An upcoming short film will have some local icons featured. “Cotton,” a short film project by Producer and Director, Tyler Russell, used Johnson City Police Cars and Odiorne Feed Store hats in the production filmed on a Cypress Mill ranch.
The film follows Sheriff Cotton, a small-town Texas Sheriff played by George Hardy and the hot-headed but good hearted Deputy Shanks, played by Judd Lormand.
“I’m kinda the peacekeeper.” Says Hardy about his character.
Heart health and sleep presentation June 6
Hill Country Memorial will host “Healthy Sleep-Rested Heart,” a free heart health presentation at the Westside Park Community Hall on Tues., June 6.
A complimentary lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m. followed by a presentation on the connection between sleep disorders and heart health.
The presentation includes a question-and-answer session with HCM sleep technologist Theresa Cochran and cardiac rehabilitation nurse Patsy Glasscock.
Commissioners held their regular Court Session on Tuesday, May 9. In the meeting, it was announced that City of Blanco paid their fees for County Dispatch Services; Commissioners approved a lease of the Old Blanco County Jail; and the contract from Fromberg Associates LTD was approved for construction of the South County Annex.
Dispatch Services
In an informational agenda item, Judge Bray announced that City of Blanco paid in full their dues to Blanco County for use of Dispatch Services.
The Hill Country Science Mill will be able to build a Creekside Monitoring Station interactive exhibit thanks to a $25,000 community development grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
The monitoring station is one of the final exhibits to be built in the museum’s backyard. Museum Science Director Bob Elde said the Creekside Monitoring Station will feature a pier on the bank of Town Creek that will enable visitors to study water quality, microscopic ...
Over the past weeks you may have been approached by a member of the Round Mountain EEA Club to purchase a raffle ticket for a beautiful quilt that was quilted by one of our club members. And you may have seen the quilt on display at the Texas Regional Bank or the Textile Studio in Blanco or at the Lone Star Bank in Johnson City.
Linda Haddock announced the purchase of the property at 100 N. Nugent Ave, the historic Cox Brothers Ford dealership dating to the 1920’s. The property currently houses Echo Gallery and Studio Massaro. Echo Gallery will continue its very successful run in Johnson City that Haddock began in 2014, now under management by Echo Partners, which she just launched with husband John Sone.
Sone, a retired soldier and former city manager, is enjoying the opportunity to participate in the growing art sc ...
On Tuesday May 16th at 6:00 pm, Blanco County Master Gardener Mary Joyce will introduce us to the Texas Superstar plants of Texas.
It isn’t easy to become a Texas Superstar® plant. Only the toughest, most reliable and best-looking plants make the cut. Every plant earning the Texas Superstar® designation undergoes several years of extensive field trials by Texas A&M AgrLife Research and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, both part of the Texas A&M System.
Thirteen youth and two adults from the First United Methodist Church helped put in an outside games area, cleaned flower beds, helped put stuff way in the attic and built a picnic table for the JC Library, this past Sunday afternoon.
Maggie Goodman, library director, said, “It was amazing how much they got done in so little time, and how beautiful it all looks”!
Three volunteers from Johnson City helped take medical care to three tiny villages in the mountain desert of northern Mexico last week.
The three are members of the First United Methodist Church, who joined the mission trip with Misión de Candelilla of Fredericksburg. They crossed the border from Presidio to Ojinaga, west of Big Bend, then bounced over increasingly rough roads to the villages — the big one has a population just over 100 — after 14 hours on the road, to set up clinics and p ...
The Blanco County Appraisal District is informing residents that they will see an increase in appraisal rates this year.
Chief Appraiser Candice Fry said individuals soon should receive an appraisal notice from the Blanco County Appraisal District, and that all residential structures will see an increase of at least 5 percent this year due to the rising market value of the properties.
Information states that there will also be additional adjustments to certain areas and property types.
The appr ...
