Astronomers to present a program on the Winter Milky Way
The Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will meet at 6:30 PM, Monday, March 6, at Hill Country University Center in Fredericksburg. Mark Ward, club vice president, will present a program on the winter Milky Way.
HCA’s members live in Central Texas. Some members are experienced and accomplished astronomers, while others are beginners.
Drivers traveling on US 290 West will have to slow down. The speed limit between Stonewall and Fredericksburg has been reduced from 70 to 60 miles per hour.
On January 26, TxDOT announced that the Texas Transportation Commission voted to approve the reduced speed limit the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) proposed.
After a deadly accident in December, TxDOT conducted a speed study which showed that they could reduce the speed limit from 70 to 60 miles per hour.
The speed study employe ...
The Hill Country Land Trust (HCLT), an accredited nonprofit land conservation group headquartered in Fredericksburg, Texas, welcomed three new board members during its recent annual retreat; Tiffany Osburn and Linda Ryan of Travis County and George Barr of Blanco County.
Hill Country Land Trust and its conservation easement donors will benefit from the knowledge these three professionals bring to the board.
SPICEWOOD, TX-The Spicewood Arts Society hosts its annual fundraiser benefiting arts in education, “Rockin’ the Vineyard,” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at Spicewood Vineyards. Featuring the music of Suede, the evening includes a catered dinner from Verde’s Mexican Parilla, auction, games and a giveaway.
The Spicewood Arts Society (SAS) has given away more than $55,000 since beginning the community arts education program, with over $40,000 awarded in scholarships and more than $14,000 giv ...
The Blanco County Appraisal District held a special meeting on January 24,2017. The bulk of the meeting was a discussion on the recent surge in Public Information Requests. The Board of Directors also voted to raise the County Appraiser’s salary and took recommendations on additional Appraisal Review Board members.
Appraiser Salary
The Board voted to approve a transfer of $5,000 from the Deputy Chief Appraiser funds to the Chief Appraiser salary.
Remember last year, when Johnson City finished filling the collection truck for the annual disaster used clothing drive?
When the truck left JC, it was jam-full to the doors with used clothing. Problem was, it hadn’t finished making all its stops — there were more to go — so a second truck had to be re-routed to finish the run.
Let’s do it again!
It’s the annual interfaith clothing drive that stocks the warehouse ahead of the spring flood and tornado season, so when a disaster require ...
About 40 Blanco County ladies were among the estimated 50,000 who participated in the Women’s March in Austin on Saturday, Jan. 21.
The Women’s March movement swept the country on the day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States as more than one million participated across the country, most of whom gathered in Washington, D.C.
In Austin, the march began at noon and ended about 3 hours later at the Capitol as women carried signs, waved flags and voiced their ...
The Round Mountain EEA Club met January 18th at the Johnson City Library and it was our pleasure to have Donn Edgington and Mike Cagle from Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Centers in Kerrville to discuss the services they provide and to say it is ok to talk about mental illness.
Did you ever wonder how the early settlers of the Hill Country safely preserved food produced in the winter for use the following spring and summer? Make plans to see first-hand some of the meat preservation methods used in the early 1900’s on a typical German Farm as the interpreters at the Lyndon B.
HCM welcomes doctor of podiatric medicine
In January, Hill Country Memorial Medical Group welcomed physician Bryce Karulak, DPM, a board-certified doctor of podiatric medicine.
He is now scheduling adult and pediatric patient appointments at the HCM medical clinics in Fredericksburg and Boerne. Karulak provides medical care for patients with diseases and disorders affecting the feet.
