September 25, 2008

Jake Bacon, a 2007 graduate of LBJ High School made the Dean’s List for St. Edward’s University for the spring 2008 semester. Jake, a sophomore at St. Ed’s is the son of Ron and Victoria Bacon. He is currently pursuing a degree in the medical field.

Members of the Johnson City Woman’s Civic Club met on Monday evening at the First Baptist Church to begin the 2008/2009 year. Hostesses Charlotte Matthews, Joycelyn Carter, Ronna Owen, Norma Kinchen, and Patty Carpenter prepared a delicious build-your-own taco and rice dish topped off with coconut and pecans. President Cynthia Keene presided over the meeting and introduced two new members: Karen Brugnoli and Bambi Haley, and Patsy Simpson was welcomed back having previously been a member. Saturday, November 8 is Moving Day for the JC Library!

All the hard work from volunteers and guild members paid off Saturday morning when as soon as the doors opened at 8:45 am, people started coming in. With over 300 people passing through the doors and 18 door prizes given away, the ladies of Johnson City Quilt Guild were kept very busy.

Starting Weight: 288.6 This Weeks Weight: 265.0 Down 23.6 pounds Time Spent: 14 Weeks Next Goal: 25 pounds I drove home from work on Tuesday listening to talk radio like I normally do – when I was informed by Jeff Ward that there is a war raging in America today. In this war there is no search for weapons of mass destruction.

Things are still happening here. Third Friday Luncheon turned out great. We had brisket, turkey. snack trays, potatoes, rice, and deviled eggs. Food was awesome and visiting was a blast. Dominoes were here today. No one showed up for dominoes, but we did have a couple of people show up to play checkers.

If you have not been to the Blanco Library to see the Storybook Quilt Project display, you need to make a trip over. It is a small display of quilts but it is well worth the 15 minute drive and you could do lunch at the Bowling Alley Café. How long has it been since you have done that?

Ok, August is behind us and with it the 100 degree weather we hope is too but is fall really on its way? We thought we’d skip a vacation this year and tough it out here at home but after all those months of days in which the temperatures just kept rising we thought we just needed to get out of here and to a cooler place. We just did that.

While Hurricane Ike did not bring us any rain, it did bring us George Byars’ children: Alan and Nancy Byars and their daughter, Alaina; Karen Byars Blum (her husband is a Pt. Arthur Police Detective and had to stay and keep order) their son, Kevin came for the weekend from Texas A&M; Mark and Donna Byars and their children, Lauren and Mark Alan.

Blanco County and the City of Johnson City will both receive solid waste grants totaling $31,888 through the Capital Area Council of Governments Solid Waste Program. The City of Johnson City will use it $27,388 grant for the purchase of a truck and recycling trailer while Blanco County will use its $4,500 grant for equipment used for the handling of bulky materials and scrap. CAPCOG’s Solid Waste Program recently approved over $400,000 in grant funds from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to sixteen (16) Capital Area communities in support of solid waste management, recycling, and clean-up efforts.

“Music in the Park” is this Saturday from 5-7 right here in Johnson City. Come out to the park on Main Street, bring your lawn chairs and enjoy a great evening of music along with grilled hamburgers and other treats. You don’t want to miss the young local talent that will be appearing.

The County Clerk’s office is currently accepting applications to vote by mail. Individuals who will be absent from the county on the day of the election or are over the age of 65 or disabled are eligible to vote by mail and may contact the County Clerk’s office at 830-868-7357 about obtaining an application to vote by mail. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is October 28, 2008. Early voting in person will start October 20, 2008 in the Blanco County Commissioner’s Courtroom and will run through October 31, 2008.

Wayne Salem, President of Salem’s Jewelry in Marble Falls, has donated a beautiful Lorenzo sterling silver with 18 karat gold green amethyst necklace and earrings set to the Wild Game Dinner, Saturday, October 4th. This cushion cut, with checker board top, amethyst set is being modeled by Katie Baker, daughter of Sale Committee members Pat & Becky Baker.

In conjunction with the Imogen Cunningham exhibit at Photography 414, the show’s curator, Rhonda Lashley, will talk about the photographer and her work at Arts Encounters at the Beninis in Johnson City Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27-28. Presentations by Lashley and others begin at 1:30 p.m. and admission is free. Cunningham, 1883-1976, was known for her colorful personality and individuality as well as her striking photography.

Burglary of Residence – Horseshoe Bay, Texas Horseshoe Bay Police Department and Hill Country Area Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s assistance for any information on a burglary which occurred Wednesday September 17, 2008 between the hours of 5:30 pm and 9 pm. Unknown suspect or suspects entered a residence in Horseshoe Bay West and took two Samsung flat screen televisions a 61inch and a 42 inch valued at over $1,800.00.

If you missed this trip that the Johnson City Library sponsored to visit the Painted Churches in the hill country then you have missed a rare opportunity to see three great and beautiful churches. Each church that we visited was unique and beautiful in its own way and carried with it a story of how it came to be painted and by whom. The painting in the ceilings of the churches were exquisite and except for the last church we visited they were done in soft pastel colors and a lot of gilt paint.

Identification for volunteers! Improve communication with working volunteers! Ease the load on team managers! Those and other needs and improvements came flying Saturday when the Blanco County Disaster Response Group met to review its “silent” shelter work during Hurricane Ike, and find ways to do a better job whenever the next time comes. Some improvements already came through pure luck. Game Night, the regular Friday night table games that rotates among churches in Johnson City and Stonewall, by chance was scheduled for the First United Methodist Church the same night six evacuees arrived seeking shelter. The quick decision both games and shelter would go forward, and the guests joined in the games with a hot round of dominoes. Lesson: Whenever we open a shelter, round up table-game players to help keep shelter guests entertained. The food-service team had snacks and light meals for short-term guests, but if we had to open for full service, we’d need heavier-duty cooking.

The 23rd annual St. Joseph’s Halle Craft Show will open Saturday, October 4 from 9:00 am to 5 pm. Artisans from across the Hill Country will have hand crafted products at the free show in the historic limestone St. Joseph’s Halle at 212 W. San Antonio Street, next to St. Mary’s School.

The Hill Country 100 Club Golf Classic was played Tuesday at the Escondido Club in Horseshoe Bay. Representing Blanco County at the awards ceremony after play were (from left) 100 Club Director David O’Bannon of Johnson City, Blanco County Sheriff Bill Elsbury, and 100 Club Director Lynn Boyd. Funds raised by the 100 Club are used to support First Responders of Blanco, Burnet and Llano County Fire, EMS and Police.

The Blanco County Farm Bureau board of directors recently took steps to ensure the continued success of the farm and ranch organization and its members. According to Blanco County Farm Bureau S&T Adrian Schulze, the Blanco County Farm Bureau board signed off on a uniform cooperative agreement (UCA) formal agreement that establishes the relationship between the county Farm Bureaus and the state and national organizations. “This agreement spells out the responsibilities of both the state and the 207 individual county organizations in Texas,” Schulze said.

Edda Triesch Deike Edda Triesch Deike was born in Blanco, Texas on February 17, 1907 to Henry and Katherine Preiss Triesch. She died in Blanco, Texas at the age of 101 years and seven months on September 18, 2008. Edda was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Deike, her parents, and all of her siblings; 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Edda married Herman Deike on February 10, 1935 at the Trinity Lutheran Church when it was at Twin Sisters.

Mildred Graves Mildred Graves, born in 1908, has passed away at the age of 100. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Graves. She is survivied by her daughter, Betty Mucha, her three grandchildren, Leslee Stewart, David Mucha, and Ronna Harrison. She had four great-grandchildren: Jessica and Katelyn Stewart, Kyle Conyers, and Rayna Web.

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. Johnson City Police Reports These reports were filed between Sep 4 and Sep 10. Sep 5 • Suspicious Persons.

Tim Kimmel, who along with his wife, Darcy, is a frequent speaker at our Weekend to Remember marriage conferences, remembers the two of them going out to eat sometime around his fortieth birthday. As they were waiting for their meal to arrive, he began doodling a crude picture of a casket on his paper napkin. Turning it around to face his wife, he asked, “Darcy, how many people does it take to carry one of these things?” “I don’t know,” she answered.

“Do you recognize me?” a woman asked following a service at her church. “I know I should,” I replied, trying to remember her name. “I’ve lost ninety pounds since you were here last,” she announced proudly. No wonder I hadn’t remembered her. What made her success in slimming possible? Self-control.

2008 Homecoming Court Jessie Rios, Freshman; Kayla Jernigan, Sophomore; Kayla Meier, Junior; Megan Marks, Junior; Selina Solis; Senior; and Haylee Jernigan, Senior. Queen will be crowned at half time Friday night. It is Homecoming week in Johnson City. Spirit week is going strong at the high school. Monday was Camo Day, Tuesday was College/Pro Teams Day, Wednesday was ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s day, Today is twins, triplets, etc.

By Kathleen Spears, Band Booster Members of the LBJ High School Jazz Band attended the ATSSB Region Jazz Auditions at Wimberley High School on Saturday September 20, 2008. Brandon Adams, Michael Banfield and Ethan Uballe play Saxophone; John Paul Davino and Tamara Nacel play Trumpet; Phillip Linsey on Drums and Jared Spears on Guitar.

The Eagles Football team traveled to San Saba last Friday night to play the Dillos. The Eagles received some early breaks as they recovered two fumbles in the first period. The first by Junior Chris Outlaw and the second by Junior Cody Atwood. The Eagles were not able to score in the first period, but the Dillos scored twice.

The LBJ Eagle cross country team traveled to San Antonio Saturday, September 20 to participate in the UTSA/Ricardo Romo cross country classic which was held at Brooks City Base. This is the same course where the regional meet will be run in November. In the 2A varsity boys division, senior Jesus Sanchez had an outstanding meet placing 18th out of 118 runners.

LBJ High School and Middle School opened their 2008 cross country season Saturday, Sept 13 running at the Ingram Tom Moore Meet in Ingram, Texas. The meet consisted of schools from classifications 1A-4A. Senior, Jesus Sanchez, a returning district champion, finished 22nd in the varsity boys division out of 78 participants.

The Lady Eagles Varsity came out fighting to hold on to their undefeated District status Friday night. The team started out strong winning the first game 25-16. The next two games the Lady Eagles lost 21-25 and 20-25 and Comfort thought they had won the match. But, in the fourth game the ladies rallied back from a significant deficit to win a very close game 25-23.