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JCISD held a Public Hearing and Special Meeting in the LBJ High School Commons on August 24, 2020. Board President Shelly Wenmohs called the Public Hearing to order at 6 p.m. and a quorum was established. There were no public comments.
JCISD CFO Scott Berry shared a presentation pertaining to the proposed tax rate with board members: “Because of the increase in property values we were compressed again by the State, and our Maintenance Tax rate (M&O) is 0.9499, and the School Debt Service ...
Blanco County native Billie Jean (Beck) Kutzer grew up hearing stories of the Hill Country as told to her by her great grandmother Linda Wuest and grandmother Elsie Beck. They and many other families with roots in the Texas Hill Country during the 1800s have similar stories.
One of those stories led to her writing the screenplay “Legend,” which is in production and being presented to several studios.
Legend is based off the story of a mule train carrying gold through the Hill Country ...
A dry and warm fall is predicted for early fall throughout the southwest, including Texas, according to an AccuWeather report on the fall season.
According to the report, Americans looking forward cooler temperatures may need to wait a little longer this year as summer lingers across much of the United States.
The autumnal equinox will mark the official changing of the seasons with fall kicking off on Tuesday, Sept.
WASHINGTON, DC — As part of its ongoing effort to ensure that voters and election officials have the information they need to successfully use the U.S. Mail to vote in the November general elections, the U.S. Postal Service has launched a new Election Mail website. The website, which provides clear and concise information about voting by mail, is available 24/7 by going to: usps.com/votinginfo.
The Postal Service recognizes that many states are choosing to expand mail-in voting options ...
By Tricia Hartmann
President David O’Bannon called the August 17 regular meeting of the ESD 1 to order at 7 p.m. via teleconference. All members were present, and a Quorum was established. There were no citizens comments.
The minutes from the July 20, 2020 Regular meeting were approved as written with motion from Vice President Brandt Raeburn.
The Blanco County Wild Game Dinner has been canceled for 2020, the sale committee announced Saturday.
“At this time the sale committee has made the decision not to hold the event this year,” the Facebook announcement read. “We want to say a huge thank you to each and everyone of you for your support of our event.”
Though the annual event has been canceled for this year, fundraising efforts will continue.
Students across Texas returned to campuses last week as schools and universities scrambled to put into place new lesson plans that best accommodate a pandemic.
For many school districts, this meant greatly expanding the technological resources of their students to support a mix of in-person and online education. For example, Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District east of Houston announced plans to buy 16,000 iPads for almost $3.1 million.
Judge Brett Bray called the Blanco County Commissioners Court meeting to order at 9:02 a.m. with all four commissioners present.
The meeting was simulcasted to the county’s YouTube page due to the pandemic. This allows citizens to watch the meetings without being there in person.
The public hearing for the proposed budget was opened after the Pledge of Allegiance.
Kenneth Welch spoke briefly about the inconsistency of the budget.
”Over the past few weeks you have discussed numerou ...
FREDERICKSBURG—Die Kunstler von Fredericksburg (DK) organization will resume its normal meeting schedule beginning on Thursday, September 3, at 6:00 PM.
Beginning the fall season, the guest artist will be Brian Grimm. A native of central Texas, he is nationally recognized in his medium. After receriving a degree in commercial art and working for many years as a graphic designer, he turned his attention to fine art.
JCISD held a Public Hearing and Special Meeting in the LBJ High School Commons on August 24, 2020. Board President Shelly Wenmohs called the Public Hearing to order at 6 p.m. and a quorum was established. There were no public comments.
JCISD CFO Scott Berry shared a presentation pertaining to the proposed tax rate with board members: “Because of the increase in property values we were compressed again by the State, and our Maintenance Tax rate (M&O) is 0.9499, and the School Debt Service ...
Eagle Head Coach David T Sine was likely more excited about the 0-0 stalemate in the Eagles first scrimmage than he would have been in past seasons. Besides the fact that the Eagle defense effectively clamped down on the visiting 3A Stockdale Brahmas on Saturday, Sine was just glad to finally see players on the field and fans in the stands.
Although I was born in the United States, I acquired Mexican citizenship through my father who was born in Chihuahua. Because I was living in Mexico as a youth, it was necessary to register with the Mexican military and to obtain some basic training. While still in high school I was issued a “cartilla” that certified that I had fulfilled my military obligation and that I was in good standing in the Mexican Army Reserve.
In 1969, as a graduate student at BYU, I spent a month in Guatemala ...
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As if things weren’t hard enough for Texas’s small businesses, news comes that the Trump administration plans to claw back a chunk of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds legitimate businesses have used as a lifeline to keep their employees on the payroll.
When Congress passed PPP, the legislation made it clear that these loans would ultimately be forgiven if businesses used them for approved purposes, mostly payroll.
I’ve been reading to Lori.
Lori is my husband, Peter’s, older sister. She has cancer and has been battling it for a while now. She uses oxygen to help out and catching this virus would be terrible for her, so Peter and I are extra careful, in large part because I’d like to keep reading to Lori.
I’ve been writing a novel.
