When I was a kid my some of my best summer evenings were spent chasing lightening bugs and when tired of bug chasing, lying in the grass looking for the Big Dipper, Little Dipper and simply counting stars. Now my grandkids stay inside playing MineCraft and watching “stars” on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
An All-Church Community Easter Son-Rise Service will be held at 7:00A.M. at Whittington's Hill. Everyone is invited to hear the message of the Resurrection given by Pastor Steve Sanchez and to sing special traditional songs commemorating this spectacular day played by Beverly Voron, both from Community Church of the Hills.
Along with regular leadership reports, the Johnson City School board and administration reviewed the School District’s funding for the previous fiscal year and for the future at their regular meeting on Monday, November 14, 2016.
Financial Summaries and Strategies
Johnson City Independent School District received a superior rating from the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas.
The JCISD School Board met on March 7, 2016 for their regularly scheduled meeting and all board members were present. No one spoke during open forum.
Dr. Noel Landuyt from the Institute for Organizational Excellence at UT Austin was present to provide the Board information on the Survey of Employee Engagement that was sent to all JCISD staff in the fall of 2015.
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site staff and volunteers invite everyone to join the fun Saturday, March 12, 2016 for the Annual LBJ Kite Day – Kites with Courtney. The park staff encourages children of all ages to share in the wonderful experience. Come out and fly a handmade kite or you may bring your own favorite kite and spend the day outdoors in the Texas Hill Country.
The event will be held at the LBJ State Park Baseball Field on Coronet Street starting at 1:00 P.M.
On Saturday, March 26th, the Youth Municipal Advisory Council will be breaking ground on the new community garden. The garden will be placed to the left and in front of the public softball fields in the Johnson City park. Produce such as squash, tomatoes, peppers and more will be planted as the first crops in the community garden.
The garden will be a 30 by 70 foot space, with various rows running length wise.
The County Commissioners met on March 8, 2016 for their regularly scheduled meeting with Commissioner Wood absent.
The Commissioners approved the minutes of the prior meeting, the March 2016 payroll and the official reports. There was discussion concerning the outstanding bills because there are some issues with the mileage reports. Some County employees are not recording amounts accurately and it is skewing the fuel/mileage causing some of the vehicles to report fuel estimates at 50-60 mpg.
The 9th annual LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour will be held at the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall, Texas on Saturday, April 2 at 9 am (the ranch gate opens at 7 am). The ride begins and ends on the LBJ Ranch airstrip with routes of 10, 30, 42, and 62 miles, taking riders on peaceful country roads and past historical landmarks that figured prominently in American history and Johnson family history.
The Lady Eagles hosted the Blanco County Tournament and showed that they can compete with the big schools in the surrounding area. They Lady Eagles went 2-2-1 in the tournament and tied for third.
The Lady Eagles opened up the tournament against Llano and picked up their first victory of the day.
JOHNSON CITY—A fine opening day, February 18, for the softball Eagles, who took a huge lead and held it against Llano. They also came up with the defensive play-of-the-game and earned head coach Tamara Tupper her first win as a high school head coach. 8-4 was the final.
“Did pretty well at bat, good base running, and bunts went down well at opportune times,” said Tupper, who has collected volumes of coaching experience in select ball.
Ashley Butler began her three-hit presentation with a ...
