Marble Falls Ex-Student Homecoming on tap for Saturday
MARBLE FALLS — In the early 1980s, a Marble Falls High School graduate and former state senator decided too much time had passed since he last saw his classmates and friends.
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Local Burnet poet wins national award
BURNET —Mike Gullickson discovered his love of writing poetry as a sophomore in high school and now that passion has paid off with national recognition.
Four Marble Falls campuses earn praise from TEA
MARBLE FALLS — The four Marble Falls Independent School District elementary campuses put another notch in their belts thanks to the students’ performances on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.
Burnet County grapples with explosive growth
BURNET — Burnet County faces many challenges in the future, especially as the southern part of the county becomes more urbanized and population increases in rural areas, officials were told Friday.
Mustang royalty
Marble Falls High School students Marco Rangel (left) and Martha Diaz were crowned as king and queen of the Mustangs Friday night during traditional homecoming ceremonies.
Four Marble Falls campuses earn praise from TEA
MARBLE FALLS — The four Marble Falls Independent School District elementary campuses put another notch in their belts thanks to the students’ performances on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.
Marble Falls Ex-Student Homecoming on tap for Saturday
MARBLE FALLS — In the early 1980s, a Marble Falls High School graduate and former state senator decided too much time had passed since he last saw his classmates and friends.
Marble Falls teachers hosting dyslexia awareness meeting
GRANITE SHOALS — Highland Lakes Elementary School dyslexia teachers and the Austin Area Branch of the International Dyslexia Association are teaming up to hold a meeting Monday for the community about reading disorders such as dyslexia.
Marble Falls ready for second year of ‘Sculpture on Main’ exhibition
MARBLE FALLS — The Uptown Arts Alliance kicks off its second year of the Sculpture on Main program with a public reception and official recognition of 42 new sculptures in Marble Falls along Main Street from Yett to Fourth and other locations in the city this weekend.
Burnet County grapples with explosive growth
BURNET — Burnet County faces many challenges in the future, especially as the southern part of the county becomes more urbanized and population increases in rural areas, officials were told Friday.
Flames return to the water
BURNET — Faith Academy’s swim season will start with its first meet Saturday at Galloway-Hammond Recreation Center, 1601 S. Water, with the Hoot ’n Hollar.
Lady Dawgs are swept by the Lady Texans
WIMBERLEY — Wimberley unleashed its four-headed monster — Katie Milam, Magen Buse, Laura Blab and Linsey Leinneweber — and devoured the Burnet High School volleyball team, 25-22, 25-12 and 25-12, in a District 8-3A playoff-affecting volleyball match Oct. 21.
Gray tears her ACL, has surgery
MARBLE FALLS — Faith Academy sophomore standout Jordan Gray suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament injury Oct. 14 and appears to be out for the upcoming basketball season, according to girls head basketball coach Jerry English.
Flames look to get another win
Faith Academy quarterback Ryan Roberts gets around a couple Austin Hill Country defenders last week.
Mustangs aim for a happy homecoming
Cameron Venghaus turns upfield as Justin Garcia moves out of the way.
Rabid fox in GShoals leads to warning
GRANITE SHOALS — The discovery of a rabid fox has police urging residents to be wary of animals acting strangely.
Battle of the Bands 4 Kim Saturday
LLANO — A battle of the bands fundraiser to benefit cancer patient Kimberlee Williams is from 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday at the Llano County Rodeo Arena.
MFalls library offers ID theft workshop today
MARBLE FALLS — Attorney Angela Pierce presents “Lock it Up: Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft and Fraud” at 11:30 a.m. today at the Marble Falls Public Library.
Local OES chapter celebrates 100 years
BERTRAM — The Order of the Eastern Star hosts its second annual Burnet Community Dinner and Dance 6-11 p.m. Saturday to raise funds and mark the chapter’s 100th birthday.
A good cause
The women of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Marble Falls had a good time raising money for their charitable projects at the annual bazaar earlier this month.
Arts venue is chance to view adoptable pets
SPICEWOOD — Several adoptable pets offered by the Highland Lakes Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be on hand for viewing at the Spicewood Arts Society’s 6th Annual Arts Roundup.
Manzano Rotary Ranch Run announced
SMITHWICK — Olympian Leonel Manzano and the Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary Club present the Manzano Rotary Ranch Run 2008 at Boulder Creek Farms Nov. 15.
Birds’ brains help them sustain flight
BUCHANAN DAM — No one denies birds can fly. And that just makes them more interesting, a group of local conservationists heard this week.
Burnet calls off boil-water notice
BURNET — City officials say residents no longer need to boil their water before consumption, one day after the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a mandatory boil-water notice following a water-pipe break.