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.
Texas Parks and Wildlife along with Hill Country Alliance, the Nature Conservancy and other organizations are holding meetings in the Hill Country to raise awareness of an invasive grass species known as Arundo along rivers and creeks.
Arundo is wreaking havoc on Hill Country creeks and rivers, according to presenters at the meeting.
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.
Instead of running to the doctor for every achy pain, I sometimes wait until Mr. Blackburn says something like, “Sweetheart, I really think we need to take you to see the doctor.” Waiting a little too long to tend to something persistent is how I recently ended up in the ER, where I gratefully received three well-placed, miraculously effective injections into my neck (one into the splenius capitis, and two into a couple of different locations in the upper trapezius).
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The Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater District board meeting was called to order Thursday, June 21, 2018 by chair Jimmy Klepac.
After the board read their minutes of May 17, 2018, the minutes were approved with one change.
General Manager Ron Fiesler gave the financial repot that the only thing of note was the credit card bill that was a little larger than normal.
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British and, as traitors, were tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.
We are all familiar with shrubs and even trees that have thorns, like mesquite, acacias, huisache, bois d’arc, gum bumelia, toothache tree, fragrant mimosa, retama and Blanco crabapple, and even vines like greenbrier and dewberry. One might think that the thorns or spines deter browsing by deer, but in fact some of the above thorny trees and shrubs are deer favorites.
Zach Collins (pictured at left) and Will Adams (pictured at right) of Blanco High School graduated from American Legion Boys State, known simply as Texas Boys State.
This year, 1,100 future leaders were selected for the prestigious Boys State program and spent a week at the University of Texas learning about government.
Begun in 1935, Boys State is a unique program that educates future leaders about government, civics, and patriotism in a “learn by doing” environment.
Eleven Boy Scouts from Troop 496 of Blanco, Texas attended summer camp at Lost Pines Scout Reservation located in Bastrop, Texas from June 10 through 16.
“It was a lot of fun,” Tucker said. He was the top-ranking scout attending with the troop and also served as Senior Patrol Leader during camp.
“Senior Patrol Leader at a summer camp is a job that comes with great responsibility,” explained Luis Ramirez, Scoutmaster.
