Announcements

This refurbishing is a multiple-step process so our volunteers have to wait for paint to dry between steps. Volunteers work on the markers in the early morning or late evening hours to work on the markers because of the amount of traffic during peak hours and the heat of the day. The commission has a goal to refurbish all the historic designation markers throughout the county.

The Lower Colorado River Authority will accept grant applications for community projects in LCRA’s wholesale electric or water service areas in July. Grants of up to $50,000 are available. Applications for the Community Development Partnership Program grants will be available at lcra.org/cdpp beginning July 1 and are due by July 31. The grant program recently helped fund 22 projects, including providing emergency equipment to firefighters and other first responders, replacing outdated a ...

The family of Delman Barker would like to take this opportunity to thank family and friends from far and near for their expression of sympathy for the calls, cards, visits, food, flowers and memorials. To the pallbearers; Paul Goodrich, Lyn Maly, George Pearce, Charles Waxler, Norman Weaner, and Johnny Wood.

FFA graduating seniors were the recipients of generous scholarships. Cassidy Wagner received the Richard Wallrath Educational Foundation Scholarship in the amount of $10,000 and Emily Biggs received the San Antonio Livestock Show Tour Guide scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Blanco FFA also had students receive the Texas FFA Lonestar Degree, which is the highest degree you can receive at the state level competition.

The Kendalia Community Club hosted its annual homecoming Sunday, June 24, 2018. The event took place at the Kendalia Library, 2610 Ranch Road W 473. A barbeque dinner of chicken, sausage, side dishes and desserts were served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. There was a silent auction and raffle, and the Kendalia Neighbors Study Club had a table with items for sale.

Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will meet at 6:30 p.m., Monday, July 2, in the HEB Activity Room at Hill Country University Center in Fredericksburg. The program will feature two video lectures from Professor Edward M. Murphy’s “Our Night Sky” course. Following the videos, club vice president, Bruce Barton, will lead a discussion. In “Observing the Planets with a Telescope,” Dr.

Voters in Pedernales Electric Cooperative’s districts 1, 6, and 7 elected directors in this year’s annual election. The results were announced at the conclusion of the cooperative’s June 23, 2018 Annual Meeting. District 1 elected Milton Rister to serve as its board director. Rister (above left) replaces former director Cristi Clement, who served District 1 for nine years.

Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center Education and Outreach Coordinator, Kaylee Gaines (above left) met with U.S. Rep. Roger Williams (TX-25) in Washington D.C. while attending the National Children’s Alliance Leadership Conference June 12, 2018. Gaines, along with Meagan Webb (above right), director of team relations for the Center of Child Protection in Austin, discussed the current need for the continued funding of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas and the continued suppo ...

Hill Country Memorial announces the third quarter schedule for its Cardiac Support Group. The group is open to anyone interested in heart health, including those affected by heart issues like congestive heart failure, heart disease or heart attack. The Cardiac Support Group will meet on Thurs., July 5 from noon to 1 p.m.

The Texas Water Development Board, Texas Historical Commission, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are once again taking a summer road trip—and everyone is invited. We’ll be on the lookout for two iconic and important Texas water symbols that help define the story of Texas water: windmills and water towers. Windmills helped populate our great state by making water available in areas not supported by rivers and springs, and they remind us that the water beneath our feet continues to ...