August 20, 2009

The Fredericksburg Chorale under the direction of Mark Hierholzer will be starting its 24th season this month. A workshop will be held on Saturday, August 22, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 426 W. Main. Music for the year will be discussed and worked on but the workshop is open to all and there is no requirement to join the Chorale in order to participate.

After many years of collaboration and careful planning, H-E-B and the City of Dripping Springs today announced that the groundbreaking for the city’s first major made-to-order grocery store will take place in late fall 2009, with the grand opening in 2010. The new store, conveniently located at the southeast corner of the Highway 290 and Rob Shelton Boulevard intersection, will feature both H-E-B and Central Market products requested by residents of Dripping Springs and the surrounding towns.

Stonewall—Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park invites the public to attend a free movie screening of Thunderball, a 1965 action adventure movie starring Sean Connery as James Bond, on Saturday August 29 at 9 pm. The movie will be projected onto an 18 by 25 foot outdoor screen that includes a professional sound system.

Join Texas Hills Vineyard and celebrate the smells of new wine and the harvest season with our 10th Annual Grape Stomp. August 22nd we will be stomping from 10AM to 5PM and the 23rd from 12 Noon to 4PM. You can stomp for free but don’t miss out on foot printing a t-shirt to remember the occasion.

Sunday brought us a very nice Ice Cream Social Hour sponsored by the Community Church of the Hills. We had a good turn out and I have to say the ice cream was delicious. We are so thankful for your gift to us. Folks remember, our Foot Clinic is on August 20th, 2009 @ 304 S.

I have tried and tried to figure out how to make this story into a quilting story but it just did not work out. I am in Maine and have had a wonderful time getting here. We were on the road early on Friday morning traveling towards Palestine, Texas and we kept seeing these signs for noonday onions.

While I am on this kick about me and makeup let me vent about lipstick. Lipstick is well named because this new lipstick that I have tried out really ‘sticks’. In fact it sticks so well that not only does it last all day but into the evening and unless you take really drastic measures you will find traces still on your lips the next morning.

*****Harry and Patty Carpenter had a fun trip to San Antonio last week to watch the Dallas Cowboys practice. They were especially excited to meet with Stephen McGee after practice. He is the son of their Pastor, Rodney McGee who was also there with his wife, Rosemary. Patty is so proud of her purse as that was the only thing she had for Stephen to sign!

On August 18, 2009 the Johnson City City Council met for their regular session meeting. A small handful of people were in attendance to hear the evening’s agenda. Johnson City Mayor, Kermit Roeder began the meeting promptly at 6:00 and addressed the agenda addendum items first. The first addendum item stated that the council was supposed to “consider and possibly take action on a landscaping proposal from the Townscape Task Force.” A representative from the Flora Subcommittee, a sub ...

Pedernales Electric’s Board of Directors received and accepted a 2008 financial audit from the accounting firm BKD during Monday’s Board meeting at PEC’s Johnson City headquarters. BKD gave the Cooperative an unqualified or “clean” opinion, which is the best opinion an auditor can offer. PEC’s Chief Financial Officer Mike Vollmer praised BKD, which is in the first year of a multi-year contract with Pedernales, for its thoroughness and accuracy. “BKD has done exactly what we as ...

Stonewall, Texas—Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park will celebrate the 101st anniversary of President Johnson’s birth on Thursday, August 27. This free celebration begins at 10:00 a.m. with the laying of a wreath on his gravesite in the Johnson family cemetery on the LBJ Ranch. The wreath will be placed by representatives from Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, followed by remarks by Colonel Jackie Van Ovost. After the ceremony, and throughout the day, Lyndon Johnson’s re ...

Just when it looked like a quiet hurricane season, three named storms blew up last week. Tropical Storm Claudette went into the Florida panhandle with only a day’s warning. Ana is forecast to die before reaching the Gulf of Mexico, and Bill may miss the Gulf entirely. If, by some miracle, both were to come to Texas, Ana would cross the beach sometime this weekend, and Bill would be here a week from now. Last year at this time, Hurricane Dolly already had flooded South Texas and Hurricane ...

Kayla Meier, daughter of Anissa and Steven Meier, was crowned Queen on Saturday night at the Blanco County Fair and Rodeo. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Holt. I hope everyone enjoyed the 79th Annual Blanco County Fair and Rodeo! To my parents, family, and friends, thank you for all the well wishes I received upon being crowned Queen.

Shay enjoys a giraffe ride at the fair!

4R Bar Parade Float.

Calf Roping

J Colton Conlon with Parade Award

August is Here Brace yourselves, since July was the hottest July since 1860 what in the world are we in for in August? We know that it is Hot in Texas in August, but the question remains unanswered, how hot will it really get. My smart retired friends like Harris Greenwood are fleeing to the cool country of Colorado.

Tuesday, August 11, found the Johnson City FFA Officers together at the Capstone Ranch in Hye, Texas for their annual FFA Officer Retreat titled “Lead ON!” They were involved in some awesome leadership activities and made plans for the upcoming school year. They established that this should be the best year for the Johnson City FFA.

•Grants to support programs that help restore the Colorado River Watershed and educate families about water conservation The Walmart Foundation today announced a $250,000 grant to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation, the non-profit partner of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, to further support watershed restoration of the Colorado River Basin.

Johanna Elisabeth Allen, 87, passed away Monday, August 17, 2009 in Fredericksburg, TX. Johanna was born in Scheveningen, The Netherlands to Gerard Cornelis and Johanna Catherine Van Marle Blaauw. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 56 years, Ted Allen, and sister, Olga Verjaal-Blaauw. Johanna is survived by her three daughters, Judith Winchell and husband David of Friendswood, TX, Wendy Sultemeier and husband Glenn of Johnson City, and Catherine Barnes and husband Jeff ...

2008 Blanco County Fair and Rodeo Queen Farewell Speech Thank you for attending the Blanco County Queen’s Coronation this evening. Serving as the 2008 Blanco Co Fair Queen has truly been an honor and a privilege. Thank you for allowing me to represent each one of you as an ambassador of our beautiful county which is full of wonderful people.

Dear Editor, Many thanks to Shane Buck,James Dildine,Alton Moreland,Roy Burdett and Jerry Ann Buck for rescuing our cat caught about 10 feet in a stove exhaust vent. The cat couldn’t move, but after much effort the cat was unstuck and pushed out the stove exhaust vent into the kitchen.. By 11:30 AM the cat, Lanny and Barbara Counts and the team from the fire department were very happy with the successful outcome. This happened Saturday morning, August 8, 2009 at about 11:00 AM at 315 ...

Sitting at my computer, I pondered how to answer a letter from a bitter man; bitter because he refused to let go of an attitude that was robbing him of the joy of living. Wronged by a member of his family many years earlier, this angry writer had composed a blistering letter to the relative he felt had contributed to a family breakup from which he had never recovered.

This year, LBJ High School will be offering a new program for any student interested in engineering as a career. Project Lead The Way, or PTLW, is being introduced to LBJ High School by Jana Schmidt. She is the coordinator of the new career and technology education program offered under the newly formed Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) pathway.

This weekend there will be many folks heading to the shops to take advantage of the state’s tax-free status of school clothes and supplies provided to assist families in saving a little money. Students and parents are encouraged to keep the school guidelines for dress and grooming in mind while shopping to ensure that their purchases meet those guidelines and may be worn to school.

We are anxious to welcome our LBJ Middle School students to the new school year! Any students in 5th thru 8th grades who are new to the district will need to come to the Middle School Office (303 North LBJ Drive) to complete a registration packet before August 24th between the hours of 8am to 3pm.

A reminder to all LBJ High School students: Set those clocks five minutes earlier for the 2009-2010 school year! With the addition of an additional academic period to the daily schedule, the first bell will ring at 7:55am, the “boogie bell” at 7:59am and the tardy bell at 8:00am. Also note: Seniors 2010 who are eligible for off-campus lunch must have their signed Permission to Leave Campus for Lunch form turned in to the office in order to be issued a blue card.

The Lady Eagle Volleyball team has been busy already with a first of the year scrimmage and matches. The scrimmage brought Cornerstone Christian and Medina to Johnson City on August 7th. Both the Varsity and Junior Varsity did very well and got good early season practice. Next the Lady Eagles met Lago Vista on Tuesday, August 11th.

The Hill Country Memorial Health System has begun framing on the future home for Women and Children First and Hill Country Medical Clinic located on the north campus of Hill Country Memorial Hospital. The rise of timber reflects eleven years of growth for a practice and the progress of a family dedicated to community health care. In 1981, a 12-year-old Fredericksburg girl dreamed of serving her community as a doctor.