Clubs & Organizations

The Hill Country 100 Club paid honors to area Law Enforcement, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Service Personnel of Blanco, Burnet, Llano and Lampasas Counties at their annual membership and awards banquet Thursday January 19, 2012 at the Lakeside Pavilion in Marble Falls, Texas. Over 300 members, honorees, colleagues, family and friends, were present to recognize 46 area Emergency First Responders for their service and contributions to their respective agencies and communities.

Peggy Aldridge welcomed 13 members of the Round Mountain EEA Club into her home on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 2:00 PM. The meeting opened with a reading “One Flaw in Women”. Incase you are wondering the flaw is that in our busy life we forget our worth. We began our meeting with our program.

The Hill Country Spurs horse judging team traveled to Alvarado, TX on Saturday, January 14th to compete in the Johnson County 4-H Horse Judging competition. The HCS horse judging team consisted of five separate teams. The senior team #1 members were Kendra Smith, Rachel Harlin, Rilee Moser and Emily Masters.

In honor of Spay Day 2012, PetPALS is asking individuals to sponsor the spay or neuter of at least one animal—their own, a friend or family member’s, or a shelter animal awaiting adoption. PetPALS will hold low-cost spay and neuter clinics Wednesday, February 1, 2012, and Saturday, February 18, 2012, at its facility located at 2003 RR 1431 West in Marble Falls.

The YCAP Bazaar will be held at the YCAP building on April 12, 2012. YCAP stands for Youth Community Assistance Program The organizations goal is to provide safe, drug free, alcohol free, and tobacco free events and activities for our youth. The Bazaar is a fund raiser for YCAP, all proceeds will go towards supporting the non-profit organization.They have already received a quilt donated by the Wilson family.

What is a Friend of the Library, let’s start off by sharing the mission of the Friends. “Friends of the Johnson City Library is a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting community support of the library and retiring its mortgage debt through fundraisers, donations and benefactors.” That statement is important in explaining the goals of the organization and how we need your support.

On January 8, nine girls from Johnson City competed at the Cheer America competition in Austin representing the Elite Cheer Company. They are on teams ranging from Sizzlers (level 1 show team), Wildfire (senior level 2), to Crossfire (youth level 3) as well as one on Sol (senior hip hop dance team).

The Community Garden Club met last Thursday for their first meeting of the New Year, welcoming members was President Lynda McDow. The club met in the new courthouse annexes Hoppe room, which is part of the district courtroom. After a business meeting, Todd Swift presented a program on Gardening in the drought, reminding all of us with the recent rainfall we were not out of drought conditions.

The Stonewall Heritage Society will be meeting next Tuesday, January 24, at 7 PM at the Stonewall Heritage Center, 126 Elberta St., Stonewall, Tx. The featured speaker is Greg Smith with L&L Drilling who will speak about his experiences drilling wells in the Texas hill country. Refreshments will be served at the end of the meeting.

Saturday January 28, 2012 is the date for the 3nd Annual Blanco County Youth Show Salsa Contest. The winner will have year-long bragging rights as the Best Salsa Maker in Blanco County and will receive a Kitchen Knife Set by Creative Awards in Fredericksburg. The winner of the 2nd Annual BCYS Salsa contest was Susan Troppy.