June 21, 2018 Issue

JUNE 20, 2018, JOHNSON CITY, TX—The Science Mill in Johnson City was recently selected as a recipient of a 2018 AIA Minneapolis Merit Award. The award recognizes projects that tell a story of excellence beyond design; emphasize public interest design; and embrace the varied forces that shape a building. The Science Mill, which opened in 2015, re-imagines a community landmark – a historic feed mill built in 1880 as a steam gristmill and cotton gin – into a gathering place for the commu ...

Johnson City, Texas -- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park continues its popular outdoor “Movies Under the Stars” series on Saturday, June 30, with the screening of “Yellow Submarine.” This animated film features cartoon versions of The Beatles and their psychedelic adventures on the way to Pepperland. “Yellow Submarine” features a host of songs by the Fab Four, including “All You Need is Love,” “Nowhere Man,” and “All Together Now.” The film starts at dusk and ...

Delman Wray Barker (aka “Peepaw”), 78, of Blanco passed away on Friday, June 15, 2018, at his residence in Blanco surrounded by his loving family. Delman was born in Blanco, Texas on July 27, 1939 to Horace Damon and Mary Alice Barker who precedes him in death and is survived by his wife of Anna Marie Lindemann Barker of Blanco; son, Damon Wray Barker of Reno, Nevada; daughter, Sabra Renee McDonald and her husband, Keith of Blanco; granddaughter, Symbri McCarroll of Wimberley, Texas; si ...

I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF IN 1989. Things were tough, I was deeply in debt, drug addicted and thinking things were never going to change. I tried to take the selfish way out because I had no hope. My Uncle Brent shot himself through the heart with a deer rifle when I was a little kid because he had no hope. Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain took their lives despite the fact that they were rich and famous because they had no hope. According to the Centers for Disease Control suicide rates hav ...

I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF IN 1989. Things were tough, I was deeply in debt, drug addicted and thinking things were never going to change. I tried to take the selfish way out because I had no hope. My Uncle Brent shot himself through the heart with a deer rifle when I was a little kid because he had no hope. Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain took their lives despite the fact that they were rich and famous because they had no hope. According to the Centers for Disease Control suicide rates hav ...

Staying single and devoting oneself to the church was considered taking the high road to heaven. Those who did were conquering lust and therefore spiritually superior to those who caved to the flesh, fell in love, married and raised a family. That began changing about 500 years ago when Christian reformers put family on a pedestal with game-changing teachings that sexuality and spirituality aren’t incompatible and that making a marriage work would do more to get you into heaven than staying ...

By the authority granted to the Blanco County Judge, designated as the officer authorized to determine whether circumstances no longer exist to prohibit outdoor burning, and because Blanco County is generally receiving measurable precipitation, the burn ban enacted by the Blanco County Commissioner’s Court on June 12, 2018, is rescinded and no longer in effect.

Stonewall and area residents were in for loads of fun and treats at the 57th annual Peach Jamboree was held Friday, June 15 and Saturday, June 16 at the rodeo grounds in Stonewall. Friday night’s rodeo included the first heat of Mutton Bustin’. The CPRA Rodeo by DVS Productions performed at 8 p.m., with local entries of Calf Scramble and the second heat of Mutton Bustin’ at intermission. Festivities for the day ended with an evening of dancing to the music of Josh Ward. Residents ...