August 6, 2009

What is a book club? We all know what a club is...they have various names, they are for all ages, and people of common interest. I’m sure all of you belong to or have belonged to some sort of club or organization in your lifetime. In your school yearbooks it always listed the clubs you belonged to beside your picture.

Here we are, back at the porch and watching for rain. We get so excited if we see a sprinkle that we want to take a picture of it. Now, that is truly sad. We had our Tenant Association Meeting on Tuesday. We had a wonderful turnout for this and we had some cake, coffee, and tea to serve.

Curiosity Quilts are one-of-a-kind flights of fancy. One such quilt was made and entered in a contest sponsored by Sear and Roebuck in 1933. This was the start of what we know as a Quilt Show and the idea formed very quickly as a way to show off your labors of love.

What can I say about my friend Patsy who lives in Baytown, except that she is a neat person, a clean person, and always prepared for any eventuality? But we all have a friend like Patsy, don’t we? Right here in Johnson City I can think of at least three and I bet if you don’t know these particular three women, you will know one like them in your circle of friends.

*****Jewell Sultemeier went to Llano on Monday to play 42 with her children at her daughter’s house. B.J.’s daughter, Savanna, has gone to Menard to their church camp for this week and Mattie has gone to her aunt and uncle’s in Magnolia for the week. B.J. and Amber won’t have anything to do all week. *****Harry and Patty Carpenter had a short but sweet visit from their granddaughter, April Stevens on Wednesday.

“I sound muffled? Listen, I can’t even BREATHE through this mask without fogging my glasses, much less talk on the telephone!” Pastor Sid Spiller and secretary JoAnn Routh tested working conditions using the new supply of face-masks and plastic gloves at the First United Methodist Church in Johnson City. The protective items are an amusing nuisance now, but will become essential if the swine flu takes hold in the community.

While some think of swine flu as “the pandemic that didn’t happen”, public health professionals see it as “the pandemic that’s about to happen”, and local groups are preparing to help their neighbors get through a flu season that could sicken thousands and kill dozens — in Blanco County alone. It’s not a cause for panic, they emphasize, but a dose of awareness and preparation will go a long way toward keeping your family from becoming an unpleasant statistic. “It’s very ...

Several residents of Blanco County have been informed of winning lottery/sweepstakes contests etc. only to find out they were scammed. The scammers have become increasingly creative in their scamming campaigns, and are providing materials that appear extremely realistic. One resident received an unsolicited check in the mail, delivered by UPS, with their name on it, for a large sum of money.

Get your Exhibit Hall entries ready to show Now’s the time to start preparing your entries for the Blanco County Fair Exhibit Hall. Entries will be accepted from 10 am to 7 pm on Thursday, August 13. There is no fee to enter. Entry forms are available at the Exhibit Hall upon check-in or at the Texas AgriLife Extension Service office located in the Blanco County Courthouse Annex at 200 N.

Johnson City Quilt Guild met Thursday, July 23rd at the Catholic Church in Johnson City with 16 members present and 2 guests. The guests were Dee Merrill and her husband from Dripping Springs. After a short meeting and our usual show and tell, Dee presented our program by sharing her quilts and works of art that she has gathered over the past few years.

With school athletic programs gearing up for a new season, Hill Country Memorial Hospital will offer a free sports medicine seminar for middle school and high school athletes and their parents. The seminar is set for Wednesday, Aug. 19, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Hill Country Memorial Wellness Center in Fredericksburg at 1006 S.

Almost 5,000 citizens of Marble Falls and 2,500 residents of Horseshoe Bay have convenient access to orthopedic surgeons Daniel B. Robertson, MD, and Joseph M. Cohn, MD—and the care of Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg. Dr. Robertson is seeing patients every Friday at the Hill Country Memorial Hospital Specialty Clinic in Marble Falls, located at 1002 Ninth St., Ste.

The summer heat has about burned the green thumb off all of us, but maybe there is hope for the indoor gardener. Once again Master Gardeners will be sponsoring the plant competition booth at the Blanco County Fair. Registration begins on Thursday, August 13th at 10:00 AM and continues till 7:00 PM.

Shirley Kay Keaton, 66, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at her home in Johnson City, TX. Shirley was born in Springfield, MO February 18, 1943 to Forrest and Beulah Pickett Smotherman. She was preceded in death in 2008 by her husband of 47 years, James Robert Keaton. Shirley was a very domestic person, enjoying sewing, quilting, and crocheting.

Dear Editor, This letter is in reference to the recent ignorant and cowardly act of defacing public property at the Johnson City Recycling Center wherein a person or persons unknown painted racial slurs, swastikas, and KKK on a recycling bin. By virtue of what was done, this action constitutes a hate crime under both state and federal statutes.

Dear Editor, Since last week’s edition went to press, I learned exactly how our house was saved from the grassfire of the 26th and who was responsible for saving it. This is a wonderful story to share with our community and to give commendation where it is well-deserved! We were not home when the call went out at about 2:50 p.m.

Even parents can’t escape school tests. For you and millions of other moms and dads in Texas, August is the time to stand and deliver in exams covering parental skills such as fashion consulting, transportation planning, diplomacy and motivational speaking. Another major test, sometimes overlooked in the rush, is ensuring that your kids have all pre-school vaccinations required by the state of Texas.

The 2009 Volleyball and Football season is officially underway. Coaches held their informational meeting this past Saturday morning for parents and athletes. Policy and expectations were covered and questions answered, as we start a new sports year at LBJ High School. New to the coaching staff at LBJ are Melissa Wood, Jr.

“The Committee for Economic Development attracts business leaders who work on long-term policy issues that will keep our economy strong in the decades ahead… We have focused on early childhood because of the strong link that has been shown - by Nobel Laureate Dr. James Heckman and others – between success in the workforce and proven programs for young children… As we look to our workforce needs in the coming century, it is clear that our country’s economic competitiveness is inextrica ...

LBJ Elementary School Kindergarten 2 100 CT. SPIRAL BOOK WIDE RULE 2 GREEN POCKET FOLERS 1 WASHABLE WATERCOLORS 1 8 COUNT CRAYONS 1 24 COUNT CRAYONS 1 WASHABLE 8 COUNT CLASSIC MARKERS 2 LARGE GLUE STICKS 1 GLUE BOTTLE 5 YELLOW NUMBER 2 PENCILS 1 PINK ERASER 1 PAIR BLUNT FISKAR SCISSORS 1 SMALL PLASTIC SCHOOL BOX (NO ZIPPERS) 1 100 COUNT KLEENEX 1 8X10 WHITE (WITH HANDLES) GIFT BAG 1 PKG. 500 COUNT LASER COPIER PAPER 1 TOWL FOR REST TIME IN ADDITION TO ITEMS ABOVE, BO ...

On Saturday, August 15th, Texas Tech University at Highland Lakes will offer the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) Quick Test. “Quick” means the test is being offered on a date other than the regularly scheduled testing dates. The testing period is just as long as the regularly scheduled THEA test. Tests such as the THEA are often required by colleges and universities for entering freshmen to prove skills proficiency in order to comply with the TSI (Texas Success Initiative).

The “Texas Heat”, a team consisting of twelve year old players from the Blanco County area were able to visit Cooperstown, New York this past week and were given the opportunity to play at the Cooperstown Dreams Park facility. Alan Gray from Blanco was the coach who put the team together in the early spring of this year.

No local post office locations appear on the July 28 list of nearly 700 potential candidates being considered by the Postal Regulatory Commission for closure. Thirty six post offices located in Texas are included on the list of possible closures, including one each in Dallas, Irving, Lewisville and Arlington; two in Lubbock; four in Austin, El Paso and Houston; eight in Ft.