The Casparis family reunion took place on Saturday, June 16 at the LBJ State Park dining hall on the banks of the Pedernales River in Stonewall. The reunion is held every even-numbered year.
About 30 family members from across Texas enjoyed a BBQ lunch. It was a smaller than usual group, but there were long-lost cousins and old-timers with stories about Johnson City as it was in the 1940s.
Johnson City Antique Tractor and Engine twelfth annual Tractor Pull will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 23 at the Blanco County Fairgrounds at 619 U.S. Hwy 281 in Johnson City. There will be events for various size and age tractors from 1965 and older. Along with the tractor pull, there will be a Kiddie pull and lawnmower pull.
The event is a non-points Texas-style pull with weighted and unweighted rules like those used at Temple & Hamilton.
By the authority granted to the Blanco County Judge, designated as the officer authorized to determine whether circumstances no longer exist to prohibit outdoor burning, and because Blanco County is generally receiving measurable precipitation, the burn ban enacted by the Blanco County Commissioner’s Court on June 12, 2018, is rescinded and no longer in effect.
More than 50 representatives of local governments, service and non-profit organizations gathered Thursday, June 7, 2018 at the Methodist Church in Johnson City to learn about a new community resource center coming in early 2019 to Blanco County.
The meeting was hosted by the sponsors of the project, Community Resource Centers of Texas, Inc.
The Texas Department of Transportation gave a presentation on June 5 in Llano on its plans for the next few years.
Cathy Kratz and Michael Dutton of TxDOT were at a sparsely attended meeting at the Llano Library to receive comments on the Rural Transportation Program for fiscal years 2019-2022 for Llano, Blanco, Mason, Gillespie and Lee counties.
Those who did not attend the meeting can get more information online at https://www.txdot.gov/contact-us/form.html.
The roll call was taken by Chief Deputy Clerk Shelli Maly with all commissioners present except Commissioner Chris Liesmann. Roll call was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Regular Agenda Items
A motion to accept minutes of the previous Court meetings was made by Commissioner James Sultemeier with a second from Commissioner Tommy Weir.
The Hill Country Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was recognized for its ongoing efforts to honor and support National Flag Day and Week by the Blanco County Commission, which proclaimed the week of June 10-16 as “National Flag Week” in Blanco County.
Flag Day is June 14, 2018, which marks more than 241 years of displaying the American flag since the Second Continental Congress adopted the American flag on June 14, 1777.
The proclamation by t ...
The Regular Meeting of the Johnson City ISD School Board referenced a number of important items, including: installing new trustees, election of officers, consideration of 2018-2019 Student Code of Conduct and JCISD Student Handbook, and discussion of the 2018-2019 JCISD Budget.
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After Board President Shelly Wenmohs called the Regular Meeting to order the minutes of the previous meeting and routine reports were approved.
The Johnson City Woman’s Civic Club and the Johnson City Library have had a vibrant relationship since 1942 when the club voted to make the library their permanent club project. The club continues yearly to honor this commitment by raising money through fund raisers and membership.
This year the club was proud to make a $14,500 donation to the library thanks to the support of the community.
Low water crossings were flooded and closed early Monday morning due to an overnight downpour that brought two inches of rain to Round Mountain in just a few hours. Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department took their newest brush truck to aid a motorist who was swept off HWY 962 in Round Mountain.
Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department Chief Roy Burdett reported the car had been swept off the road into Cypress Creek at the low water crossing on HWY 962 E.
Burdett reported that Round Mountai ...
