December 11, 2019 Issue

Mayor Rhonda Stell called the regular meeting of City of Johnson City Council to order at 6 p.m. on December 3. All city council members were present. Pastor Steve Sanchez of Community Church of the Hills gave the Invocation, and expressed his thanks for the leadership of the Council and the Christmas season, and prayed for safety for Police Officers and First Responders. Presentations Presentations were given by Johnson City Chamber of Commerce President Craig Van Englen and Chief Admini ...

The Wenmohs Ranch on Old Spicewood Road recently received a certification from the Family Land Heritage Program by the Texas Department of Agriculture. The Family Land Heritage Program is a recognition program that honors families who have owned and operated a continuous agricultural operation for 100 years or more. I visited the ranch last week with Dena and Roy Wenmohs, a mother and son who manage operations for the ranch as partners. The history of the Wenmohs Ranch can be traced back ov ...

In life you learn that there are certain perfect pairings – macaroni and cheese, Holmes and Watson, and now the Festival of Texas Fiddling and Twin Sisters Dance Hall is added to the list. Historic Twin Sisters Dance Hall welcomed the music, laughter and dancing of the 5th annual Festival of Texas Fiddling. The event was a celebration of the diversity of Texas fiddling.  The musicians and audience were clearly enjoying the gathering of so many styles of music mingling centered around f ...

SAN MARCOS– Cicero A. Rust III, a resident of Blanco, Texas, has given a gift of $25,000 to the Texas State University Development Foundation to establish a permanent endowment entitled the Cicero Alexander Rust III Endowed Scholarship in Musical Theatre. "The endowment is in honor of my grandchildren through the Lord: Savannah Nicole McDougall, Abigail Rose McDougall, Joshua Alexander McDougall and Courtney Nicole Moraign de Alexander Quintanilla,"

AUSTIN—Rebecca Bell-Metereau filed as a candidate today in the March 3 Democratic Primary to represent District 5 on the Texas State Board of Education. Bell-Metereau is a professor of English at Texas State University. “I’m running because we need to do a better job preparing our young people for the future.

The Blanco County Farm Bureau Board of Directors decided to donate $200 to all four of the local 4-H clubs. Because Farm Bureau puts a big emphasis on youth, they want to challenge children early, and think it’s important children know about the food they eat, and the fiber that makes up the clothes they wear.

By Rachel Lumpee Judge Brett Bray called the Blanco County Commissioners Court meeting to order at 9 a.m. on Tue. December 10 with all four commissioners present. First, public comments were heard from D’Anne and Ken Welch. Both addressed the court about public participation during government meetings which they felt was undermined. Mrs.

LBJ High School Freshman Dusti Welch won a $4000 scholarship for her 1st Place finish in the Painting & Mixed Media Division of the San Antonio Western Art Competition last weekend. The contest is held annually in conjunction with the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo with Grand Prize pieces sold at auction in January.

The University Interscholastic League (UIL) announced the conference cutoffs in their Biennial Reclassification and Realignment - the basis for the competition and playoff structure for all participating schools. With a reported enrollment (not attendance) of 208 students in grades 9-12 on the late October “snapshot” date, Johnson City will transition from their current rank as the sixteenth smallest 3A district to one of the largest 2A’s starting in the fall of 2020. “If we continu ...

Sophomore Karina Calderon and Freshman Avery Tumlinson earned All-Tournament honors in the LBJ Invitational Tournament last weekend. The Lady Eagles defeated the Fredericksburg JV and fell to Canyon Lake in the Consolation Finals of the eight team bracket. The Randolph Lady Rohawks defeated St. Mary’s Hall for the Championship. “Avery was our leading scorer and Karina did a good job on defense and distributing the ball in our offense,” said Head Coach Cori Baker.

Christmas Treats Join the Library for a hands-on cooking demo on December 17 at 6 p.m. Learn the tricks and tips to make delicious treats. RSVP by calling (830) 868-4469. Bring some of your favorite treats for a gift swap after the demo. Ribbon Cutting On December 19 at 3:30 p.m., a ribbon cutting celebration will be held at Reck ‘Em Right Brewing Co.

At Christmastime, as I set out the small statuettes of our family’s Nativity scene, my eyes are always drawn to Mary tenderly admiring her newborn Son lying in a manger. We obviously don’t know if the artist’s depiction of this scene is accurate, but I appreciate how it invites me to consider Mary and the enormous responsibility placed on her shoulders.

Do you remember an angel named Nancy Wallace? As a middle school student around the turn of the century, she played an angel in the Living Nativity Pageant at the First United Methodist Church. That was before she went to college, became a missionary, married, and had two little angels of her own. Now she’s Nancy Wallace Bradley, who brought her husband, Chad, and daughters Faith and Charity, home from Ethiopia, where they’ve been teaching and preaching for two years, to show the girl ...

This may be the start of a new column that will run in the Record Courier from time to time, thanks to an idea from our sister paper, The Llano News. If you know of “A Random Act of Kindness” that you or someone else did, email it to [email protected] and it might just appear in an issue of the paper.

By Rachel Lumpee Judge Brett Bray called the Blanco County Commissioners Court meeting to order at 9 a.m. on Tue. December 10 with all four commissioners present. First, public comments were heard from D’Anne and Ken Welch. Both addressed the court about public participation during government meetings which they felt was undermined. Mrs.