By David Bordewyk, South Dakota Newspaper Association
To sit in the courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States and watch the nine justices in action is one thing. To sit in the courtroom and watch the justices in action when the issue is about freedom of information and the public’s right to know in America is a privilege.
It was on April 22 that I witnessed the Supreme Court hear oral arguments in the case of Food Marketing Institute v.
Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will meet on Monday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the HEB Activity Room at Hill Country University Center in Fredericksburg.
Lindsay Fuller, Ph.D., will present “Exploring the Neighborhood of Supermassive Black Holes.” Dr. Fuller uses data from SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), a 2.5-meter telescope that is mounted on a Boeing 747, to explore the material surrounding the black holes at the center of active galaxies.
Blanco County Commissioners held a Regular Meeting on April 9, 2019. All four Commissioners and Judge Brett Bray attended the meeting.
A large group of concerned citizens attended the meeting regarding discussion of the proposed Kinder Morgan Pipeline route. Six spoke for a time limit of two minutes each, and Deda Devine was the first to speak.
Eight members of the Blanco County Association of Retired Teachers (BCARE) attended one or more days of the Texas Retired Teachers Association’s State Convention (April 1-2) and the Day at the Capitol (April 3) in Austin. The BCARE members, along with well over a thousand other teachers from around the state, came to visit legislators and advocate for improving retired teachers’ TRS pension and TRS-Health Care.
The week of April 14-20, 2019, is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Appreciation week, also known as Dispatcher Appreciation Week.
9-1-1 is the number that has been drilled into our minds from a young age, the number you call in case of an emergency. As we get older, we consider ourselves fortunate if we have never had to dial it.
For those of us who have had to call 9-1-1, we’ve heard the voice on the other end of the line, the calm in the chaos; the voice that sends help when w ...
It’s that time of year, and Blanco County Aggies proudly welcome our new freshmen students who will be attending Texas A&M College Station and Galveston next fall.
Blanco County Aggie Moms are selling raffle tickets to raise money for scholarships for these deserving young people, and our Scholarship Raffle includes four awesome prizes.
You may soon receive an appraisal notice from the Blanco County Appraisal District. The appraisal district mailed about 13,000 appraisal notices on 4/15/2019 Your city, county, school district and other local taxing units will use the appraisal district’s value to set your 2019 property taxes. Johnson City ISD taxpayers need to be aware that per the Texas Property Tax Code, the rate listed on the notice is last year’s tax rate and does not include the rate increase from the bond election ...
When frustrated by the negativity in the national media last year, Blanco resident Dave Lageman consider what he could do to make things better.
“I thought of kindness and went to the internet and found the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation,” he said. “I enlisted a friend, who agreed with the approach and soon we had four people making decisions to form a group.”
By last October, one person had completed a “major” act, according to Lageman.
Have you ever gotten a glimpse of a cat with a “tipped” or clipped ear? Then you’ve seen firsthand the work of the Blanco County Cat Coalition (BCCC).
A small, dedicated team of volunteers is committed to controlling the population of homeless or feral cats in the county. The core group of volunteers, led by June Newhouse, includes Stacy Kamas, Chris DeBremaecker, Sally Wall and Karen Dye (currently sidelined by an injury), all of whom have volunteered with the coalition for more than ...
Johnson City native Bill Krueger was honored by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame last week with the Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is presented annually “to honor those who have had a tremendous influence on the game and to provide a national stage to recognize them,” according to the organization’s website.
