July 21, 2016 Issue

After a decade of planning, six years of saving and one year of building, Johnson City has a new high school football stadium. The new facilities also include a turf football field, regulation eight lane track, field event space and a state of the art weight room available for all the student athletes. School administration have spent the past years touring stadiums and taking note of what worked and looked best.

Twenty middle-school youth from Johnson City packed their tools and air mattresses and spent last week in Mercedes, in the Rio Grande Valley, making life better for some of the poorest residents in the state. “Mercedes was much like Johnson City,” said Carrie Anders, youth director at First United Methodist Church, “with people who gave us an opportunity to show God’s love through our service and smiles.” The adventure started with mixing the kids from the six different Methodist chur ...

Hello Ladies of Blanco County. I can’t believe the time is almost here. It’s Rodeo time, the biggest and most exciting time of the year for our county. If you are entering your freshman through junior year, I would like to encourage each and every one of you to enter the 86th Annual Blanco County Fair and Rodeo Queen’s contest.