Opening the Fredericksburg Music Club’s 2017-2018 concert season, Daniel Hsu of the United States, Bronze Medalist earlier this year in Ft. Worth at the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will perform here Sunday afternoon, Sept. 17, in the sanctuary of Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, 1800 North Llano Street.
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The third weekend in September, on September 16th and 17th, 2017, Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site will hold its annual Seed Stomp from 10:30AM – 12:00PM. Join us at the Visitor Center to celebrate Mrs. Johnson’s legacy of beautifying America.
Participants will be provide native seed and will ‘stomp’ the seeds into designated areas to help to reseed the area with beautiful wildflowers for generations to come.
Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will meet at 6:30 PM, Tuesday, September 5, in the H-E-B Community Activity Center at Hill Country University Center in Fredericksburg.
Travelling to the stars has been in the public’s imagination for decades. What will it take to do that? HCA member Steuart Dewar will talk about the difficulties of interstellar travel together with an update on where we presently stand on turning that into a reality.
Blanco County Community Choir announces rehearsals for the annual Christmas concerts. Rehearsals are 4pm-6pm at First Baptist Church in Blanco starting Sunday, September 10. The concerts will be Friday, December 1 at Community Church of the Hills in Johnson City and Sunday, December 3 at First Baptist in Blanco. The choir always welcomes new singers.
This choir was begun by Beverly Voron in 1975 as a way to encourage interaction between the residents of Blanco County and continues the forty ...
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The Red Door Resale Shop is celebrating its 1 year anniversary of service in Johnson City. Stop by the shop this week to pick up your coupon for one-half off of any purchase during the month of September. The coupons are being handed out to customers at the store and will be good from September 1 through 29, 2017.
The Highland Lakes Democratic Women welcome, Elizabeth Doyel, Exec. Director of the Texas League of Conservation Voters (TLCV) and the Texas League of Conservation Voters Education Fund as their speaker at their monthly luncheon/meeting on August 24, 2017 at 11:15 at the Meadowlakes Restaurant at 220 Meadowlakes Dr. in Marble Falls.
Doyel directs programs focused on pro-conservation political work across the Lone Star State.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is supporting community animal issues committees and local emergency management coordinators to set up animal sheltering sites around the state in anticipation of Hurricane Harvey.
“Forecasts have indicated there likely will be from 15-20 inches of rain and there could be record or extreme flooding, with most of the flooding expected in the area between San Antonio and Corpus Christi,” said Dr.
Johnson City, Texas — Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC), the nation’s largest electric distribution cooperative located in Johnson City, Texas, has sent service and construction crews to the City of Ganado in Southeast Texas. PEC crews are traveling to assist Jackson Electric Cooperative with power recovery and restoration following the devastating and historic Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Texas Gulf Coast and Houston metroplex.
“We began preparations last Wednesday well before Hu ...
In August, Hill Country Memorial received an Excellence in Patient Care Award from the Studer Group. The award was presented at the 15th annual What’s Right in Health Care® best practices conference held Aug. 1-3, 2017, in Chicago.
Specifically, HCM was recognized for exemplary results related to care transitions as measured by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey.
Organizations receiving this award achieved a ranking at or above the 90th ...
The Hill Country Law Enforcement Association conducted its quarterly luncheon and meeting on Aug. 17, 2017, at the Southwest Center in Round Mountain, Texas.
Approximately 103 attended from various law enforcement agencies as well as local, county and state elected officials. Johnson City Police and Blanco County Sheriffs were represented at the luncheon as well as numerous agencies from around the Hill Country region.
Johnson City Police Chief and President of the HCLEA Randy Holland had ...
