Regional News

Whether it is the excitement of live pari-mutuel horse racing, the thrills of the carnival and midway, the music, the displays of agricultural and home products, livestock competitions or the colorful parade, the 122nd Gillespie County Fair Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 26-29, offers activities and events for the entire family. Set for the Gillespie County Fair Grounds in Fredericksburg, the "oldest, continuous county fair in Texas"

The Texas Academy of Career Training (TexACT) will be commencing classes on August 30, 2010. The brand new career school, located at 706 4th Street in Marble Falls , will be offering both day and evening courses for Nurse Assistants. At the conclusion of the 80 classroom hour course, students will take the state exam and qualify as Certified Nurse Assistants.

One of the 15 historic country schools in Gillespie County will be open Saturday, August 7th. The Willow City School, 2501 Ranch Road, is located on Highway 16 north of Fredericksburg. Turn right on Ranch Road 1323 for about 2 ½ miles you will see the hickory sandstone two-story, three room school building on your left.

Pedernales Electric Cooperative’s Board of Directors adopted a policy Monday providing guidance in the event of unsolicited offers to purchase all or part of the Cooperative. "We are not inviting nor are we encouraging proposals," District 7 Director Dr. Patrick Cox said, emphasizing that PEC is not for sale. Cox is chairman of the Governance, Bylaws and Legal Committee, which proposed the policy after an enterprise expressed interest in purchasing the Cooperative. The ...

PEC earned five first-place trophies at the 14th annual Texas Lineman’s Rodeo, which was held in Seguin on Saturday, July 17. "Nineteen of our apprentices and two journeyman teams entered the rodeo with the desire to work safely, be competitive and finish every event, leaving it all on the competition field,"

Kay Steinbring, a registered dietitian at Hill Country Memorial (HCM), and Candace Ibbotson, MS, CCC, HCM speech pathologist, will lead a free educational program at Hill Country Memorial Cancer Resource Center (CRC) Tuesday, Aug. 10 to help caregivers manage the nutrition needs of home patients. The class will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Hill Country Memorial Women, Infants & Children (WIC) will host a free, public health fair Thursday, Aug. 12. The fair, which will be at the Fredericksburg WIC location at 140 Industrial Loop, Suite 3, will run from 9 a.m. to noon. "We invite families to come and learn about our health programs for infants, children and moms during pregnancy,"

For the future security posture of U.S. military forces and for the fiscal health of our nation, our military construction agenda should be guided by these words: Build in America. At the end of the Cold War, the U.S. military determined that our armed forces would be best trained and equipped for service when stationed at installations on U.S.

H-E-B Dripping Springs Opening for Customers July 23, 2010 After months of eagerness from Dripping Springs’ residents, H-E-B is excited to open the city’s first made-to-order grocery store on Friday, July 23, 2010, lending customers a world-class shopping experience. Conveniently located at 598 E HWY US 290, at the southeast corner of Highway 290 and Rob Shelton Boulevard intersection, the store will offer both H-E-B and Central Market products requested by resid ...

Hill Country Memorial’s Cancer Resource Center (CRC) will present a free educational program Tuesday, Aug. 3, for caregivers on managing a patient’s pain. The class will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the CRC’s first-floor conference room in the Brune Professional Building, 808 Reuben Street in Fredericksburg. Melanie Cole, RN, MSN, HCM Hospice clinical supervisor, will discuss barriers to pain control, types of pain and pain interventions.