DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — When Mission Marble Falls opened its doors a little more than a year ago to provide hot, healthy lunches for struggling residents, the Rev. George Perry wasn’t sure what or who to expect. Continue reading “Mission Marble Falls celebrates one-year anniversary”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
HORSESHOE BAY — A two-year commitment of having the Texas High School Fishing State Championship in the Highland Lakes was extended to a third year last March. Continue reading “Highland Lakes quite a catch for fishing state championship”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
LLANO — Sometimes, it takes a group for an individual to lose weight and adopt a healthy lifestyle.
The 2015 Step Up & Scale Down program sponsored by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Scott & White Health Plan is designed to do just that. The 12-week program starts March 25 at the county extension office, 1447 Texas 71 East, and continues noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays. Continue reading “Step Up & Scale Down program offers fitness tips, group motivation”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SPICEWOOD — A couple has lost their home to a fire that reignited several hours after firefighters worked to contain it to a garage, officials say.
The fire was first reported about 6 p.m. March 14 in the 1300 block of Rustic Lane, located off Texas 71 in a subdivision called The Place in Spicewood. Continue reading “Spicewood couple loses home after garage fire reignites”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Shooters can get a different kind of target practice March 22 at Copperhead Creek Shooting Club in Marble Falls.
Most of the time, the shooter and the target are still. Maybe the target is moving and the shooter is still. For this, let’s just say the shooter is definitely moving. Continue reading “Aerial gunnery raises difficulty level of target practice”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — Burnet High School powerlifter Desiree Vajgrt made her final year count.
The senior will be making her first appearance at the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association state meet March 20 at the American Bank Center, 1901 N. Shoreline Blvd. in Corpus Christi. Last year, she was fifth at regionals. Continue reading “Burnet girls powerlifter headed to state meet”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — Pecans are good for the human heart. Just ask Marble Falls Elementary School student Cordyn Alderman, who cracked and sold pecans on his way to earning $1,000 for the American Heart Association. Continue reading “Marble Falls Elementary raises $4,600 for American Heart Association”
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SPICEWOOD — An outing at the Narrows Recreation Area in Spicewood turned into a rescue operation after an 11-year-old girl became stranded on a rock surrounded by rising water on the Colorado River, according to emergency officials.
The incident happened about 3 p.m. March 14 on an arm of the waterway in Burnet County between Max Starcke Dam and Lake Travis. Continue reading “11-year-old rescued in swift water at Narrows Recreation Area”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — A few days after the Marble Falls fundraiser for St. Baldrick’s Foundation raised more than $19,000 in the fight against pediatric cancer, the national organization announced that the FDA had just approved the first drug in 20 years specifically for a childhood cancer. Continue reading “Local St. Baldrick’s hits goal as new pediatric cancer drug announced”
