July 20, 2017 Issue

The old Super S building on Highway 281 South in Johnson City is getting a makeover, and not only will the new look be spectacular, its new purpose will make significant differences in the lives of residents in all of Blanco County. The Texas Housing Foundation (THF) signed the papers Friday to buy the property, and has committed to giving it a thorough facelift, currently being designed by architects. “When it emerges with its new look next year, the Blanco County Comm ...

New Superintendent, Richard Kolek hopes to make Johnson City ISD a District of Innovation, a title which would allow the district to be exempt from certain restrictions and open Johnson City Schools up to different opportunities. Kolek presented the proposal to the school board and community members on Monday, July 17. At Monday’s meeting, the school board also discussed the district’s financial status and upcoming business. District of Innovation During the ...

About a year ago Blanco County agreed to sell the old Annex at North Ave. F and Pecan St. to the Burkhards and they have been working to create office and retail space. The work has been steady and spaces are rented as they become available. The first space was rented by M Style Salon owned by Morgan Moreland Weeks.

New Superintendent, Richard Kolek hopes to make Johnson City ISD a District of Innovation, a title which would allow the district to be exempt from certain restrictions and open Johnson City Schools up to different opportunities. Kolek presented the proposal to the school board and community members on Monday, July 17. At Monday’s meeting, the school board also discussed the district’s financial status and upcoming business. District of Innovation During the ...

Cottonwood Shores/Marble Falls/Horseshoe Bay, TX - The Hill Country Community Theatre announces auditions for the first show of their 2017-18 season, the musical “Senior Moments”, book by Linda Kaufman with Mark A. Lit, music and lyrics by Linda Kaufman. Auditions are Monday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 25 at 7:00 PM at the theatre, 4003 W FM 2147, Cottonwood Shores, TX 78657.

“It remains to be seen what God will do with…the man who is fully consecrated to Him.” I’d been mulling over this statement by Henry Varley spoken to a very young D. L. Moody in the early part of the 19th century as I read a portion of his biography. Moody thought to himself, “He said a man; he did not say a great man, nor a learned man, nor a smart man, but simply a man.

When my youngest brother, Dale, was but a toddler, he was perched on the sink one day watching my mother strain the fresh milk she had just brought into the house after milking our little Jersey cow. As small children are wont to do, he tumbled off the cabinet and landed head-first in the milk bucket.

“There’s nothing that speaks to the human soul quite the way music does,” says Caroline Welton, American Heritage Girl, who is helping seniors recover memories with music. Partnered with a program called Music and Memory, Caroline is collecting donations of money and music to provide iPods to residents at LBJ Nursing Home in Johnson City.

Johnson City Library offers a wide variety of ongoing monthly (and some weekly) programs to appeal to all ages and interests. All programs are free and open to all. STORYTIME is a weekly program designed for pre-readers. Children gather every Tuesday morning at 10:00 to enjoy stories, games, and arts and crafts activities.

The Office of Inspection General would like to alert everyone to fraudulent automated calls being made to citizens in Texas and elsewhere by individuals posing to be with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inspector General’s Office. The caller states “your Social Security number has been flagged for fraud” and requests an immediate call back to (512) 637-2871.

The Highland Lakes Democratic Women (HLDW) will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Meadowlakes Restaurant, 220 Meadowlakes Drive. Check in time is 11:15 a.m. with luncheon at 11:30 accompanied with a short business meeting, followed by guest speaker, Barbara Baruch at noon. Speaker, Baruch, is a retired attorney, married to former Harris County Criminal District Judge John Ackerman; they have four children (one of whom needs a kidney transplant) and seven gr ...