December 31, 2009

The Kerrville Performing Arts Society will ring in 2010 with continued opportunities for the community to attend a variety of programs. In January, an evening out at Kerrville’s Cailloux Theater will feature two outstanding ensembles from around the globe...Amalia Hernández’s Ballet Folklórico de México and woodwind players from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berlin Philharmoniker). January 21st and 22nd, KPAS will feature the colorful, brilliant, ...

Project Graduation planning for LBJ High School Seniors is now in progress. There will be a meeting for parents on January 11th at 6 pm in the High School Commons area. Attendance would be appreciated so that this event will be successful.

Cadet First Class Robert Kristopher Woods of Richmond Hill graduated Dec. 18 from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. A 2004 graduate of Richmond Hill High School, Woods is the son of Robert and Kathryn Woods of Richmond Hill, and the grandson of J.E.

On 12/17/09 Randy Holland, Jenifer Holland and Raymond Weeks of Johnson City filed paperwork with the Blanco County Clerk to operate a non-profit organization called Youth Community Assistance Program. This Program will be available for all youth, ages 11-18 years of age. Youth Community Assistance will be sponsoring activities periodically at the ASB Karate Studio on South Avenue G.

The Hill Country Memorial Hospital Passport 55 program has 20 seats available to see Tim McGraw at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo on Saturday, Feb. 6. Passport 55 offers people over the age of 55 the opportunity to travel on both one-day excursions and far-away vacations with a group. Tim McGraw is a three-time Grammy award-winning country and western singer.

Saturday, January 16, 2010 is the date for the 1st Annual Blanco County Youth Show Salsa Contest. Winner will have year-long bragging rights as the best salsa maker in Blanco County, they will receive a custom made cutting board made by Creative Awards in Fredericksburg. You must live in Blanco County, or have a child who qualifies to show in the Blanco County Youth Show, to enter.

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Well, we have all gotten through Christmas and I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas full of good health. It seems like we have nothing but the best around here. Our Office will be closed for January 1st, 2010. This brings to me a little thought about the New Year.The New Year is the day that marks the end of one year and the beginning of the next year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented.

Well another year has come and gone. Did you get any of your UFO’s finished? I did not. So here I come again with my resolution for 2010, to finish at least two UFO’s. I know you all have some sitting somewhere in a corner or stashed in a drawer.

Four hundred years ago this month, in December 1609, Galileo began his telescopic study of the Moon and almost immediately found evidence that challenged the Aristotelian view that was fundamental to much of the scholarly and ecclesiastical thinking of the day. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle set forth a world view that still influenced Galileo’s 17th century world nearly 2,000 years later.

I bet I received a gift that no other woman in Blanco County got. No it wasn’t a fur coat or a diamond tennis bracelet and certainly it wasn’t a partridge in a pear tree. I really don’t want a bird to take care of and if I had a pear tree and it bore fruit, Pat would want me to put up pears and sell them out on the highway. I really didn’t ask for anything because I couldn’t think of anything I really wanted.

*****Clinton, Diane, Kevin & Travis Sewell & Judy Gibson from Tucson AZ spent Christmas with Melvin & Dale Sewell and visiting with other friends & relatives. *****Mari Renee Grossheim spent the holidays with her Dad Mike Earney just relaxing. *****Get well wishes to Emery Gonzales who spent some time last week in Dell Children’s Hospital! *****Susie Duarte Thorne & her new husband Travis were in Johnson City visiting with folks – Marta ...

The Johnson family unveils Mrs. Johnson’s headstone. From left to right: Luci Baines Johnson, Lyndon Nugent, Nicole Covert, Catherine Robb and Ian Turpin

PEC employees display children’s coats donated by their co-workers.

On Sunday, December 20, members of the Johnson family and invited guests met in the Johnson family cemetery on the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall to unveil the headstone marking the final resting place of Claudia Alta Taylor (known as "Lady Bird") Johnson. Luci Baines Johnson, younger daughter of President and Mrs.

Pedernales Electric Cooperative employees in Johnson City worked together to provide more than 200 donated coats for needy families within the PEC service area. Employees personally distributed 100 coats to area families at PEC’s Blanco Office on Dec. 23. Community Relations Administrative Assistant, Luanne Coleman, said the idea for participating in a coat drive was mentioned while planning the employees’ holiday luncheon.

On Saturday evening, 12/26/09 around midnight neighbors located on Highway 281 in Round Mountain heard a lot of popping sounds and, at first, thought it was fireworks. However when they looked outside, it was far worse. Their neighbors home was on fire and burning fast. The owner of the home wasn’t present, but was located at a friends house.

As part of its annual stock show contributions, Pedernales Electric is donating $17,100 to 33 youth livestock organizations in its service area, including Future Farmers of America chapters, 4-H clubs, livestock associations, booster clubs, junior livestock shows and the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo’s Calf Scramble Committee. PEC’s district managers will present the donations, and the money will be used to help buy animals for members of the organizations to raise, show and sell. ...

Lucy Maude Danz, 92, passed away December 28, 2009 in Fredericksburg, TX. She was born in Blanco County to Albert Felps and Viola Greenhaw Felps. Lucy was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Jay Danz. She is survived by son, Roger Danz and wife Sandra of Johnson City; daughter, Patsy Lanty and husband John of Johnson City; eight grandchildren, David Danz, Tracy Corpus, Pam Dechert, Dale Burks, Linda Maritan, Debbie Marbach, Kevin Lanty, and Matt Lanty; sixteen great grandchildren; ...

Petra Olgine Romero, 82, of Round Mountain, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2009 in Austin, TX. She was born in Leon Springs, TX to Adolpho Olgine and Margarita Gonzales Olgine. Petra was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers; two daughters, Herminia Espinoza and Esperanza Olgine; grand son, Baby Boy Espinoza; and her husband of 45 years, Antonio Romero, Sr. She is survived by aunt, Wanda Rangel of California; nine children, Virginia Celestino of San Antoni ...

Johnson City Police Department Reports These reports were filed between Dec. 12 and Dec. 18. Dec. 12 • EXXON. 1:05 AM. Suspicious Circumstances • Behind Super S. 1:19 AM. Suspicious Vehicle • Speedy. 5:52 AM. Traffic Stop • Dollar General. 7:47 AM. Suspicious Vehicle • Dollar General. 9:12 AM. Traffic Stop • 112 E Main St. 10:14 AM.

The U.S. Senate is rushing to extend the current estate tax rate as it plans for its reappearance in 2011. "Current estate tax allows a person inheriting an estate less than $3.5 million to be exempt," said Adrian Schulze Secretary & Treasurer of the Blanco County Farm Bureau. "If the Senate does not meet their end of the year deadline, a permanent estate tax would be issued in 2011 that could devastate the continuation of farm and ranch enterprises." Unless a new law is ...