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*****Matt and LeAndy Pletcher went with Kip and Sandy Thompson to the Lyle Lovett concert Sunday night, November 22nd, in San Antonio at the Majestic Theatre.

*****The David Moreland family was here visiting Alton & Janie Moreland on Friday, November 27th. David, along with his children, Jordan, Kyle, Kody, Lauren, Leigha & Dakota enjoyed the visit to Johnson City.

*****Congratulations to Lights Spectacular, Hill Country Style in its 20th year of unparalleled excellence!

*****Sonny Withers hosted Thanksgiving dinner on Haley Road. Joe Casparis, John Withers, Judy Bunell, and Keith, Kelly, Lawrence & Pat Dildine enjoyed the holiday company & food.

*****Joe and Peggy Stewart had several guests over the Thanksgiving holiday. Guests visiting were Joe Bob Stewart and family, Greg Wessels and family, Justin Debusk and family, Robert and M’Liss Hindman, Chris Voron and family and Bill and Beverly Voron. The grandchildren enjoyed going in to town to ride the horse drawn carriage, seeing all the beautiful lights and especially enjoyed the awesome firework display! The adults enjoyed walking around the food court and courthouse seeing a lot of their old friends.

*****Conrad Carbary, Justin Marks, Eric Frantzen and Mark Schumann recently returned from Ruidoso, NM, after enjoying a week long hunting trip together. Unfortunately, they weren’t very successful in their hunt; maybe next year will bring better luck.

*****Lucia and Conrad Carbary celebrated Thanksgiving Sunday afternoon with their family. Cristol, Andrew, Caylee and Collin Corpus, played host for lunch and enjoyed the company of Camey and Justin Marks and their nephew Coleton along with Nana and Pawpaw for the afternoon.

*****Kaiser and Suree Birck took baby Braxton to meet his great grandmother, Melba Copelin in Odessa, Texas for the Thanksgiving holiday. Suree and her mother, Sue Lamar prepared the Thanksgiving feast while Great Grandma got to know Braxton. Then it was time for pictures since the family has four generations alive.

*****Members of the Class of 1989 of LBJ High School were seen at Lights Spectacular this past weekend. Wonder how many of them showed up to reminisce?

*****Remember the Blanco County Christmas Cantata will be on Friday, December 4 at the Community Church of the Hills & on Sunday, December 6 at the First Baptist Church in Blanco.

*****You might be a Johnson City native if you can remember when the VX Ranch Curios was located on E. Main Street where Anders Realty is. Good burgers & curios to boot! You could even take ceramic classes in the building outside.

*****Happy Birthday wishes to: December 4th – Butch Crofts, Holly Barrientes & Todd Kneese; December 5th – Kalli Dalland & Carolyn Eubanks; December 7th - Kim Weirich, Laurie Humphrey, Jean Anderson, Terry Mills, & Max Lechow; December 8th – Gwen Pickett, Joel Honeycutt, Lendy Duncan & Lynette Bushnell; December 9th – Keith Dildine, Lucas Henderson, Daisy Cox, & Cody Crofts; and December 10th – Oleta Sisson, George Pearce, Ronnie Batchelor.

*****Anniversary congratulations to Steven & Susan Hill on December 6th; and Bill & Hazel Bassett.

*****Tip for the week: Make a coffee/tea organizer. Use a cloth, square basket. Place coffee filters, coffee creamers, and tea bags into it. Each morning grab the basket and everything you need is in there. When you finish, simply place the basket in an open cabinet. It makes a pretty and functional accent. You can even change baskets for the season—like old trick or treat pumpkin baskets or Easter egg baskets.

*****I’ll see you again when there’s more news! Speaking of news, if you have some, email it to imasnoop01@gmail.com.