Bandera development will be as right as rain

A Bandera County developer plans to build a subdivision that would rely solely on rain for its residents' water needs. The 500-acre development would include 85 homes, plus condominiums and a golf course. “We've got 150 years of records that show rainfall is sustainable to live on,” rancher-turned-developer Eddie Leibold said. “In the least-wet year, there was 12 inches of rain in 1955.”

The 210 take: Bath-fearing 7-year-olds everywhere lined up to be a part of the development, tentatively called We'llBeStinkyBySummer Oaks.
 

In shocking discovery, VP Cheney has a heart

Doctors administered an electrical shock to Vice President Dick Cheney's heart and restored it to a normal rhythm during a 26/1/2 hour hospital visit. The procedure to correct the irregular heartbeat was described as a low-risk, standard practice. Cheney, 66, was back at work the next day.

The 210 take: Cheney was anxious to get back to work because the electroshock procedure had given him some new ideas for the “interview” sessions that are held at Guantanamo Bay.

The Grand Ole Opry makes big ol' purchase

The owner of the Grand Ole Opry is buying the Westin La Cantera Resort for $252.5 million. The Nashville, Tenn., company plans to invest half a billion dollars in the Northwest Side resort, doubling the hotel's size over the next three years and turning it into the largest private convention facility in the city.

The 210 take: Maybe the resort will make S.A. into the next Branson, Mo., but instead of Dolly Parton, our ambassador can be Jay Perez.

Iowa endures snow, presidential hopefuls

A snow storm plastered a wide swath of the Midwest, disrupting airport and highway traffic. Hundreds of flights were canceled, with officials closing Des Moines International Airport in Iowa for several hours after a plane slid off a taxiway. Ice on the roads also was blamed for at least eight traffic deaths.

The 210 take: Then why is it so hot here? The only way ice could kill eight people in San Antonio right now is if a raspa salesman drove his van into a Sooners tailgate party.

 
San Antonio bellies up to the bar in latest list

Men's Health is out with a new drunkest-cities list, and San Antonio is near the top. Denver is No. 1 in the magazine's ranking of “urban inebriation,” with San Antonio coming in sixth — ahead of the two other Texas cities in the top 10, Austin and Lubbock.

The 210 take: OK, we've been named among the fattest, drunkest, laziest, least pedestrian-friendly and worst for allergies. At some point, S.A. is going to top the list of Cities That Are Going to Come Over There and Kick Your Ass If You Put Us On Another List.

From staff and wire reports