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*****On Tuesday when Johnson City had the blizzard of 2010, Janice Nebgen says she loved the imagination of kids. There is a young man who lives on her road, instead of a snowman he built a large mound of snow that was close to five feet tall. He climbed on top and then slid down. Everyone else was building snowmen.

*****Happy 41st wedding anniversary to Vernon and Gretchen Birck, which was on Sunday, February 28th

*****On Saturday, February 20, family and friends gathered at the home of Joe and Louise Paterson for grandson Bradley’s 1st Birthday. There were some very special guests among us. The two pediatric flight EMTs from Dell children’s hospital in Austin came to meet him again. If you remember he was flown by helicopter from Fredericksburg hospital in the middle of the night and stopped breathing in flight last March. It was so nice to be able to thank them personally for saving his life. They hope they will be able to watch him grow every year and become special in his life.

*****There were snowmen & snowball fights all over town during Tuesday’s snowstorm. Kevin and Laura Farmer were spotted playing in the snow having snowball fights for over an hour this morning. Everyone was having so much fun!

*****Get well wishes to Mary Weirich. She is home recuperating after surgery. Heal quickly!

*****Ashley Lusk was honored with a baby shower for her & baby to be, Noah, on Saturday, February 27th. It was held at the Community Park Building & was attended by many friends & family members.

*****Congratulations to Tiffany Moreland! Tiffany is advancing to state in the VASE competition for her art project after competition on Saturday, February 27th. Tiffany’s dad Tim Moreland told everyone he saw on Sunday – he was so proud!

*****Also bragging on their daughter was Pam Lawson. Taylor won first place honors at the horse show in San Angelo on Saturday, February 27th. Way to go, Taylor!

*****Don’t forget the Spaghetti Dinner & Bingo sponsored by the Johnson City Woman’s Civic Club on Saturday, March 6th. It will be held at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall & all proceeds benefit the Johnson City Library.

*****Mark your calendar to have lunch at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church on March 21. Enjoy scrumptious Mexican food including enchiladas, a tamale, taco, rice, beans, tortilla, homemade salsa and dessert. Lunch will be served from 11am until 2pm. Plates are by donation and proceeds will benefit the Religious Education Building Fund.

*****Good wishes to Paul Penick & Jerry Ann Buck who both are having surgery on March 8th.

*****You might be a Johnson City native if you can remember when customers got coupons when purchases were made from participating merchants. Then merchants held a drawing on Saturday afternoon for prizes donated from the merchants.

*****Happy Birthday wishes to: March 5th – Chance Conlon, Colton Conlon, Donnie Garrett, Ray Sultemeier & Laura Farmer; March 6th – Gene Bingham, Merilyn Saxton, Ashlyn Wilson & Katy Odiorne; March 7th – Mandi Bigert, Robert Skyler, Mavis Lemons & Jesse James Harrison; March 8th – Vanessa Luce, Traci Smith, Roger Martinez & Jan Phillips; March 9th – Michala Zbytovsky, Carrie Stark, Bubba Moller, & Paige Rutherford; March 10th – Laramie Blackwell & Tom Mills; and on March 11th – Dottie Arzt, Leslie Saxton, Tommy Sultemeier, Vicki Moreman, Gail Booher, & Scott Baleigh.

*****Who has an Anniversary this week?

*****Tip for the week: To keep lint and dust off glass top tables, wash them in a solution of warm water and fabric softener. Add one tablespoon of liquid fabric softener to one quart of warm water. The fabric softener will clean the glass inexpensively and will help keep lint from gathering on the glass. Also great for computer screens and TV’s.

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