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*****Honolulu was the scene of the National Farm Bureau Convention, attended by Ann & Don Casey, Wendy & Glen Sultemeier & Christine & Adrian Schulze. They had 3 days of meetings with a visit to Pearl Harbor on one afternoon. Then they went to the big island of Hawaii for another 5 days at Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort. They visited an Abalone Farm, a Kona Coffee farm, the Parker Cattle Ranch, a Macadamia Nut factory, the Rainbow Falls and the Volcanoes National Park. It was a wonderful trip, they learned and enjoyed much, but were all glad to get back home.*****Pearl Hedlund says a Big Thanks to all her friends for the cards and telephone calls to help her celebrate another birthday!! The big day was on January 18, 2012.*****Save the date, Johnson City: The Bingo Benefit for the Library is Saturday, March 3. Tickets can be purchased at the front desk of the library or from any Johnson City Woman’s Civic Club member.*****January 18th a fabulous group of over 50 Fly Fishing Gals called “Sisters on the Fly” are coming to Johnson City for 4 days and leaving on Sunday morning. They stayed at Miller Creek RV Park in their one of a kind, uniquely embellished vintage campers! *****Big Stock Show cleanup & preparations happened at the Blanco County Fair Grounds this past weekend. Everyone was getting ready for the Youth Stock Show on the 27th, 28th, & 29th. Good luck to all the participants, parents, sponsors & buyers.*****Get well wishes to Mandy Hurlbut who has been in an Austin hospital this week. Hopefully she will be on the mend by the time you read this.*****Congratulations to Michala Zbytovsky & Taylor Buck on making the Marble Falls Select softball team after last weekend’s tryouts. They are the daughters of Tokpa & Emily Zbytovsky and Shane & Jerry Ann Buck respectively. I apologize if I missed another Johnson City member who made the team but went the info I had.*****You might be a Johnson City native if you can remember when the hill on N Avenue E near the First Christian Church was called Glidden hill after the Glidden family who owned the house on the left at the bottom of the hill. Stella Glidden was editor of the Johnson City Record Courier for many, many years.*****Happy Birthday wishes to: January 28th – Espy Holford, Nor4ma Kinchen & Grant Pittman; January 29th – Barbara Wilson, Jennifer, Paige Whittaker, Nathan Wilson, Will Shelton & Paul Radich; January 30th – Scott Crofts, John Leslie, Margie Kneese, Chris Hawkins & Opal Stableford; & on February 1st – Flora Cox, Bill Stokes, & Kelly Laughton.*****Anniversary Congratulations to Mrs. & Mrs. Alan McKean on February 2nd.*****Tip for the week: Keep an Entertainment Journal. Spot a restaurant that looked intriguing? At a glance, it might be a nice place to dine at sometime. Pull out a small journal you can store in the door side pocket and jot down the establishment’s name, location and some general notes about why it looked interesting. This journal is a helpful travel companion that’s always on board, ready to give restaurant suggestions whenever you’re in the mood to eat out. Use the journal to help remember details about parks, stores and attractions you want to visit, or may visit again in the future. You might see someplace that that would be fun to visit. But without writing it down, you rarely remember to go back. When you do end up trying out the place, add additional information to your original entry after the evening was over. What a handy reference, and a great way to remember to get to all those interesting places!*****I’ll see you again when there’s more news. Speaking of news, if you have some, email it to imasnoop01@gmail.com.