DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — The cold drizzle kept most people tucked away someplace warm Jan. 2, but Marble Falls High School student Shiloh Williams stood next to his show steer, waterhose in one hand and a soap-socked sponge in the other. Continue reading “It’s youth livestock show time in Burnet, Llano counties”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — The Friends of the Herman Brown Free Library have a Christmas gift for library patrons.
The organization is paying for new carpet tile and paint that will be installed and applied from Jan. 12-30. The library will be closed during that time. Continue reading “Burnet library closing for renovations; Coffee Talks program on Civil War”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
GRANITE SHOALS — Roy and Mary Lou Guerrero needed a vehicle to carry more people and supplies to minister to the homeless in Austin.
When they found a shuttle bus for the right price, they took a trip. Continue reading “Granite Shoals couple’s homeless ministry more mobile”
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LLANO — A husband and wife from Keller walked away with no reported injuries from a plane crash at 3:35 p.m. Jan. 6 at the Llano Municipal Airport, according to the Department of Public Safety. Continue reading “Husband and wife walk away from plane crash at Llano Airport”
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COTTONWOOD SHORES — New Cottonwood Shores Police Chief Tom Williams wants to introduce himself to the community during a town hall meeting Jan. 7. Continue reading “Cottonwood Shores police chief wants to hear ‘good, bad, ugly’”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — The hard-edged detective enters the room, a crumpled cigarette he bummed dangling from his lips — unlit because he’s trying hard to quit the dang habit. He looks around the bedroom, sighs as he sees the body, one more poor victim who won’t be able to share his story. Continue reading “Find out ‘whodunnit’ with Marble Falls mystery book club”
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BERTRAM — One of the best things you can do to help the monarch butterfly — which cuts across the Highland Lakes on its migrations south and north — is to plant a weed. Milkweed to be exact. Continue reading “Bertram garden club program on monarchs and milkweed Jan. 7”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — The holiday season has come and gone, but another season is in full swing across the Highland Lakes, and it’s one you wouldn’t wish upon anybody.
It’s flu season. Continue reading “It’s the peak of flu season, but you can still protect yourself”
HOOVER’S VALLEY — Classes on using native fibers and cooking with dutch ovens highlight the January activities at Inks Lake State Park.
The native fibers workshop is 1-3 p.m. Jan. 17. Participants will learn how to make paper using a portable Hollander beater attached to a bicycle. The workshop also will cover native and non-native plants of the region. It is open to the first 30 people to register at the park headquarters and free with park entrance fees. The workshop will be conducted at Campsite 220. Continue reading “Learn to use native fibers at Inks Lake State Park in January”
