JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — With the 51-45 overtime loss to Burnet ending about 12:15 a.m. Aug. 30, Marble Falls High School head football coach Matt Green said perhaps playing San Antonio Jay on Saturday, Sept. 6, was not so bad after all. Continue reading “Marble Falls football has extra day for ‘dynamic’ Jay”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — After going from one extreme to the other in a 51-45 overtime win against Marble Falls last week, the Burnet High School football team is more appreciative of familiarity.
And nothing is more familiar than the friendly confines of Bulldog Field. Continue reading “Burnet football prepares for Wylie’s size, ‘salty defense’”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
AUSTIN — When State District Judge John Dietz ruled Aug. 28 that the Texas school finance system was unconstitutional, he wasn’t telling local school superintendents something they didn’t already know. Continue reading “Marble Falls, Burnet leaders praise ruling on school finance”
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Friends gathered at the Marble Falls High School tennis courts to honor and dedicate the complex to the couple credited with turning the program into a powerhouse in the 1980s.
The venue is now called the Charlie & Nancy Herrington Tennis Center. And fans can sit on a granite bench inside the center thanks to Mark Crouse of Longhorn Granite and his former doubles partner Stacy Frasier, two former Herrington students. Continue reading “Herringtons recognized at renamed MFHS tennis center”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — With a banquet of food laid out before them, members of the Marble Falls Senior Activity Center have a bit of a dilemma: what to leave off the plate. Continue reading “Marble Falls Senior Activity Center’s doors open for fun and fellowship”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
GRANITE SHOALS — It’s time to weigh anchor and get the main sail ready as Captain Rex’s Treasure Adventures sets sail for Abundant Heart Ministries for a three-day port of call. And it’s a regular kids’ crusade.
Captain Rex, a TV personality known for his upbeat Christian message for kids, will drop anchors Sept. 5-7 at the Granite Shoals church, 7222 RR 1431. Continue reading “Captain Rex bringing Christian message and adventure to Abundant Heart Ministries”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
BURNET — An 86-year-old woman died Sept. 2 as a result of injuries she sustained during a two-vehicle accident on Aug. 29.
Burnet Police Chief Paul Nelson said Bobbye Streightoff passed away about 2:40 p.m. Continue reading “Two-car accident in Burnet claims 86-year-old woman’s life; three others still hospitalized”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
LLANO — As Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife technician Dale Schmidt checked the area along the Llano River where two nesting bald eagles set up home during the winter, he made an upsetting discovery. Continue reading “‘Texas 29’ bald eagles will have to find new home”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
BURNET — All 9-year-old Karen Lewis wanted to do was help her parents. So instead of her mother and father dipping into their tight budget for her school supplies, Karen worked and saved $35 for the items. Continue reading “Theft of Burnet girl’s school supplies money leads to giving”
