February 5, 2020 Issue

The two Democratic candidates for Congressional District 21 returned to Blanco County Jan. 28, this time to participate in an issue forum hosted by the Blanco County Democrats at the Science Mill. The more than 50 attendees gave Wendy Davis and Jenny Lou Leeder a standing ovation when they finished answering questions about their positions and who can win the primary election March 3. Both candidates shared concerns about healthcare, education, climate, immigration reform and the criminal ...

Kim Porter, of the Johnson City Community Preschool, has been named the new Executive Director of Stonewall Head Start, Inc., which serves young children in Johnson City, Harper and Fredericksburg. Stonewall Head Start, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 non-profit, and to clarify is not a government agency. The program is inspired by a collective passion to engage preschool children in highly interactive learning experiences preparing them for academic and life success.

The 2020 Blanco County Youth Show turned out to be a great success and meaningful experience for the youth of Blanco County due to the help of countless volunteers and the Blanco County 4-H and FFA Youth Council Board. Exhibitors, parents and other volunteers showed up for a workday on December 7 at 8 a.m.

JCVFD held a Regular Meeting on January 22. President Ray Bible called the meeting to order at 6:39 p.m. following an emergency call for the Department. There were no public comments, and the minutes were approved following motion from Captain Chris Welch and second by Vice President Kemp Elliot. No financial update was given due to the recent flooding of the fire station which damaged two computers. Old Business and Committee Updates The Vehicle Committee consisting of Sam Richardson, ...

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Jan. 30 commented on a White House briefing about actions to stem the transmission of novel coronavirus in the United States. Speakers at the briefing concerning the outbreak of the new respiratory illness that originated in Wuhan, China, included U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infec ...

Dan Snodgrass spoke to the Johnson City Woman’s Civic Club in January about The Nature Conservancy which has been protecting our land and water for over 65 years and is the largest non-profit environmental organization in the world. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is “conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends”, and it is currently pursuing that goal in 79 countries and territories around the world.

The University Interscholastic League's (UIL) release of the biennial realignment on Monday for Basketball, Football and Volleyball was somewhat anticlimactic for the Johnson City Eagles as the big news - their drop from Conference 3A to 2A - was released in December. That news meant the Eagles would shift from one of the schools with the smallest enrollment in their classification to one close to the largest.

The Eagles and Lady Eagles had an open date last Tuesday due to the odd number of teams competing in Basketball in District 25-3A, but returned to action Friday on the road at Jarrell. The JV Lady Cougars opened the evening by exacting revenge on the Lady Eagle JV for their first-round loss in overtime in JC.

This month we are going to discuss what Home Health is, and is not. We will have people from a Helping Hands Home Health. They are a local agency out of Kerrville. Some things Home Health is not it’s not a new diet or a new exercise. It’s not a dietary supplement, or a cure for cancer.

Deer Creek Veterinary Clinic is excited to announce that we now offer laser therapy for your pets. Veterinary laser therapy is a non-invasive, pain-free, surgery-free, and drug free treatment that is used to treat a variety of conditions on small and large animals. During each painless treatment, laser energy increases circulation, drawing water, oxygen, and nutrients to the damaged area.

Johnson City Christian Food Pantry The Food Pantry is now located inside the new Blanco County Community Resource Center at 206 S US Highway 281. The Pantry will be open each Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon, and on the 4th Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon.

J. B. Smith, Jr. of Huntsville, Texas was born June 16, 1950. To his family and friends he was known as “Bitty Boy”. J.B. went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 24th, 2020 at his home in Huntsville, Texas after a tenacious 8 month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 69 years old and was the 3rd child born to the late J.B.

Abraham Lincoln’s best known proclamation is the “Emancipation Proclamation” (January 1, 1863). Three months after that famous proclamation, March 30, 1863, he issued another, remarkable in its own right though lesser known—for a national day of fasting. In fact, it was the second such proclamation, the first having been issued August 12, 1861, after a joint request from both houses of Congress, and the latter in response to a Senate resolution.

We are all familiar with the tales of the Underground Railroad, how enslaved people in the South risked life and limb to escape to the Northern States before and during the Civil War. Some of us may be surprised to learn that there was an Underground Railroad network in Texas. Maria Hammack, whose research on this subject is coming to light in a doctoral thesis at the University of Texas in Austin, estimates that before the Civil War between 5,000 to 10,000 slaves escaped to Mexico to obtai ...

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Jan. 30 commented on a White House briefing about actions to stem the transmission of novel coronavirus in the United States. Speakers at the briefing concerning the outbreak of the new respiratory illness that originated in Wuhan, China, included U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infec ...

Dan Snodgrass spoke to the Johnson City Woman’s Civic Club in January about The Nature Conservancy which has been protecting our land and water for over 65 years and is the largest non-profit environmental organization in the world. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is “conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends”, and it is currently pursuing that goal in 79 countries and territories around the world.