DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
BURNET — For several hours Nov. 9, civilians and military members will take to the field in a series of traditional competitions, including tug-of-war, tomahawk throwing and even spear tossing.
At most events such as this, you’d expect civilians and military members to face each other. Continue reading “Reveille Call goes out to civilians and military members Nov. 9 for tomahawk-throwing good time”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
BURNET — Having a turkey mosey up to a feeder or wander into a deer rifle’s range are the most common ways of taking a bird during the fall season, but not the most challenging.
Robert Linder, a hunter and turkey caller who has gone after the wild birds across the country and around the world, believes it doesn’t take much to step it up a bit during the fall. Continue reading “Expert: Break up those flocks for challenging fall turkey hunting”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — “It’s really very easy to do this,” said Beth Mortenson of the Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association. “And this can make a big difference for the monarch butterflies.”
Mortenson, who is a plant propagation specialist-qualified Master Gardener, pointed out one of the nodes on a milkweed plant — a tropical milkweed to be specific. The node is home to plant cells that have not been “assigned” their future tasks, so making a cutting there (actually below it) and then placing it in a planting medium (soil) allows those cells to become root cells. Continue reading “Planting milkweed can make Highland Lakes a monarch way station”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
HORSESHOE BAY — The Highland Lakes chapter of the Texas Tech Alumni Association is inviting all local Red Raiders to an event Nov. 8 to celebrate two longtime supporters of the university with the creation of an endowment scholarship in their name. Continue reading “Texas Tech alumni kicking off new Bob and Bille Black scholarship fund”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
LLANO — When hunters head to the field for general deer season, they could find a mixed bag of nuts as far as natural food sources.
“Some areas are seeing acorns, while in other areas, we didn’t seem to get much acorn crop at all,” said Dale Schmidt, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist out of Llano County. “In those areas without the acorns, I haven’t seen a great amount of forage coming in. So it should mean in those places, the deer will be coming to feeders.” Continue reading “Acorn crop and rainfall impact Highland Lakes deer prospects”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
WACO — Faith Academy of Marble Falls sophomore runner Sophie McCannon is the Class 3A state cross-country champion for the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools.
She won the state meet in 12 minutes three seconds on Oct. 25 to lead the Lady Flames to a fourth-place finish. Freshman Abraham Lewis finished 72nd in the boys race in 21:44. Continue reading “Faith Academy runner Sophie McCannon wins state; team fourth”
(This story is part of The Picayune’s “Haunted Highland Lakes” series in October. Read previous stories on the “Chainsaw House” in Kingsland, Dead Man’s Hole in Burnet County, “Stretch” at Old Oak Square in Marble Falls and the Badu House in Llano.)
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
BURNET — When the lights go out, you’re never really alone. Especially if you’re in Longhorn Cavern. Continue reading “Tour groups hear echoes from the past at Longhorn Cavern State Park”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
LLANO — Lake Buchanan’s local celebrities returned to the Highland Lakes — this time, with more attention focused on them.
The two bald eagles that nest near Texas 29 and the Llano River returned in late September to find the tree with their old nest had collapsed. Continue reading “Texas 29 bald eagles return to nesting grounds”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
BURNET — If you’re hunting up a “howling” good time and some additional savings, the merchants on the Burnet courthouse square, as well as others elsewhere in town, are inviting you out to Midnight Madness on Oct. 24.
The shopping event is 6-8 p.m. Continue reading “Midnight Madness deals in Burnet attract shoppers to courthouse square”
