and stresses the importance of positive peer relationships for youth recovery.

“Young clients learn how to socialize and have fun without relying on drugs and alcohol while opening their minds to new experiences and better ways to combat anxiety, depression, loneliness, and the desire to numb their feelings,” Daxon said.

Drugs are everywhere, said Debi Dickensheets, executive director of RecoveryWerks!

“If you want to find them, you’ll find them,” she said.

While it is difficult to find reliable statistics about how many teenagers are addicted to drugs and alcohol, Dickensheets said experts believe 10% of all people will develop a substance abuse disorder.

Helping Parents Help Their Teens

RecoveryWerks! also guides parents through the complicated process of working with addicted children.

“Parents face extremely difficult decisions when trying to help their teenagers or loved ones with a substance abuse disorder and can unintentionally stand in the way of their loved one’s recovery by ‘softening’ the blow and shielding them from the consequences of their actions, for example, by bailing them out of jail,” Dickensheets said.

Time

(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location

CRRC of Canyon Lake

1917 FM 2673

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