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*****Former Johnson City citizen Ruth Blair was here over the Thanksgiving holidays. She attended several local events with her sisters Joy & Marie including the 2nd Act Troupe performance at the Methodist Church; Thanksgiving Service at the Liberty Lighthouse Church; & of course, Lights Spectacular.

*****We are saddened at the passing of former citizen Curtis Sudduth. Curtis was married to the former Angie Stokes & they have 3 children in Weatherford.

*****Dexter Haynes Christmas Decorations were on the Travel Channel at 4:00 on December 10th again.

*****A group of fifty plus people sponsored by the First Baptist Church attended the Rockbox Christmas Theatre in Fredericksburg. Of course, they had to stop by Mamacitas afterwards for some food & fellowship.

*****For any of you that are on Facebook, sign up to be a fan of the Texas Hill Country. They are showing 14 pictures of Johnson City’s Lights Spectacular – Courthouse, Memorial Park, Living Nativity, etc. National coverage!

*****Stella Corpus is staying with Jewell Sultemeier during the day Tuesday through Saturday. She will be helping Jewell stay at home where she wants to be.

*****Kids and grandkids took Bobby and Delores Fenton to the Magic Time Machine in San Antonio to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on Saturday, December 12th. Their anniversary is actually Christmas Eve but they celebrated a little early. Those attending were: Bobby and Delores, Missy, Becky and husband Bill Martin and their children, Cole, Sara and Tripp, Sonya and husband Michael "Hooter" Preston and their children, McKenzie, MaKayla and Slayton. It was also Bill and Cole’s birthday celebration.....Cole’s was the 4th and Bill’s is the 13th. In case you have never been, all the waiters are in costumes of different movie characters. Our waitress was a cute little "very" pregnant bumble bee, but when they came to sing to them for their birthdays and anniversary, they got all the "hot looking" girls like Daisy Duke and one that looked just like Angelina Jolie in the movie "Tomb Raiders". Since it was the Fenton’s grandson, Cole’s 14th birthday, the girls really made a big deal over him and he had his picture made with both of them. It was great fun and now all the grandkids want to go there for their birthday.

*****Laura Farmer & Kevin hosted Aunt Candice (Laura’s sister from Austin) & cousins Cindy Nagel, Sean Johnson, Lynn and Wayne Lewis from Burnet to the Live Nativity play at the Methodist Church, dinner at Dairy Queen, & the horse drawn buggy ride around town to look at the CHRISTmas lights. When it was over they went to PEC to see Santa. They had a great time & it was certainly great entertainment at a very inexpensive price. They are planning another outing next weekend.

*****Shane Buck is home recovering after back surgery. Recovery is very slow but he is doing well. Shane’s father Curtis stayed after surgery and has been with the Buck family to help with Jerry Ann’s honey do list.

*****The Ruth Class of First Baptist Church hosted their annual Christmas party in the church Fellowship Hall on December 14. Class members were Oleta Sisson, Deborah Christian, Pat Dildine, Joycelyn Carter, Bobby Abbott, Gertrude Whittington, Ola Matus, Mary Dyer, Norma Kinchen, & teacher Mary Weirich. Honored guests were members of the Dorcas Sunday Class whick included teacher Louise Gravenor, Ima Hobbs, Bunny Johnson, Janie Moreland, Daisy Cox, and Roberta Robards. Associates & other friends included Dorothy Lackey, Shirley Lawson, Juanita Preece, Sherry Jenkins, Joy Watson, Donna McCormick, Charlotte Matthews, & Angie Stearns. Lunch furnished by the Ruth Class was delicious & varied.

*****Also having their annual Christmas Party on Monday, December 14 was the City of Johnson City. The site was Silver K and those attending were Mayor, City Council, City employees, Police Reserves, grant consultants, County Commissioners & their families. The building abounded with good food & good conservation.

*****Another Christmas party held this week was the Lone Star Red Hatters. This event took place at Uncle Kunkels. You should have seen all the Red Hats! They are always so beautiful & different.

*****Janie Moreland celebrated her birthday on Tuesday, December 15th. Her granddaughters Shay & Michala Zbytovsky honored her with a tea party. That night she celebrated with friends Pat Dildine & Robyn Henderson at the Navajo Grill in Fredericksburg.

*****You might be a Johnson City native if you can remember when girls were not allowed to wear pants to school unless it was very, very cold.

*****Happy Birthday wishes to: December 18th – Elmo Cox, Bill Wiemers & Bill Althaus; December 19th – Jim Odiorne, Colleen Mace, Melissa Buchkoltz, Brittni Coleman, Jane Phillips, George Barnette, & Fabian Weirich; December 20th - James Wittkohl & Hunter Stearns; December 21st – Wren Liesmann; December 22nd – Ronnie Bushnell, Hagen Birck, Avery Stueler, Josh Brodbeck; December 23rd – Linda Crofts; and on December 24th – Kristi Skylar.

*****Anniversary Congratulations to Will & June Dahmann on June 22!

*****Tip for the week: What are you to do? Before you make a commitment, make sure you understand what exactly is expected of you. Are you expected to organize the entire party or just cook a dessert?

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