Fredericksburg SHINES, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people about green living and sustainability practices, will host its third annual Fredericksburg and Gillespie County fall tour of homes to spotlight local examples of green living practices.
Ten homes with various green features and four electric vehicles will be showcased on the tour on Saturday, September 19 from 9 a.m.
I know some things are better put into that black abyss called forgetfulness, to be remembered no more, not even when they would help win an argument. According to the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, forgetting some things is more important than winning an argument. Not that I would know.
Sitting among a seasoned group of sermon makers to examine a young minister for ordination was not a new experience for me. I had no way of knowing, however, that this one under pressure would shock me with his answer to an important question and send me home wiser than when I came.
Ordination councils are usually made up of ministers from many churches.
Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez and Texas Acting State Director Tom Hannah
Some say the electric feeling of buying and moving into your own home never wears off. When you own the floors you’re standing on, the walls surrounding you and the roof over your head, you also own great satisfaction from the hard work that resulted in your home becoming yours.
Yet, just as it was hard work to achieve the American Dream of homeownership, being responsible for maintaining and, inevitably, repairing your own home can be just as much hard work.
Just when summer is really starting to heat up in Texas, it is almost time for children to go back to school. Soon motorists will be sharing the roads with school buses, pedestrians, bicycle riders, and lots of new teen drivers taking their first car to school. According to the National Safety Council, teen car crashes spike in September when they are driving to and from school.
Coaching changes in sports are about as unexpected as Ronda Rousey winning a fist fight in a minute-10, but Llano High Athletic Director Craig Slaughter said, “Never in my career, this late.”
He was referring to the surprise announcement around August 10 by boys’ basketball head varsity coach, Aidan Callahan, that he is leaving the Jackets for an academics’ job at the University of Texas.
BURNET—Bulldog Field looked superb, August 14, as it unveiled its GreenFields synthetic turf, the same carpet Llano will show off, August 20, against Sonora.
The ‘Dogs dominated the Jackets in the first of the two-scrimmage month, but head coach Craig Slaughter delivered an “Upon Further Review” rebuttal to his own comments.
“I was definitely hoping to have more success,” he said following the game, but, after watching the replay—on video in the athletic offices—his call was:
WIMBERLEY—It was a routine six games, August 14-15, for the Llano volleyball Jackets, here at the Tex Fest, and this was after starting the campaign at home, August 11.
Kaymon Lange showed what fine junior and senior seasons she should have in that 2015 opener against Sonora. Skye Sanderson and CeCe Overstreet, in their first varsity matches, also played well on a team with just two seniors.
The contest did not have a happy ending, however, as the Broncos, down one, captured the confrontation ...
Remember that sinking feeling you got when sitting down to a movie in the 60 year old seats at the Lantex Theater? Prepare for a surprise! The old seats are long gone, and 420 new seats have been installed.
Well, they aren't brand new. But they are like new. Tex Toler, Main Street Manager, wheeled and dealed for 800 theater style chairs from a high school in New York state.
Commissioners unanimously voted to approve the proposed tax rate for Fiscal Year 2016, setting it at $.31620 per $100 valuation, which is just slightly below the current rate of $.31966.
The rate is the effective rate, which means that it will draw the same amount in revenue at that rate as the current rate drew for Fiscal Year 2015.
