January 4, 2018 Issue

Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, was the last day Democratic or Republican party candidates could file an application for a place on the state primary ballot. Filing applications for a place on a local general election ballot starts Jan. 17, 2018, and ends Feb. 16, 2018. The Secretary of State’s office is required to publish a list of candidates no later than Dec.

The Johnson City Varsity Boys competed in the Annual Comfort Christmas Tournament, playing five games in three days. The Eagles finished fourth out of ten teams, with three wins and two losses. Johnson City met Mason on Thursday to begin tournament play. The Eagles took control early, finishing the first half with the lead, score JC 37, Punchers 14.

It’s tradition in America at the start of a New Year to make resolutions that will somehow better our lives or the lives of others in general. And why not? We all want to improve, we all need to improve. As the old cliché goes, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Heck even the great sage Taylor Swift said, “This is a new year.

Since flu season started in October 2017, over three-thousand Texans are reported to have tested positive for influenza according to the Texas Department of State Health services. A high rate that is expected to increase as we get closer to peak flu season. The Hill Country Memorial Primary Care Clinic in Johnson City reports cases of Flu A and B.

“The spirit of Christmas,” read their mission-trip t-shirts, and they were in Columbus the week between Christmas and New Year to repair homes flooded by Hurricane Harvey. The team was sponsored by the Hill Country District of the United Methodist Church, led by the church in Johnson City, and included volunteers from Methodist churches in Bertram, Fredericksburg, Wimberley, and the North Shore of Canyon Lake. “We picked Columbus because it is one of the hundreds of small rural town ...

“Horses and mules are important in any good Western, right after realistic human beings” A quote from author Denzel Holmes who’ll be at the JC library January 10th at 9:30 am to talk about his newest book Little Stone Mountain. Mr. Holmes was born and raised at Sheffield, Texas, surrounded by huge remote ranches and mesas.