Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order last week banning state agencies, cities or counties from creating a “vaccine passport” requirement.
In addition, organizations that receive public funds are prohibited from requiring consumers to prove they have received the COVID-19 vaccine. That includes businesses that receive money from the state in return for providing goods and services.
However, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities can still require that their residents a ...
When the north Blanco ESD (ESD #1) was formed in 1989, the boundaries of the District were “the Johnson City ISD boundaries within Blanco County.” When the south Blanco ESD (ESD #2) was formed in 1999 the boundaries were “the Blanco ISD boundaries within Blanco County.” A small section of Blanco County off Ranch Road 1623 is in neither school District but is in the Fredericksburg ISD.
Crawfish Fundraiser for Eagle Sports
The Johnson City Athletic Booster Club will host a crawfish boil on April 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Blanco County Fairgrounds. Shrimp will also be sold by the pound. Tickets can be purchased online at louisianawild.com or from a Booster Club member.
Library Board Meeting
The Johnson City Library Board will meet on Monday, April 19 at 5:15 p.m.
I guess the title is no surprise to most everyone living here. But what makes this area so unique?
The Hill Country makes up about half of the larger ecoregion known as the Edwards Plateau. The Edwards Plateau stretches from just north of San Antonio to as far north as Palo Pinto County just south of Ft Worth and from Austin and Waco in the east to the Pecos River on the west, an area of 36,680 square miles, or about 14% of the state of Texas.
The Rotary Club of Blanco County returned to in-person meetings on April 5 at noon. The club hosted Don Jackson, Sheriff of Blanco County, as guest speaker,
He shared his history in law enforcement, first as 25 years as a game warden and then as chief deputy for the Blanco County Sheriff’s department.
Dr. Mark Standley will be the featured speaker at the April 22 zoom meeting of the Blanco County Retired Educators Association (BCARE). He will discuss his latest book, The Museum of Us, Curating Your Family’s Stuff into a Digital Future, which details preserving family memories and heirlooms digitally.
Dr. Standley proposes families engage in a process of creating their personal museums by listening to and recording elders.
Family members who inherit heirlooms may never have seen the ...
The Johnson City Athletic Boosters have made it their mission to help provide funding for meals for the JC Eagles during away games this year.
“Through the support of our JC Nation, we have had a tremendous amount of success this year and have paid out $9000 to the JC Athletics to feed our athletes,” JCABC said in a press release.
The club has also been able to pay an additional $1000 to each the girls’ softball and boy’s baseball to help supplement their costs, as well as purchas ...
The Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District (BPGCD) will have three director seats up for election this spring.
The positions on the ballot are director at large, director for precinct 1 and director for precinct 2. Tom Murrah, the incumbent, is running unopposed for director for precinct 1. Three candidates are running for director for precinct 2.
Johnson City resident Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Andrew Wilson of the David Lee “Tex” Hill Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Composite Squadron in San Marcos was recently accepted into the Cadet Wings Program. Cadet Wings provides funded training to selected Civil Air Patrol cadets to earn their Private Pilot Certificate in the Airplane (Single Engine Land-ASEL or otherwise known as powered), Glider, or Lighter-than-air (Balloon) categories and classes.
April is child abuse prevention and awareness month, and the Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center has added this display of blue to the Blanco County Courthouse lawn as a reminder. Eight blue pinwheels represent the eight children who were interviewed at HCCAC during 2020 from Blanco County. A total of 310 children from across the Hill Country were inteviewed at HCCAC that same year.
HCCAC will host a luncheon benefit on Thursday at the Van Brocklin Bistro in Burnet from 11:30 a.m.
