At first I wasn’t sure why I should be the one to do it but the good brother said that since I was the one in charge of the church’s young men in that city, I should be the one. He informed me that a boy had taken up residence under some shrubbery by the building and that I should “run him off.” “After all,” the man said, “he could be a drug addict or something and bring harm to our kids.”
Well, very dutifully, I approached the bushes, leaned down and peered into the cavity wher ...
The Blanco County Appraisal District Board approved a budget to be sent to entities for approval which then will be presented at a public hearing at their regular meeting later this month.
Chief Appraiser Candice Fry presented the proposed budget to the board. She took out the budget item for online mapping which reduced the 2017/2018 budget by $17,000.
It’s a summer of country music at the First United Methodist Church, where Free Family Movie Night features a different country and western music star on the first Monday of each month.
The first film, June 5th, is “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Loretta Lynn’s account of her career’s ascent from playing around with a guitar to the Grand Old Opry, and the soap-opera family life that went along with it.
May 23, 2017
We have a lot of great news to report this month! All indications are that visitors to Johnson City are on the increase in a big way. Visitor counts, tallied at the Visitors Center, were up over April of last year by over 80% and we had 45 vendors at last month’s Market Days compared to 29 in April of 2016.
I MADE A COMMITMENT on January 1, 2004 to share my faith everyday either by having one-to-one conversations or by handing out Gospel tracts. While it may be a noble goal, I don’t always reach it. Still, I’ve tried to be faithful as Christ’s ambassador, as though God were making his appeal through me.
Yet, on occasion, fellow believers tell me that they don’t like what I do or how I do it.
I once had the opportunity to substitute teach for a coach at Blanco High School. The last period of each school day was spent in the weight training room with a group of boys, some of whom were there because of off-season football and others were there because they needed physical education credit.
I noticed that most of the P.E.
Students enrolled in Mr. Meier’s Food Technology course at LBJ High School recently earned their AMSA Culinary Meat Selection and Cookery Certification.
The Culinary Meat Selection & Cookery Certification endorsed by the American Meat Science Association equips students with the skills necessary to thrive in the culinary industry. In addition, the certification addresses major topics such as culinary techniques and methods, food safety, meat selection and grading, and retail cut identific ...
At their May 23 court session, Commissioners held a workshop about financing the South County Annex. They also discussed changes in their plans to purchase a computer aided dispatch system for the Sheriff’s Department.
Workshop
Midway through the meeting, Commissioners recessed from regular session and opened a workshop session to discuss funding for major projects.
Jamie Petronella, the mother of the 15-month-old girl who died last year, will spend 30 years in prison.
Through a plea deal, the 24-year-old Petronella pleaded guilty last Wednesday, May 17, to first-degree felony injury to a child in connection to the death of her daughter, Sunny Bort. The charge stemmed from her omission to seek medical help for her 15-month-old child.
She also waived her right to an appeal before 33rd District Court Judge Allan Garrett.
Bort died two days after she was plac ...
May 26th will be the last day you will find Joni Topper working at the Johnson City Post Office.
Joni began her 30 year postal career at the South Austin Post Office in 1987 as a City Carrier. Her career took her to the West Austin Station as well as Westlake while she served as a letter carrier.
