JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Kmart might not have envisioned the impact one of its old buildings would have when the company took it apart and transported it to Burnet more than a decade ago. But the former retail structure made its mark — in a big way.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — When the final bell sounded at Shady Grove Elementary School on June 6, staff members and teachers left the campus for the last time with a number of emotions.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — After Burnet Consolidated Independent School District administrators concluded a 2013-2014 budget presentation June 3, board members leaned back and smiled. Members saw a balanced budget that included pay raises for some employees and several new staff positions.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — A former hospital on Texas 29 West soon might be gone after the landowner and the Burnet City Council reached agreement to demolish the building during a regular meeting May 28.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Many of Burnet’s water customers soon will be relying on well water as severe drought continues to plague the Highland Lakes.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR HOOVER’S VALLEY — A day at the park turned tragic May 23 when an 18-year-old man drowned while attempting to swim across a portion of Inks Lake, according to officials.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — With Burnet students and staff as well as local officials surrounding her, Janet Christiansen shared the goal of Join the Journey during its kickoff May 15 at the Burnet Community Center.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — City of Burnet residents gave their support to three council candidates, Herve Derek Fortin, Mitlon Phair and Mary Jane Shanes.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — City Council members finalized the operating agreement for the next 20 years between the city of Burnet and YMCA of Greater Williamson County for the Galloway-Hammond Recreation Center.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty April 29 for shooting a woman in 2009. Two months ago, a Burnet County Jury convicted his mother for her role in the crime.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — Sixteen months ago, Janet Christiansen faced the terror no parent wants to face: the death of a child.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — A 46-year-old Burnet man faced up to life in prison on two first-degree felony charges, but a Burnet County Jury didn’t buy the prosecution’s case and found the man guilty of a misdemeanor trespassing charge.

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