September 7, 2017 Issue
City Council reviewed the 2017/2018 budget for Johnson City at a special meeting on August 31. They ironed out some of the details in the city’s general and system budgets during the workshop as they sought a way to increase revenue without raising taxes.
At the start of the budget workshop, the city needed $68,000 to balance the system budget.
The Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department is back from almost seven days of deployment conducting rescue operations in Port Arthur, just as Tropical Storm Harvey made its second landfall late Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department received a request from the State of Texas for rescue assistance on Tuesday, Aug.
Gas stations around the county have yet to recover from the panic caused by a rumored fuel shortage across Texas.
Last Thursday, there was a rush to get gas that caused all the stations in Blanco County to run out of supply by that night. Texas Railroad Commissioner, Ryan Sitton, has since assured Texans that there is plenty of gas supply.
The Johnson City Eagles opened the 2017 football season with a defensive clean sheet and a very strong offensive showing on the road against the Jarrell Cougars Friday night, with a final score of Johnson City 37, Jarrell 0.
Linebacker Tony Medrano led a stout defense with 10 tackles, followed by linebackers Luke Rassett with 5 tackles, and Ethan Heinen with 4.
The Lady Eagles added two more matches to the win column this week when they faced Llano last Friday and Canyon Lake on Tuesday.
Llano Yellow Jackets
The Lady Eagles beat the Yellow Jackets in three games of 25 on Friday Sep. 1. They only allowed 17 points to be scored on them in the first game, ten in the second and 15 in the third.
Aleigh Wessels landed six points and Kalli Dalland scored five as hitting leaders.
Leaders at the serving line were Reagan Weirich and with four aces and ...
“Tell me how you ended up on a Jet Ski heading out of your flooded home,” asked Good Morning America.
There were a lot of wonderfully heroic photographs coming out of the ravaged flood areas wrought by Hurricane Harvey over the last several weeks, but the one image that really seemed to strike a chord and add a little whimsy to the horrors of this natural disaster was the picture of the little old lady being transported out of her deluged house on the back of a watercraft.
How did thi ...
A story has long been circulated that has been attributed to several sources including Aesop and his fables. It goes something like this:
A young girl was trudging along a mountain path toward her grandmother’s house. It was bitter cold, and the wind cut like a knife. When she was within sight of her destination, she heard a rustle at her feet.
Looking down, she saw a snake.
Peripheral Vascular Associates (PVA), a leader in Vascular Medicine and Surgery throughout South Texas for 42 years, will soon have an office at 825 4th St. in Blanco. Dr. Thomas Beadle, who is board certified in vascular surgery, will office at the PVA Blanco office and offer specialized vascular care to residents of this community and the surrounding area.
“As a physician group that has a deep roots in this region and a long history of caring for Texans, we take great pride in bringing ...
September brings a busy month for the Hill Country CattleWomen. They will have a booth at the Kendall County Ag Day on September 14, 2017 in Boerne. Each year the different counties in and around the Hill Country have Ag Days. Fourth graders from the different counties participate in a Field Day.
Opening the Fredericksburg Music Club’s 2017-2018 concert season, Daniel Hsu of the United States, Bronze Medalist earlier this year in Ft. Worth at the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will perform here Sunday afternoon, Sept. 17, in the sanctuary of Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, 1800 North Llano Street.
The 3 p.m.
The third weekend in September, on September 16th and 17th, 2017, Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site will hold its annual Seed Stomp from 10:30AM – 12:00PM. Join us at the Visitor Center to celebrate Mrs. Johnson’s legacy of beautifying America.
Participants will be provide native seed and will ‘stomp’ the seeds into designated areas to help to reseed the area with beautiful wildflowers for generations to come.
