By Shannon Heep, Adult Soapbox Derby event producer
The nineth Annual Marble Falls Soapbox Classic will take place June 15-17, 2018. The historic downtown district of Marble Falls will be filled with racing, live music, vendors and excitement!
“We are thrilled about the racing changes made to the Derby event the last few years.” said event producer, Shannon Heep.
World-wide, invasive species are second only to habitat destruction (for development and farming) as the cause of the loss of species. It is estimated that the U.S. spends over 100 billion dollars a year fighting invasive species. The Hill Country has, so far, been spared some of the worst examples of invasives experienced by other parts of the country.
We don’t have, in large amounts, the kudzu of the southeast, the Asian carp of the Midwest, the zebra mussels of the Great Lakes, the Buf ...
The Blanco High School 2018 Top Ten were honored at a recognition banquet May 22, 2018, hosted by the newly formed Blanco Education Foundation by the BISD Board of Trustees. The banquet, held at the Old Blanco County Courthouse, honored the top academic students of the class of 2018 and their teacher of greatest influence.
Superintendent Clay Rosenbaum welcomed the honorees, their guests and families.
At the May 22 meeting, County commissioners resolved previously discussed issues and conducted new business.
Commissioners approved previous meeting minutes, outstanding bills amounting to $84,836.71 and line item transfers.
Line item transfers included $1,000 transferred from office supplies to the dishwasher lease fund for the Blanco County Jail. The Sheriff’s Office reported the additional funds are necessary due to an increase in the jail population.
All 1,333 ballots cast in Blanco County in the 2018 Runoff Election, May 22, have been counted and the candidates for November’s general election chosen by voters.
Precinct 2 of Blanco County chose their lone candidate for Commissioner, Republican, Emil Ray Uecker. Uecker received 52 percent of votes in the Commissioner race against fellow Republican Lance Odiorne who received 47 percent of votes.
Democrat Lupe Valdez won the Democratic primary race with 53 percent against Andrew White ...
Governor holds safety talks
Gov. Abbott on May 22 launched a series of roundtable discussions “to generate solutions that improve safety and security at Texas schools and in our communities.”
Abbott’s forums at the Capitol were in the aftermath of the May 18 shooting that left 10 dead and 10 injured at Santa Fe High School near Galveston.
The Blanco County Sheriff’s Office received 382 calls for service from 5/21/2018 through 5/27/2018. The Blanco County Communications Center received the following call types during the seven-day period:
19 = Arrests
138 = Traffic Stops
13 = Reckless Drivers
35 = Medical Aid Calls/Medical Alarm
25 = 911 Hang up Calls, Mis-dials, Open line or Abuse calls
12 = Fire Calls/Fire Alarms
8 = Motor Vehicle Accidents
7 = Disturbance Calls
14 = Animal Complaints/Loose Live Stock Call ...
The Lindendale community will hold its June potluck supper meeting this Friday at the Lindendale community center and one-room schoolhouse at 7686 Ranch Road 1888, about half way between Blanco and Fredericksburg.
This month’s theme is “A Lindendale Luau” and a whole pig, provided by the Kuebel family, will be roasted.
Fredericksburg Community Orchestra will present “Bach at Luckenbach” at an evening of classical and fiddle music, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at historic Luckenbach.
Music begins at 5:30 p.m. with Theresa Britt’s Suzuki string students performing solos and ensembles.
At 6:30, the Community Orchestra will present highlights from this season’s concert programs, including selections from Bach.
Finishing out the evening, the Dirty Rotten Swing Band will take the stage to ...
what the next chapters will hold. I am too, though mostly just excited. Her good-old days are in the making and yet to come. In some ways, my good-old days are behind me; my babies are grown and my cradle rocking is reserved for grandchildren now. Yes, I still have kids at home, including one in elementary school, but even a “young 50” is no spring chicken (might even be ‘old-as-dirt,’ depending on who you listen to.)
Being 50 doesn’t mean it’s time to give up living, don the gr ...
