July 31, 2008

We welcome our little Princess with love! Grayci Mickayl Gale. Grayci was born at 8:27am on June 2, 2008 at the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. She weighed 8 lbs and was 20.5 inches long. Proud parents are Michael and Kayla, and BIG brother Grant Gale. Grandparents are Bill & Peggy Lindig (Omie & Opie) of Johnson City and Doris Gale (Nanny) of Granite Shoals.

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Kneese of Johnson City were married in Rockport, Texas, on July 9th, 2008. Todd’s children, Kayla and Colt Kneese, and Sandra’s children, Sam Welch and to-be daughter-in-law, Ranelle Jones, also attended. It was a sunset beach-side wedding. Afterwards, dinner was enjoyed at a local restaurant by the whole family.

Things are still happening here. We sit on the porch and share what we can and just have a good time. It has been a nice and quiet week around here and it looks like another quiet week. We got some much needed rain and you can already tell the difference in the yards around here.

Keeping on the subject of “Then and Now” we will be looking at scissors (then) and rotary cutters (now) today. Our subject is rotary cutters and a few tips for using them. If you do not feel comfortable, you may choose to use the “then” version for cutting out your quilt patterns.

Starting Weight: 288.6 This Weeks Weight: 276.0 Down 12.6 pounds Time Spent: 6 Weeks One of my favorite Aesop’s Fables is The Tortoise and the Hare. An abbreviated version of that story goes a little something like this: Once upon a time there was a hare that saw a tortoise walking ever so slowly, along the road.

I am wondering what will be next in this ever increasing price rising and what will we be cutting back on next? We have lived out here for 24 years and just in the last 3 years we finally got home delivery of the Austin Statesman. At first they just came to the top of our driveway and left it there and then came on down our drive and for the nicest long time it was at our gate every time we opened our baby blue eyes.

At the same hour Hurricane Dolly was blowing ashore in south Texas, Daniel Lumpkin was in Johnson City passing on buckets of cleaning supplies for flooding victims. Each “flood bucket” contains a complete cleaning kit for a flooded house, down to clothes pins and line for drying laundry when the power is off.

LBJ ELEMENTARY CAMPUS: 2008-2009 Our new year will begin with new student registration on Monday and Tuesday, August 4th and 5th. All students new to the district and any Kindergarten students not registered will do so on these two days. Documents needed for registration are: Birth certificate, shot record, and social security card. Class lists will be posted at 3:00 PM on Thursday, August 21.

The American Red Cross says it will begin offering CPR, First Aid and AED training in Blanco County quarterly, as a result of increased local interest in taking the classes. Ten residents turned out in Johnson City Saturday to spend all day learning to save the lives of family, friends and neighbors.

Press release provided by Pedernales Electric Coop Dr. Stuart Nunnally, District 1 Advisory Director on the Pedernales Electric Cooperative Board of Directors, has announced his resignation from the Board, effective immediately. District 1 encompasses portions of Burnet and Lampasas counties, including the city of Marble Falls. In a letter sent to PEC Board President R.B.

July 22, 2008-At the Special meeting of the Commissioner’s Court, held in the Johnson City Courthouse at 9:00AM, Judge Guthrie received the authority to sign a contract for a previously discussed stairway addition to the courthouse, submitted by Fromberg Associates, Ltd. The stairway addition will be built according to Historical Commission guidelines and is in response to concerns over potential building code violations due to periodic overcrowding, such as times of a jury selection process. The Court also approved an inter-governmental purchase of a chip spreader for $35,000 from Walker County.

(AUSTIN) — With the rising cost of gasoline, groceries and other goods, the annual clothing sales tax holiday will help families’ back-to-school budgets go farther, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said today. Combs announced that the 10th annual sales tax holiday will take place Aug. 15-17. During the tax holiday weekend, most clothing and shoes priced less than $100 can be purchased tax free.

The 2008 Blanco County Fair Exhibit Hall will feature several new events for both children and adults on Saturday, August 16. Four FREE activities are planned for the kids. PEC Programs Representatives will be on hand to present the Louie the Lightning Bug program. Texas Farm Bureau Field Representative, Dennis Dean will be on hand with the Mobile Learning Barn.

A woman stands in line at the grocery store. In her basket is a package of oxtails, some milk, bread, eggs, three packages of frozen corn and a can of chicken soup. She has five children to feed. Fortunately, she also has a Lone Star Card in her purse. This card is her key to the Food Stamp Program, the first line of defense against hunger for low-income Americans since 1977.

Stonewall, TX – The third and final free movie night for this summer season will be presented by Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park on Saturday, August 9, with a rain date of the following evening, August 10. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, the classic Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn comedy-drama that also stars a young Sidney Poitier, is the original version that Johnson family, friends and neighbors saw in the ranch airplane hangar in the late 1960s.

At the recent Town Hall meetings, Johnson City residents expressed concern about the community’s appearance and listed a number of ways that citizens and government officials can work together to beautify the city. “The mayor and city manager attended the July 25 TownScape Task Force meeting,” said Norma Honeycutt, co-chair of the Catch the Spirit Campaign.

Golfers are invited to play to support college scholarships for Hill Country students. The fifth annual Red & Black Golf Classic sponsored by the Hill Country Chapter of the Texas Tech Alumni Association will be held Saturday, September 6 at Lady Bird Johnson Golf Course, Fredericksburg TX. Registration and lunch at 11:30 am with a shotgun start at 12:30 pm.

• Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park vehicular access to and from the Johnson Settlement via the east Settlement Road entrance is closed. Ingress and egress is via S. Avenue N and Back 40 Road. *****Cami Butler and girls Lacey and Ashley went to Oklahoma for a week to visit family. *****Lacey Butler and her team 12 U (12 and under) Freeze of Austin placed third in nationals in Beaumont recently. *****Our thoughts and prayers are with Tillie Lindemann.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department finalized the early season migratory game bird regulations, which includes dove and teal seasons for 2008-09. Texas hunters will see a 16-day September teal season and no changes to the South Dove Zone segments. The North Zone runs Sept. 1-Oct. 30, with a 15-bird bag and not more than two white-tipped dove; the Central Zone is Sept.

The State of Texas came closer to a decision on its allegations against Mark McMain and the Blanco Volunteer Ambulance Corps when Administrative Law Judge Ann Landeros sent her recommendation to Department of State Health Services Commissioner David LaKey on Thursday, July 25, in the case of DSHS vs. Mark McMain.

Take an active role in the Blanco County Fair by entering your prize plants in the Flowers and Plants exhibit. The booth is sponsored by Texas AgriLIFE Service, Blanco County and the Blanco County Master Gardeners Association. The Flowers and Plants exhibit has multiple categories of flower and plants including: Potted Plants, Cut Flower Arrangements, Hanging Baskets, Cacti, Dish Gardens, Terrariums, Floral Wreaths, and Artificial Flower Arrangements.

The Blanco County Master Gardeners and Texas AgriLIFE Service, Blanco County will be conducting a workshop on Tuesday, August 19 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The workshop is entitled “Go Native: Landscaping with Native Plants” and will be held at the Exhibit Hall at the Fairgrounds in Johnson City. The workshop will focus on designing landscapes using a wide variety of Texas Hill Country native plants – from trees, to shrubs and bushes, to native grasses and wildflowers, to perennials and finally to annuals.

Funeral services for Betty Schnell, 68, of La Grange were held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. Pastor Dennis Bragdon officiated. Interment followed in the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Cemetery. Betty died on July 20. Betty Jean Schnell was born October 15, 1939 in Granger, the daughter of Alfred Christ and Otillie Agustina (Cervenka) Lindemann.

The image of Texas around the world often centers on a cowboy herding longhorns or a roughneck working on an oil rig. Texans cherish their western, and oil and gas heritage, but we also know that no single portrait can capture the diversity of our land, our people and our traditions. In Texans One and All, John L.

Dear Editor: There is a new face at Dairy Queen these days and that new face is Robyn Henderson. She wasn’t there today when I went in to check this out, but I was still greeted by a familiar face, that of Faye Lechow. Faye tells me she will still be there and that she isn’t going anywhere.

The average Texas family now spends around $100 to fill up its truck or SUV, so imagine the financial burden confronting our nation’s air carriers, as they struggle to fuel their fleets amid soaring energy costs – a 737 aircraft burns more than 885 gallons of jet fuel per hour at cruising altitude.

Public records information is compiled by Charles Willgren from reports filed at the Blanco Police Department, Blanco County Sheriff’s Office, Blanco Volunteer Fire Department, Blanco County Clerk, District Clerk, and Justices of the Peace offices. Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Criminal Cases Convictions will not appear this week. Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, Criminal Cases Convictions will not appear this week. Johnson City Police Reports These reports were filed between Jun 15 and Jun 18, and Jul 3 and Jul 9. Jun 15 • Verbal Disturbance.

These things you have done and I kept silence; you thought that I was just like you. Psalm 50:21 A Christian leader told me about boarding a small commuter plane for a short flight out of Nashville. Moments after he settled in, a flight attendant’s voice came on the loudspeaker and said, “When the pilot steps onto the plane, I want you to clap for him.

When the motor on our pump gave out, the repairman advised that we replace both the pump and motor. The cost was nearly six hundred dollars and we had about half of that amount. “How are we going to pay for this?” my worried wife asked. “I don’t know, I replied.” But that day a check came in the mail to cover the total cost of the repair. Two years later, about midnight, we discovered we were without water.

Kindergarten 3 100 Ct. Spiral Book Wide Rule 2 Pocket Folders 1 Green Folder With Brads 1 Washable Watercolors 1 8 Count Crayon 1 24 Count Crayon 1 Washable 8 Count Classic Markers 4 Large Glue Sticks 10 Number 2 Pencils 1 Pink Erasers 1 Pair Blunt Fiskar Scissors 1 Small Plastic School Box (No Zippers) 1 4 Pack Dry Erase Markers 1 100 Count Kleenex 1 Box Baby Wipes 2 8x10 White(with Handles) Gift Bags 1 Pkg.

“Ignite the Flame” was the familiar phrase we heard at the 80th Annual State FFA Convention. Not only was this the theme of the convention, but also was a message of what we and more than 10,000 other Texas FFA members would be doing in Lubbock, TX July 14-18. The Johnson City FFA members who attended were DC Bundy, Zachary Denton, Garrett Dieke, Kyrna Licea, Megan Marks, Kayla Meier, Mason Moreland, Mindy Powers, Ashley Sultemeier, Slater Sultemeier, and Clayton Turner.

This is an important notice to all athletes that plan on participating in athletics for the 2008-2009 school year and their parents. There will be a Parent Meeting on Saturday, August 2nd at 10:00am in the High School cafeteria. Along with the information concerning the athletic school year, there will be a series of items that will be handed out and need to be returned.

The Johnson City Youth Football League is ready to kick off the 2008 Season. Registration is over, so a big “thank you” to all those little Fighting Eagles who have registered to join the league. The JCYFL will be hosting a Season Opening Banquet/Orientation this Friday, August 1st at 7pm at the PEC Auditorium in the PEC Headquarters Building here in Johnson City.We are asking for all parents and members (football players and cheerleaders) to attend.