JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls High School football team will end its season in a District 25-5A home game against Georgetown East View on Nov. 7.
But the contest, set for 7:30 p.m. at Mustang Stadium, 2101 Mustang Drive, will not be meaningless. Continue reading “Marble Falls can play spoiler in game against East View”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — With a desire to help others, members of the local chapter of the Texas Ramp Project know a few hours of work can alter the life a someone who feels “trapped” at home.
“It’s just an incredible feeling knowing that you’ve really helped somebody regain that independence again or have kept them from losing it,” said Ben Redler, a local Texas Ramp Project coordinator. Continue reading “Local Texas Ramp Project volunteers getting residents out and about”
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LLANO — Shell ’em, grill ’em, pie ’em, chocolate cover ’em or do whatever you do to them — there’s no denying pecans are the top nut in Texas, especially here in the Highland Lakes.
The Highland Lakes Pecan Show on Nov. 20 is a great place for pecan growers in Llano and Burnet counties to show off the quality of their pecans and learn a bit about them. Continue reading “Highland Lakes Pecan Show celebrates state tree of Texas”
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BURNET — Award-winning nature and Western photographer David K. Langford will speak about his latest book during a Coffee Talks program Nov. 13 at the Herman Brown Free Library.
The presentation is 2 p.m. at the library, 100 E. Washington St. Refreshments will be served at 1:30 p.m. Continue reading “Western, nature photographer to present Coffee Talks program”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — A day after Burnet Consolidated Independent School District voters passed a $26.7 million bond, athletic director Kurt Jones expressed gratitude.
That’s because voters approved upgrades to Bulldog Field, which equaled 6 percent of the overall bond, around $1.6 million. Continue reading “Burnet CISD athletic facilities get boost from $26.7 million bond”
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LLANO — With no local Democrats in the mix, Llano County Republicans smoothly sailed into office Nov. 4 following elections.
Mary Cunningham earned the Llano County judge’s spot by capturing 5,910 votes. She had no opponent, Democrat or other. Rebecca Lange won the Llano County attorney spot with 5,923 votes. And Joyce Gillow remained Llano County district clerk with 5,919 votes.
Other winners include:
All were unopposed Republicans.
The county voters also kept with the Republican Party at the state races by backing John Cornyn for U.S. senator and Mike Conaway for District 11 U.S. representative.
Greg Abbott earned 79 percent, or 5,528, of the Llano County votes for Texas governor with Democrat Wendy Davis earning 19 percent, or 1,360 votes.
Dan Patrick, a Republican, earned 5,479 of Llano County votes for lieutenant governor with Democrat Leticia Van de Putte getting 1,270 votes.
Llano County residents also voted:
In Horseshoe Bay, voters elected three people to the council. Those are Jerry Gray (783), David Pope (655) and Craig Haydon (649). The fourth candidate, Donald Beeman, garnered 601 votes. The results reflect vote tallies in both Llano and Burnet counties.
Winners of the Llano County races will be sworn in Jan. 1, 2015.
editor@thepicayune.com
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — When the Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Commission members all voted “yea” to a possible dog playground, canines across the city wagged their tails in approval.
The commission voted unanimously on Nov. 3 to recommend the creation of dog park to the city council. Continue reading “Ball is rolling on possible Marble Falls dog park”
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MARBLE FALLS — The International Economic Development Council recently bestowed the designation of Certified Economic Developer upon Christian Fletcher, the director of the Marble Falls Economic Development Corp. Continue reading “Marble Falls EDC director earns international honor”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — It might come as a surprise to many people traveling in and around Marble Falls, but U.S. 281 is not Main Street.
“When I owned Printworks years ago, I’d tell people I was on Main Street and they’d think I meant (U.S.) 281,” said Brenda Morris, the owner of Restorative Skin Care on Third Street, just a block off the true Main Street. “But even today, there are people who think that’s true.” Continue reading “Main Street shop owners want residents, visitors to get off highway”
