Kim Roberti will lead a hands-on pastel oil painting demonstration on Monday, July 1, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Llano Fine Art Guild. The demonstration costs $5 to participate.
“I paint what I want to see, tell the story I want to tell, convey the experiences with people and places I want to share,” said Kim.
On the evening of evening of Wednesday, June 12, a Burnet Police Officer was surveilling a vehicle parked at a residence known for drug trafficking and observed that the license plates on the vehicle did not match the make or model of the vehicle they were displayed on.
When the vehicle left the residence, officers initiated a traffic stop on it and identified the driver, Heather Sparks, and front seat passenger, David Jones, as Oregon residents.
Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will meet at 6:30 p.m., Monday, July 1, in the HEB Activity Room at Hill Country University Center in Fredericksburg.
The program will feature a video lecture from Professor David M. Meyer’s series “Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe.”
Professor Meyer says he has “… found no better way to communicate the joy of discovery in astronomy than through the beautiful cosmic images obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
Hill Country Community Theatre announces its 2019-20 season, featuring two musicals and three comedies, including two world premieres. The five productions in the season include the musical comedy “More Senior Moments,” a holiday comedy “A Twisted Christmas Carol,” the comedy “Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo,” the comedy “The Savannah Sipping Society,” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “Carousel.” This marks HCCT’s 34th year.
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It’s great to have friends that share your interests; friends you can bounce ideas off of and discover and perfect new ways of doing things. I have such a friend in Deryl Markgraf. Deryl and I met a few years ago and became instant friends. The love of hunting wild hogs and then transforming the meat into tasty meals created the bond between us and lots of time together hunting and fishing strengthened that bond.
My friend is not a person that delves lightly into anything.
Governor Signs School Safety, Mental Health Bill
Gov. Greg Abbott on June 6 signed three bills into law to improve school safety and expand access to mental health resources.
“After the horrific shooting (at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018) and the subsequent school safety roundtables, I made school safety an emergency item to help prevent a tragedy like this from happening again,” Abbott said.
CASA for the Highland Lakes Area announced Leo and Janelle Boutte of Llano County as recipients of the Volunteer Advocates of the year for 2019. Each year the CASA staff recognizes a volunteer who has gone above and beyond in serving CASA children from the five counties (Blanco, Burnet, Lampasas, Llano and San Saba) we serve.
Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center (HCCAC) is excited to announce they will be offering annual training to child care providers or community members. HCCAC will be offering a two-hour training in Blanco, Burnet, Copperas Cove, Johnson City, Kingsland, Lampasas, Llano, Marble Falls and San Saba. Training hours include: recognizing and reporting child abuse, infant brain development, sudden infant death syndrome and abusive head trauma and shaken baby syndrome.
I am often asked for gift ideas for many of my friends that share my interest in the outdoors. Finding that perfect gift can be a daunting task, especially if the shopper does not hunt or fish.
Some items such as hunting bows, rifles, or shotguns require some input from the one receiving the gift.
In my last ‘Message from the Mayor’ I talked about the copious rains that we’ve had lately, but this time, I want to talk about the lack of (or possible lack of) rainfall as the summer moves on. Although we are predicted to have a wetter than normal summer, it doesn’t take very much of a lack of rain to put us into drought status.
