October 8, 2009

LBJ HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 6 pm at the LBJ Middle School Band Hall. For more information contact 512-924-5881 or send email to lbjbandboosters@live.com. EARLY BIRD 4-H CLUB meets second Tuesday, Pleasant Hill School. Call Texas Cooperative Extension, Blanco County for more information, 868-7167. HILL COUNTRY SPURS 4-H CLUB meets third Tuesday, Blanco County Fairgrounds Riding Arena, 6:30 pm and focuses on the 4-H Horse Project.

The parishioners of Good Shepherd Catholic Church would like to thank those who supported our Mexican dinner and raffle this past weekend. It is the generous support of the community that contributes to the success of this event. We would also like to thank our parishioners and everyone who gave their time in the planning, preparation and execution of Sunday’s festivities.

Friday, October 9: SWBC Mortgage Ribbon Cutting: Senior Loan Officer for SWBC, Tony Stevenson, would like to invite Johnson City citizens to their official ribbon cutting in Johnson City. Come by the Johnson City Visitors Center located in the restored Withers & Spauldings Building, 100 E. Main (Hwy 290) in Johnson City to welcome them as a new member of the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce.

Danna Kirsten Lengefeld and Paul Louis McClelland were married Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the historic Landmark Inn in Castroville, Texas. The Honorable Mark Haby performed the double-ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of LTC (ret) and Mrs. John D. Lengefeld of Johnson City, Texas. The groom is the son of Mrs.

We are seeking sponsorships for the Lights Spectacular 5K Run. The run will be held on Saturday, November 28, 2009 during the Lights Spectacular opening weekend. 100% of the proceeds from the run will be used to fund local community organizations or to help individuals with utility bills, rent, food or any other emergency need they may have.

Pedernales Electric’s Financial Strategies, Contracts and Budget Committee met in Johnson City on Sept. 30 and recommended that the full Board of Directors consider a resolution to address the issue of excessive uncollected debt being experienced by the Cooperative. The committee is chaired by District 1 Director and Vice President Cristi Clement and includes District 5 Director R.B.

Pedernales Electric General Manager Juan Garza returned to work today after his doctors gave him a clean bill of health following a recent surgical procedure. Garza had a lesion removed from the left side of his brain on Sept. 3, and Paul Hilgers has served as Acting General Manager for the duration of Garza’s absence.

On 10-02-2009 a citizen turned in a pellet gun to the Johnson City Police Department that was found at the intersection of Hwy 281 and Old Austin Hwy. If you lost this item; please contact Captain Randy Holland at the Johnson City Police Department to identify and claim your pellet gun @ (830)868-0995

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and as the keynote speaker at the Hill Country Memorial Wellness Center Dinner Seminar and Style Show, Ms. McMahon will tell her story and of the people who helped her every step of the way. “Before I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” Ms.

The Hill Country Chapter is hosting the 2nd Annual Daletta Andreas Memorial Golf Tournament on Friday October 23rd at Riverhill Country Club. The tournament was a great success last year and critical funds were raised to support chapter service delivery. The goal for 2009 is to have at least 100 golfers participate.

Members of the Pleasant Hill – Rocky Community Club will meet this Thursday, October 8th, at 6:00 p.m. to plan for the club’s annual benefit feast, the Smorgasbord, which is held on the evening of the opening day of deer season every year. This year’s event falls on Saturday, November 7th. Dating back to 1958, the Smorgasbord features traditional, home-cooked food and attracts area residents, friends, and visiting hunters.

Blanco County food service establishments are under the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) jurisdiction. DSHS requires that each food establishment has one certified food manager on site. Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Blanco County, is offering a food manager certification training course. This program will be offered for $110 on October 19 and 20 at the Blanco Library large meeting room.

It is the first Monday of October and we have started out with a Tenant Association Meeting. This is a fun way to start out a week as we discuss Third Friday Luncheon and Halloween. We are already planning on nominations for new officers for 2010. My how a year does fly by.

On the last leg of our trip, we were fortunate to stay two nights with Sherrys’ cousin Clara. Not only was she a wonderful cook and hostess; she was a great tour guide. Sherry stayed home and rested while Clara and I found two wonderful quilt shops. Clara doesn’t quilt but she was gracious enough to drive me to the two shops.

The Milky Way Triangle, also called the Summer Triangle, is currently high overhead in the early evening. Formed by three of the night sky’s bright stars — Vega, Altair, and Deneb — the triangle is easy to identify. Vega, the brightest overhead star, is a little to the northwest of the sky’s straight-up point, called the zenith.

Prissy is our 6 year old low bred Chihuahua, in fact she was born into what was formerly a pig pen in the adjoining county. I didn’t see any pigs in the pen where we picked her up but I swear she makes pig noises, not the squeal really, but a grunting sound when she scours my kitchen floor looking for any bit of food I might have dropped. Prissy bonded with Pat instantly when he picked her up out of that pig pen over the three other pups so she doesn’t hide her loyalty to him.

*****The John Gipson family celebrated their annual reunion on Sept. 26th at the Pleasant Hill Schoolhouse. Jackie Pearce, Ray Sultemeier, Ola and Charles Matus, Maxine Parrott and Mary and Tommy Thurlkill, Hoot and Dard Gipson were there as well as all the kinfolks who live out of town. Tempie Roberts came from Salem, Oregon, Jim Devers and his wife Kris from St.

On Tuesday, October 6th the Johnson City City Council held their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The agenda was full of items that the council needed to discuss and decide on and the meeting lasted nearly two hours. 2010 Census Is Coming The first person to address the council was Duane Wilhite, a partnership assistant with the Census Bureau.

A little rain didn’t keep lavender lovers from coming out to Johnson City and the area lavender farms this weekend. Visitors were from all areas of Texas and from as far away as California and Canada. The Johnson City Visitors Center reported that visitors were nonstop throughout the day, interested in not only the lavender farms, but also interested in other Johnson City- area attractions.

The correct answer is, yes: the H1N1 swine flu pandemic is here in Texas and even Blanco County. It just doesn’t look like what most people expected. In the movies, people drop like flies when an epidemic hits, all at the same time, as the disease spreads as fast as special effects allow. In real life, though, it works differently.

Americans will be effectively facing a 15 percent tax hike if the cap-and-trade provision of the current energy policy in Congress becomes law, Blanco County Farm Bureau S & T Adrian Schulze said. “U.S. citizens will pay up to $200 billion annually, or approximately $1,700 per household,” said Schulze, explaining the analysis by the U.S.

Max, the five-year-old Miniature Donkey gelding, owned by Sally Armstrong of Johnson City, won the gelding halter class at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City on September 26th and 27th. He also placed 2nd out of 17 in the trail class. Max placed in all his classes, including the costume class where he was dressed in a red basketball jersey and shorts and even wore donkey tennis shoes!

Mike Krueger, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist from Kerrville, will speak on “Wild Turkeys in the Hill Country,” on October 13 at the Gillespie Country Extension AgriLife Building, 95 Friedrick Road in Fredericksburg beginning at 7:00PM. This presentation is sponsored by the Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center as part of their monthly Nature Series programs held during school month period. Krueger, a native of Seguin, earned a degree in wildlife science from Texas A&M ...

We have all seen abandoned gardens which despite being neglected and uncared for are flourishing, flowering and beautiful. The plants you see in these gardens are probably native or adapted plants that are suited to our Texas soils and climate and can survive our long dry summers. Our busy lives leave us with limited time to spend in our gardens.

Ray V. Brown, 88, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Saturday, October 03, 2009. Ray was born in Youngstown, Ohio to William Jennings Brown and Annastasia Hollis Brown. Ray served his country with the U.S. Army during WWII and is a Purple Heart recipient.

Johnson City Police Department Reports These reports were filed between Sep. 10 and Sep. 17. Sep. 10 • 400 Block Ave C. 12:29 AM. Citizen Assist • Hill Country Inn. 2:30 AM. Criminal Mischief • East Main. 6:38 AM. Traffic Stop • E Main and LBJ. 6:50 AM. Traffic Stop • 700 Us HWY 281 South #117.

The LBJ High School Jr. Class is planning a Barbeque Fundraiser to support various school functions such as the Jr/Sr Prom. This fundraiser will be held before the Johnson City/Blanco football and volleyball games on October 23 from 4 to 6pm. Meals will be served “to go” style, and will be sold in 2 locations, LBJ High School and Shockley Field.

The LBJ High School and Middle school cross country teams participated in one of the largest cross country meets in the state , the Round Rock McNeil meet, this past Saturday, October 3rd at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. This meet is run on the same course as the state meet thus making it one of the most difficult courses in the state.

The LBJ Eagle junior varsity football team fell to the Harper Longhorns in a district game this past Thursday, October 1 at Harper 30-0. The game was shortened to just one half of play due to bad weather in the area. The Eagles got off to a slow start both offensively and defensively but showed improvement in each area as the game progressed.

The Johnson City Eagles hosted the Harper Longhorns Friday night in a hard fought football game, but came up short by a score of Harper 41 and Eagles 6. The only score for the Eagles came in the second period when Junior quarterback Cody Smith connected with Junior Kris McDonald on a 38 yard touchdown pass, extra point failed. Quarterback Smith was 10 completions in 18 attempts and 2 interceptions for the night. Junior Laramie Blackwell had 5 catches for 48 yards.

Gray Team: Fought hard against Blanco, but was defeated in two games. Haley Sharp did a fantastic job serving and playing defense. White Team: Fought hard and was defeated in two games. Rayvn Ross led the offense with great serves. Maroon Team: Maroon team came very close to defeating Blanco, but was defeated 25 to 19 and 25 to 20.

The Lady Eagles played a tough match against Blanco last Tuesday night falling in three games to the Lady Panthers. They got off to a slow start and had a tough time serve receiving. The scores were14-25,12-25, and 17-25. The Lady Eagles also fell to the undefeated Harper Lady Longhorns.

Bill will Allow Prisons to Employ Cell Jamming Technology WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Hutchison-backed legislation allowing prisons to block calls from contraband cellular phones has unanimously passed the Senate. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced the legislation to prevent prison inmates from using smuggled cellular phones by allowing states to petition to operate wireless jamming devices in particula ...