Opinion & Letters

JOHNSON CITY LIBRARY: "Friends of the Library" My "old-timers" must be getting worse. Having driven by the new Johnson City Library countless times on the way to the ranch, I had assumed that the mortgage for the Johnson City Library was completely paid. Where and when I obtained that assumption I’m not sure.

Snow Fun Dear Editor: Wasn’t the snow fantastic? I just sat at home and watched it all day. Watching the news and calling family I saw that most of us enjoyed our winter storm. Seems like people all over had a good time with it. Except those driving and skidding off the road and those who got D-Hall for making snowballs at the high school after school had been dismissed. Watching the news, I saw kids throwing snowballs with th ...

Dear Editor: This last weekend, I attended the funeral of my brother-in-law, Mr. Bill Mauldin, a life long member of this community. This funeral was a total surprise to all of our family. When it was time for the procession to go to Miller Creek Cemetery, there was not a police officer available from either county or city for an escort.

THE TOWN WE LIVE IN Dear Editor: In an economic downturn, you would expect that the merchants would be tightening their belts and declining requests for donations to charitable causes. It was uplifting to find that in our town, this just was not so. Each year the Tenant’s Association holds a Christmas Party for the residents of the Johnson City Housing Authority.

The Park Elves.... It came to my attention that someone who shall remain unnamed had called Will and me the Park Elves. I just want to set the record straight, although Will and I do put together a lot of the Christmas decorations we have many elves in waiting. I will name only a few but there were many who just stopped by and picked up a string of lights or stuck a Christmas character into the ground or helped us unpack the many boxes that make the park c ...

Very Proud Of Our Young People Dear Editor, I was fortunate to attend an extraordinary event on Friday morning at Johnson City High School...and wish only that the entire community might have shared in this unprecedented display of creative patriotism. The audience was inspired to remember the tragic events of 9.11.01 in a special and meaningful way.

Fair Pay In observation of the police salaries as they have been printed in the Johnson City Courier as of late I cannot help but wonder why there is such a discrepancy in pay. In particular, I wonder why the local constable makes one half of what every other law official makes and in fact makes less than county employees.

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 ...

Come on down, your pills are ready Being that I am several years older than the invention of rope, I require a handful of pills each day to keep my body functioning well enough to have an enjoyable life. When I got all the prescriptions written several years ago, I carried them down to the local big chain supermarket’s pharmacy.