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Blanco County Commissioners held a Regular Meeting on April 9, 2019. All four Commissioners and Judge Brett Bray attended the meeting.
A large group of concerned citizens attended the meeting regarding discussion of the proposed Kinder Morgan Pipeline route. Six spoke for a time limit of two minutes each, and Deda Devine was the first to speak.
Eight members of the Blanco County Association of Retired Teachers (BCARE) attended one or more days of the Texas Retired Teachers Association’s State Convention (April 1-2) and the Day at the Capitol (April 3) in Austin. The BCARE members, along with well over a thousand other teachers from around the state, came to visit legislators and advocate for improving retired teachers’ TRS pension and TRS-Health Care.
The week of April 14-20, 2019, is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Appreciation week, also known as Dispatcher Appreciation Week.
9-1-1 is the number that has been drilled into our minds from a young age, the number you call in case of an emergency. As we get older, we consider ourselves fortunate if we have never had to dial it.
For those of us who have had to call 9-1-1, we’ve heard the voice on the other end of the line, the calm in the chaos; the voice that sends help when w ...
It’s that time of year, and Blanco County Aggies proudly welcome our new freshmen students who will be attending Texas A&M College Station and Galveston next fall.
Blanco County Aggie Moms are selling raffle tickets to raise money for scholarships for these deserving young people, and our Scholarship Raffle includes four awesome prizes.
You may soon receive an appraisal notice from the Blanco County Appraisal District. The appraisal district mailed about 13,000 appraisal notices on 4/15/2019 Your city, county, school district and other local taxing units will use the appraisal district’s value to set your 2019 property taxes. Johnson City ISD taxpayers need to be aware that per the Texas Property Tax Code, the rate listed on the notice is last year’s tax rate and does not include the rate increase from the bond election ...
When frustrated by the negativity in the national media last year, Blanco resident Dave Lageman consider what he could do to make things better.
“I thought of kindness and went to the internet and found the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation,” he said. “I enlisted a friend, who agreed with the approach and soon we had four people making decisions to form a group.”
By last October, one person had completed a “major” act, according to Lageman.
Have you ever gotten a glimpse of a cat with a “tipped” or clipped ear? Then you’ve seen firsthand the work of the Blanco County Cat Coalition (BCCC).
A small, dedicated team of volunteers is committed to controlling the population of homeless or feral cats in the county. The core group of volunteers, led by June Newhouse, includes Stacy Kamas, Chris DeBremaecker, Sally Wall and Karen Dye (currently sidelined by an injury), all of whom have volunteered with the coalition for more than ...
The Eagle Varsity took advantage of an open date in District 25-3A competition to schedule an old rival – the Center Point Pirates – and came away with a shut-out road victory last Monday night. After three scoreless innings the Eagles drew first blood in the top of the 4th as Wyatt Tumlinson singled and scored on a wild pitch.
Junior Kalli Dalland was a two-event Champion with 1st Place finishes in the Shot Put and Discus at the District 25-3A Meet at Lago Vista last Wednesday and Thursday. Her toss of 36’3-1/4” was more than six feet further than her closest competitor. The 103’0” discus mark outdistanced 2nd Place by ten feet.
Just one week after the final track meet of the season – and sharing the city courts with LBJHS Regional Qualifiers – LBJMS Tennis teams competed in the Ingram Invitational Tournament. Top finishers on Saturday for the Lady Eagles were sisters Hannah and Hadley Snodgrass who had three wins against one loss for a 3rd Place finish in Girls Doubles.
After holding JC scoreless in the top of the first the Lady Vikings of Lago Vista erupted for five runs and cruised to a 9-0 victory over the Lady Eagles last Friday. Lago Vista remains a half game ahead of the Blanco Lady Panthers and a full game ahead of the Florence Lady Buffalos with one game left in the regular season.
Lydia White won three, Jose Sanchez two and Brylinn Scott one gold medal and individual District 25-3A title to cap off a successful 2019 track season for LBJ Middle School. Lydia was one of only two athletes in the meet in any division to take three individual titles as she outdistanced the field with season-best times in the 2400 M Run, 800 M Run and 1600 M Run for the 8th Grade Girls.
A common phrase to hear on the JCISD campuses lately is “Next level!” Credit Coach David Sine with bringing the phrase to the common vernacular of staff, students and parents. Anyone – in any activity – can pursue the “next level”; for JC current coaches and athletic teams it most often refers to raising the level of effort and improving current outcomes, often resulting in reaching the next level of the playoffs.
It’s that time of year, and Blanco County Aggies proudly welcome our new freshmen students who will be attending Texas A&M College Station and Galveston next fall.
Blanco County Aggie Moms are selling raffle tickets to raise money for scholarships for these deserving young people, and our Scholarship Raffle includes four awesome prizes.
We have been talking recently about Home Health. We have covered Nursing, and Therapy answered some misconceptions, and discussed the benefits of being able to stay at home while getting Nursing and therapy. This week I want to discuss how you choose a Home Health agency. If you have other questions please come to the Library in Johnson City at noon April 23rd for our next meeting discussing in detail Home Health.
You may soon receive an appraisal notice from the Blanco County Appraisal District. The appraisal district mailed about 13,000 appraisal notices on 4/15/2019 Your city, county, school district and other local taxing units will use the appraisal district’s value to set your 2019 property taxes. Johnson City ISD taxpayers need to be aware that per the Texas Property Tax Code, the rate listed on the notice is last year’s tax rate and does not include the rate increase from the bond election ...
James Ross Leonard, 89, was surrounded by his family in Johnson City, Texas and went to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. James Ross was born on September 18, 1929 in Austin, Texas. He wanted “to live long enough to watch the Final Four Championship” on Monday and his family cheered for Texas Tech with him.
W. L (Pat) Smith was born in Austin Texas to Virginia Holland Laird and Langston Smith in the old Seton Hospital. He was raised in Tarrytown and he attended a private kindergarten, then Pease Elementary, University Junior High, Schriener Military School and graduated from Austin High in 1954.
Austin was a typical small town in Pat’s childhood, and he enjoyed living in Tarrytown (the country back then) where his family had some acreage.
This Sunday commemorates the greatest miracle that ever took place on earth: Jesus Christ rose from the dead! The very Christian faith hinges on this fact: that an innocent man died for the sins of the world, was buried, and on the third day rose again. The Resurrection has been the great hope of every Christian for the last two thousand years.
When frustrated by the negativity in the national media last year, Blanco resident Dave Lageman consider what he could do to make things better.
“I thought of kindness and went to the internet and found the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation,” he said. “I enlisted a friend, who agreed with the approach and soon we had four people making decisions to form a group.”
By last October, one person had completed a “major” act, according to Lageman.
Have you ever gotten a glimpse of a cat with a “tipped” or clipped ear? Then you’ve seen firsthand the work of the Blanco County Cat Coalition (BCCC).
A small, dedicated team of volunteers is committed to controlling the population of homeless or feral cats in the county. The core group of volunteers, led by June Newhouse, includes Stacy Kamas, Chris DeBremaecker, Sally Wall and Karen Dye (currently sidelined by an injury), all of whom have volunteered with the coalition for more than ...
