Ruby celebrated her 91st birthday on Friday, January 22, 2016. On Wednesday, January 27, she passed away peacefully at Hill Country Memorial Hospital.
Ruby was born at home in the Prairie Mountain Community. She was the middle child to Albert and Bernice Birk. She and her sisters Lorine and Vernell rode horseback or walked the four miles to attend school through the 8th grade.
Ruby and Robert met at Idle’s in Fredericksburg on December 14, 1944. ...
February is the month Americans celebrate the birthdays of two unforgettable presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. While we do this officially on President’s Day, many still prefer to do so on the dates they were born: Lincoln on February 12 and Washington on February 22.
Lincoln was a man of many firsts: the first president to be elected without being a native of one of the thirteen original colonies; the first to have a beard; the first to be a Republican; the first to hold a p ...
An incident happened this past week in which I am still scratching my head. Have you ever known you had something, but for the life of you, you could not find it? I will accede to the fact that occasionally, I do have a streak of absent-mindedness running through me.
AUSTIN – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) encourages employers to review the workplace poster requirements in Texas and to be sure that all posters are up-to-date and displayed correctly. TWC also urges all employers to be aware of solicitors who may try to coerce employers to purchase required workplace posters from them.
TWC has investigated reports of vendors claiming to be state contractors, implying that employers are not in compliance with state law and urging employers to buy workp ...
Mason area singers are invited to join voices with other vocalists in the Bluebonnet Choral Festival to be held in Mason April 11-16. The choral festival is a chance for singers to renew basic vocal pedagogy skills and to sing music of the masters like Gabriel Faure and fun gospel and American spirituals.
Choral conductor Dr.
(KGS) will learn about “The Wealth of Research Sources in Austin Libraries and Archives” at their next meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. at the Kingsland Branch Library, 125 W. Polk. The speaker will be Jean Shroyer, longtime Texan and family history researcher. Her presentation will include information on collections at the Texas State Library and Archives, the Briscoe Center for American History (a University of Texas Library), the Austin History Center, the Catholic Archives, and oth ...
(KGS) will learn about “The Wealth of Research Sources in Austin Libraries and Archives” at their next meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. at the Kingsland Branch Library, 125 W. Polk. The speaker will be Jean Shroyer, longtime Texan and family history researcher. Her presentation will include information on collections at the Texas State Library and Archives, the Briscoe Center for American History (a University of Texas Library), the Austin History Center, the Catholic Archives, and oth ...
You may have read on page one that there was not much change in Llano’s football district on Realignment Day, February 1. Same story for the rest of Jacket athletics. (The districts are different because football has more of a limitation on enrollment than the other sports do.)
Burnet, Liberty Hill, Lampasas, Salado, and Taylor all return as league-mates with Llano in 19-4A.
Liberty Hill’s boys’ basketball team was its usual overwhelming collection, January 26, and blistered Llano, 90-35, but there were storylines of interest including observations of—and from—two young coaches. One delivered a sermon for a handbook, and the other was on the bench because his dad was ineligible.
The Jackets were supposed to face—again—near-legend Barry Boren, who has 600-something career wins.
Anyone interested in becoming an official weather spotter for the National Weather Service (NWS) is encouraged to attend a FREE SkyWarn Weather Training Class happening on February 8th from 6:30-8:30PM at the Lantex Theater in downtown Llano. Mr. Paul Yura of the Austin/San Antonio NWS will instruct a SkyWarn Weather Spotter Training Class which is open to the public as well as CERT Members, ARES, Law Enforcement, Fire Fighters, EMS, Public Works, Dispatchers, Emergency Management and Elected O ...
