September 18, 2019 Issue

The regular meeting of the Blanco County Commissioners Court was called to order at 9 a.m. by Judge Brett Bray. Commissioners: Tommy Weir, Emil Uecker, Chris Liesmann, and Paul Granberg were present. Public comments have been moved to the beginning of the agenda and comments were limited to three minutes.

A win on the road in District 25-3A Volleyball is hard to come by and the Lady Eagles Varsity got a big one last Tuesday when they rolled into Lago Vista and rolled back out with a four-set victory. Lago Vista took the advantage early winning the first set 21-25 and seemed poised to take Set 2 as they put together a 4-point run at 21-19 to take a 21-23 lead.

JCISD held a Regular Board Meeting on September 9, 2019. Board President Shelly Wenmohs called the meeting to order at 6 pm. Former Trustee Kip Thompson gave the Invocation. Jennifer Black of Sledge Engineering and Kimberly Thompson of Reliance Architecture gave the Bond Update and Bond Financial Update. Black said, “Negotiations are still in progress with Technology Consultant True.North Technologies, Reliance Architecture has the Tennis Package bid, and Package 2 is 100% is in review by ...

On Saturday, Sept. 14, the 1st Annual Brews and Cruise Car Show was held in Johnson City, and the cars on display were hotter than the weather. With more than 130 cars registered in the competition, whether you were interested in the appearance of the car’s exterior or what was under the hood, there was something for everyone. Listening to the live music and the revving of engines made it easy to daydream of what it must have been like to go cruising around town in these cars in their h ...

There is a building in Johnson City that most residents use at least once a week but not all know that it is a national treasure: the U. S. Post Office. It was designed by O’Neil Ford, the legendary founder of the eminent Ford, Powell & Carson architectural firm in San Antonio.

National Public Lands Day This year for National Public Lands Day, the Friends of LBJ National Historical Park will be hosting another Settlement Restoration today from 8am-3pm. This will include a pop-up educational tent, and the option for individuals to volunteer and help remove invasive and exotic species from 8am-11am.  From 11am-3pm, volunteers are invited to join us in the air-conditioned Event Center to make eco-friendly crafts like seed balls.  Volunteers will come and go throu ...

City of Johnson City City Council held a Regular Meeting on September 10, 2019. Mayor Rhonda Stell called the Executive Session to order at 5 pm to interview candidates and deliberate the employment of a Public Works Director. After resuming Open Session, the City Council approved motion from Council Member Clayton Young and second by Council Member Gayla Guthrie to hire Brent Sultemeier as the Public Works Director with a six month probationary period.

That’s James Sachs of Spicewood under his favorite sun hat, trying to finish the brickwork on the front of the New Community Resource Center (the old Super S store) on 281 south. Work inside is moving along, too, so the building should be ready to open with government and non-profit social services for Blanco County residents on time: Monday, December 2nd.

The LBJ Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Football teams kicked off the 2019 season last Thursday hosting the Randolph Rohawks at Eagle Field. The Johnson City 7th graders football team had a great first game showing, though they came up short against Randolph 24 - 6. The Eagles were lead defensively by Reid Weirich and Marshall Jackson.  The offense was lead by Reid Weirich who rushed for 90 yards and Miguel Sanchez with 19 yards and a touchdown for the only score for the Eagles in their debu ...

The Varsity Eagles dropped to 0-3 with a road loss to the 3A-D1 Randolph Rohawks on Friday night in a 24-47 decision at Robert G Cole Stadium in San Antonio. Though JC led in first downs (14-13) and Randolph accrued more penalties (2 for 10 yards - 10 for 70 yards) it was the scoreboard that added up in the host team’s favor as the Rohawks scored all 47 of their points in the first half for a 47-10 lead.

The Eagle and Lady Eagle Cross Country kept their top ten streak alive with Lydia White, Jackie Earley and Antonio Perez racing to their third consecutive top ten individual finishes this season on a grueling Bandera Invitational course. White finished the 2-mile course in 13:04 for a 10th Place finish in the Varsity Girls’ Division; Joy Gill of San Antonio Home School paced all runners with a time of 11:32 for the win.

Stefan Andrew Roeder was born in Fredericksburg, TX on February 4, 1991 at 7:59 AM. A scheduled c-section, this was the first of many times he had to be reluctantly pulled from his resting place. He passed away in San Antonio, TX on September 11, 2019 at 11:44 AM. Stefan is survived by his mother, Theresa Roeder, his father, Kermit “Bear” Roeder Jr., his fiancée Jennifer Williams, his son and pride and joy, Rowdy Andrew Roeder and son Riley Stacks; sisters, Sandra Gass, Savannah, Kayle ...

By Pastor Steve Sanchez THAT TOWER OF PISA-LIKE LEANING POLE in front of Big Daddy’s gas station on Highway 290 scares me. I noticed it about a week ago as I drove to my church. “What the heck?” I thought. “I wonder what happened?” It looked like it got hit by a very big truck going too fast or one of those 50 MPH summer winds nearly blew it over.

Anyone who has walked Fredericksburg’s historic district has noticed a number of homes and commercial buildings constructed of an unusual building material that looks like cut stone but is really a prefabricated concrete block known as Basse block. In the first half of the 20th century local builders used Basse block in some of the finer buildings in the Hill Country.