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CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF

BURNET — With a list of local projects in the queue, the new Seton Highland Lakes Chief Operating Officer Scott Fuller will serve a dual leadership role at two of the system’s healthcare facilities.

Fuller spent the past four years as the chief operating officer at Seton Northwest in Austin, but, before that, he served the Burnet hospital in the same capacity. Arie Dejong resigned in October to take a job at a California hospital. Continue reading “Former Seton Highland Lakes official re-takes helm; healthcare projects on horizon”

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR

BURNET — At the time of Jesus’ birth, hundreds, if not thousands, of people took a pilgrimage to the town of Bethlehem for the required census. Now, about 2,000 years later, throngs of people are continuing a similar pilgrimage — but this time to a Bethlehem nestled in the heart of Burnet. Continue reading “Downtown block in Burnet turning into Main Street Bethlehem”

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR

MARBLE FALLS — One of the first things people notice when they walk in the Marble Falls Public Library since its renovation this past summer is how much larger it is.

“We hear, ‘You’ve added on,’ quite a bit,” said Mary Jackson, the library’s director. Continue reading “Marble Falls Public Library holding open house to show off changes”

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR

SPICEWOOD — Standing in front of a poster on the wall, a student lifts an iPad up in front of a photo of a fellow student. He settles the mobile device on the photo, which now appears on the screen. A swirling icon dances on the screen, locks onto the photo, and, suddenly, the fellow student’s biography springs to life on the iPad screen with photos, video and an audio narrative.

“It’s just amazing what the kids can do with this technology,” Spicewood Elementary School principal Leslie Baty said. “And it’s not just doing something, this is truly engaging them and they’re paying attention so much better in the classroom. Yes, these are tools, but they are tools the kids use and learn with.” Continue reading “New technology opens up world of learning for Marble Falls ISD students”

JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF

BURNET — Throughout the years, Burnet Consolidated Independent School District has had graduates, employees and board members who have brought honor to the school district.

Now BCISD wants to honor them in return.

During the regular meeting of the board Nov. 18, Superintendent Keith McBurnett told trustees that photos of people inducted into the district’s new Hall of Honor will be hung on a wall in the foyer of Burnet High School. Continue reading “Burnet school district recognizing alumni, former athletes with Hall of Honor”

FROM STAFF REPORTS

MARBLE FALLS — The Walkway of Lights with its more than 2 million lights has cast its glow over Marble Falls.

The annual Light-Up Parade on Nov. 26 served as the official kickoff for the display at Lakeside Park, 307 Buena Vista Drive. Continue reading “Marble Falls shines for holidays with Walkway of Lights”

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR

KINGSLAND — As Charlotte Dilworth made her way around Kingsland to spread the word about the upcoming Small Business Saturday, she remembered what made the lakeside community so wonderful.

“You forget how many neat shops are here in this town and community,” she said. “It was really a good reminder for me that you can find some truly unique things here. Things you can’t find if you go off somewhere else to shop.”

And that’s a big part of the reasons behind the Kingsland shopping event Nov. 30. Continue reading “Kingsland touts small businesses with big shopping event Nov. 30”

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR

MARBLE FALLS — As a musician and a songwriter, Huey O. Sherrill enjoys pouring his creativity into his music. But Sherrill also is taking that passion and turning it loose on American comfort foods such as hamburgers, fries, chicken sandwiches and other staples at his new restaurant, Huey O’s.

“One of the things I love about cooking, brother, is I can get in there and create some things that are going to just make people go, ‘Wow,'” Sherill said while sitting in one of two booths at his restaurant. “With my music, I write my own music, and it’s kind of the same thing with my cooking. I put all that energy and creativity into a sandwich.” Continue reading “Huey O’s in Marble Falls puts special twist on American staples”

FROM STAFF REPORTS

MARBLE FALLS — Because of weather concerns, the 2013 Walkway of Lights Light-Up Parade scheduled for Nov. 22 has been cancelled and the official opening of the display postponed.

Marble Falls/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce director Bill Rives said the rain caused some erosion at the Walkway of Lights at Lakeside Park, 307 Buena Vista, leading to the decision to delay the official opening. Continue reading “Walkway of Lights opening delayed and Light-Up parade canceled due to weather”