By Tricia Hartmann
The Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department held a regular meeting on April 29 via teleconference. President Ray Bible called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m., and a quorum was established.
Bible presented the financials for March. There was no discussion, and a motion to approve the financials was made by Captain Chris Welch and seconded by Treasurer Orlando Ibanez; motion carried.
March Service Report
According to Bible, JCVFD had 16 calls during March, with a con ...
The Community Resource Center (CRC) is the hub for people who need a fan to keep cool as summer heat settles in and for people who want to make donations to support Family Eldercare's Summer Fan Drive.
To qualify for a free fan, applicants must live in a low-income household and meet one of these additional conditions: live with children, be age 55 or older, or receive disability benefits.
AUSTIN– Texas has recorded another 175,418 approved Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans since the resumption of the program on Monday, April 27. According to data released today by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the Texas total thus far in PPP Round Two has totaled $12,789,880,775. When combined with Round One figures, 310,155 approved loans have been made in Texas totaling $41,273,591,048 since April 3.
“These numbers are mind-blowing, but it has happened because Tex ...
By Michael Stork
While all the news has been COVID-19 related, don’t overlook adopting multiple healthy lifestyle habits that provide high levels of benefit for brain health. They may also offset genetic and environmental risks of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
New research suggests that adopting multiple healthy lifestyle choices, including healthy diet, not smoking, regular exercise and cognitive stimulation, may decrease the risk of cognitive decline and dementia.
Hill Country Youth Ranch recently received a generous contribution from the Hill Country CattleWomen, who presented us with a gift certificate for beef from a market in Fredericksburg. We fired up the grill and served a delicious hamburger dinner for all the children who live at Hill Country Youth Ranch.
In this historic time when we’re dealing with the Coronavirus crisis, experiencing a drop in donations, and scrambling to keep enough food in our pantry, this wonderful gift from the Hill ...
BEDFORD– As sure as the wildflowers are blossoming across our great state, Texas Dairy Queen (TDQ) is celebrating the arrival of warmer weather and the featured Blizzard® Flavor of the Month: Cotton Candy.
“Our Cotton Candy Blizzard is one of our most popular flavors,” said Lou Romanus, CEO of the Texas Dairy Queen Operators’ Council.
By Rachel Lumpee
The Blanco County Recycling Center, located at 425 Jones Street in Blanco, has reopened after a week of closure due to the pandemic.
Recycling is considered an essential business, however, the center was temporarily closed to protect the employees on April 6. Operations are back to normal, but social distancing is strongly encouraged during this time.
The center has multiple bins for the different recyclables and each bin has a sign to help identify which item goes wher ...
AUSTIN — An executive order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott to reopen in-store retail shopping, dine-in restaurants, movie theaters, museums, libraries and more took effect May 1 and will continue through May 15.
As Texas, the rest of the United States and the world’s nations seek to balance cries for increased commercial activity — and the jobs that result — while also containing the spread of the deadly influenza-like virus, COVID-19, Abbott’s order allows most venues to operate at u ...
The Rotary Club of Blanco County has reached out during this school year by providing hygiene kits for families in the Johnson City and Blanco Independent School Systems. With the assistance of nurses, counselors, community resource officers and administrators, families in need were identified and kits were distributed by each school system.
For the 14th consecutive rating period, Hill Country Memorial (HCM) has earned an "A" for the Spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
The grade reflects a hospital’s performance on maintaining safety measures protecting patients, such as practicing hand hygiene, minimizing falls, and limiting spread of infections. These are metrics the hospital staff pays attention to on a daily basis, according to Jennifer Murray, HCM Quality Manager.
The data is analyzed by the Leapfrog Hospital S ...
