DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
SPICEWOOD — There’s a Mindstorm rolling through Spicewood Elementary School every Friday after school. Fortunately, a group of dedicated students are meeting the challenge head on with lines of coding, scattered Lego pieces, electric motors and tons of ideas. Continue reading “Spicewood school’s Robotics Club gets ball rolling toward science careers”
BURNET — Get a history lesson on Central Texas during a Coffee Talks program Feb. 12 at the Herman Brown Free Library. Continue reading “Central Texas history focus of Coffee Talks at Burnet library”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Even with two games remaining in the regular season, the Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball team made history by winning its first district championship Feb. 6 with a 62-22 win against Austin San Juan Diego. Continue reading “Faith boys basketball puts first district title in record books”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
On the first leg of their honeymoon, the couple spent some time on Inks Lake just outside of Burnet. It was there that Tex shared his dream of opening a boys summer camp on that lake. Continue reading “Camp Longhorn ‘mother’ Pat Robertson nurtured thousands of kids”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
SPICEWOOD — Conway Laxson picked up a box of doughnuts before his regular morning gathering Feb. 6 at the Spicewood Feed & Supply on CR 404. For Laxson and several other gentlemen, a morning just isn’t a morning without sitting in David and Nita Naumann’s feed store sipping on coffee and talking about the day’s events and anything else they want to discuss. Continue reading “Spicewood World War II veteran turns 90 with a surprise”
BURNET — The annual Miss Burnet Bluebonnet Scholarship Pageant will be held a bit earlier this year and at a new venue. Continue reading “Miss Burnet Bluebonnet pageant blooming early”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — When crews went to move the historic Craddock house on its final journey Feb. 8, they found red high heels and a handmade cardboard sign that read “Is This Kansas?” under it. Continue reading “Burnet’s Craddock house has new home, new purpose”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — The 60th annual Burnet Chamber of Commerce annual banquet and awards presentation celebrated the best of the city and the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District. Continue reading “Burnet chamber honors residents and businesses”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Allen Roberts’ departure to become the assistant superintendent of human resources at Alvin Independent School District has left a void at Marble Falls Independent School District. Continue reading “Marble Falls ISD chief will shoulder assistant superintendent’s duties, for now”
