The Fredericksburg Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas invites all members of the community to get out of the heat and “Have a Ball!” This is a family event. Bring the children. Enjoy a fun, interactive evening making seed balls with native wildflower and grass seeds. All supplies, including gloves, will be provided.
When you reach out with love, joy, and purpose, your grandkids benefit. Are you ready to reach out to them? Are you prepared to become an Intentional Christian Grandparent?
If you are a grandparent, then the Grandparenting Matters Seminar is for you! Brought to you by the Legacy Coalition, a National Ministry of Intentional Christian Grandparents.
Join the Legacy Coalition on Saturday, September 7 from 9:00 a.m.
Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg is one of the best small town hospitals in the country, but high quality hospital care didn’t happen overnight. Until the early 20th century Hill Country doctors practiced medicine in their offices or in the homes of their patients. There were no hospitals. Doctors usually did the traveling, not the patients.
The earliest hospital in Gillespie County was Lambert’s Sanitarium.
It was a packed van towing a packed trailer that rolled out of Johnson City Thursday and, a few hours later, rolled into Eagle Pass, on the Texas side of the border with Mexico.
Inside were goods donated by generous Johnson City residents — clothes, shoes, tote bags — things the asylum-seekers needed once they were screened, documented, and released by the US Border Patrol.
“As far as the government is concerned, once these people are processed and released, they’re on their own,
Imagine what it feels like to be the person who shows a child that heroes still walk the earth, that all grown-ups are not the same. To be the one that can restore a child’s faith in people and can give them hope for the future. Think about a time in your life when you felt totally alone and in need, and someone stood beside you.
General Manager of Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District, Ron Fiesler, met with the Blanco County Commissioners at a workshop on May 14 to look at some of their proposed revisions to the Blanco County subdivision regulations. The Commissioners adopted the proposal a couple weeks later. “Those new subdivision regulations are in affect right now,” Fiesler said.
The U.S. Supreme Court today closed a window into the workings of the federal government when agencies withhold information about businesses it acquires as part of administering taxpayer-supported programs, the National Newspaper Association said.
Ruling on behalf of a business group representing food retailers, the Food Marketing Institute, the high court permitted the U.S.
Governor Orders Guard Troops to Border to Assist Feds
On June 21, the day before President Trump called off a national sweep to find and detain undocumented non-citizens, Gov. Greg Abbott announced the deployment of 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Rio Grande.
Accompanied by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Adjutant General Tracy Norris in a state Capitol news conference, Abbott said the deployment would assist the U.S.
Hindsights by Michael Barr
A hot summer day in the Texas Hill Country can give Lucifer a heat rash, but in Albert, where the beer is cold, the music is lively and a gentle breeze stirs the air under the giant oak trees behind the Albert icehouse, even a sultry Texas afternoon can be downright pleasant.
Albert is a small community quietly hidden in the hills between Stonewall and Blanco.
Burg’s Corner had its beginning in 1948 as the Gillespie County Fruit Growers Co-op. For decades it was the hub of the peach industry. Growers throughout the county brought their harvests in to be sized and shipped to markets.
The outdoor shed, which holds the grading and sorting equipment, was the original structure built in 1948.
