Blanco County Farm Bureau had a membership drive this year. Our year calendar ended on October 31. This year, we had a drawing for two stainless steel Coleman coolers. One was drawn for new members enrolling between Nov 1st, 2019 and Oct 31, 2020. The winner for this is Nicole and Donald Kelley (left).
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a Hill Country property that had been managed in a very different way than most places I have been on. The owner, new to the Hill Country, and with no prior experience owning any rural property, completely changed the appearance of his property to fit his vision of what a beautiful landscape should look like.
By Terry Wiemers
The Johnson City Womans Civic Club members joined for the November meeting on Zoom and had a very special guest speaker: Officer Mike Bacon. His message was very interesting and informative. Focusing on personal safety, Officer Bacon shared situations where individuals need to exercise caution, such as phone and email scams.
‘Tis the season to spread cheer and light up the Hill Country! Go all out decorating your home and enter our Home Holiday Lights Contest. Submit photos of your lights display Nov. 27-Dec. 11 for your chance to win up to $500 — and bragging rights!
PEC has eight district offices located throughout our service territory.
This holiday season, deck the halls with science! The Science Mill in Johnson City will be open with expanded dates from December 17 to December 31 to give families more time to play (closed Dec. 24 + 25 and Jan. 1).
Visitors can explore 50+ interactive exhibits, inside and outdoors, including the newly updated Banana Piano (which relies on the human body’s ability to conduct small amounts of electricity) and the return of MindBall, an exhibit powered by brainwaves.
Texas is ready to distribute 1.4 million doses as soon as the COVID-19 vaccine receives federal government approval.
Gov. Greg Abbott said the vaccines should be arriving the week of Dec. 14 and would be distributed to qualifying providers. Health care workers are the first in line to receive the medication, which needs to be given in two shots.
The Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department held a business meeting on November 25. President Ray Bible called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. A quorum was established, and there were no public comments.
The JCVFD reviewed the Financial Reports and these were approved following motion by Captain Chris Welch and second by Treasurer Orlando Ibanez.
The Blanco County Commissioners Court meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. by Judge Brett Bray. Commissioners Tommy Weir, Emil Uecker, and Paul Granberg were present; Commissioner Chris Liesmann was not in attendance.
Kenneth Welch provided public comments after the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
“I wrote to you on Nov.
A fifth COVID-19 death in Blanco County has been reported.
Information released Friday by the Blanco County Office of Emergency Management reported five deaths, with the latest being a female in the 60-69 age range who was from Blanco. She died in late November.
The third and fourth deaths included a delayed report on a woman who was in her 70s and lived in Johnson City.
Kinleigh Young of Friendswood, Texas and Mia Fisher of Johnson City made the big reach to send Santa their letters ahead of the Christmas holiday at the Santa Letters Express mailbox, located at the gazebo at Memorial Park. Children can drop a letter to Santa with a return address, and the elves will collect the letters and send back a certificate from the North Pole.
