Lakes Photo Club calling for winter, holiday shots

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — While the Lakes Photo Club doesn’t meet again until Feb. 5, people interested in joining the organization or just benefitting from members’ feedback shouldn’t wait until the day of the meeting to get their photos in order.

Llano celebrates Western lifestyle with museum trappings exhibit

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR LLANO — When people walk out of the Western Trappings on the Llano exhibit at the Llano Historical Museum, event organizer Charles Wendt hopes they leave with one word on their mind. “Wow,” he said. “When you look around here, everything is original. There are no reproductions. This show really […]

Highland Lakes communities celebrate Christmas with displays, more

MARBLE FALLS — Communities across the Highland Lakes are celebrating Christmas with lights displays, parades and more. Here are some holiday happenings to get you in the spirit. Click on the links to read more about the events.

Burnet considers no-smoking rules for private businesses

CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — City officials are considering expanding Burnet’s non-smoking regulations from city-owned buildings and facilities into private businesses and other spaces where the public frequents.

Local World War II veteran retraces the steps of his Timberwolves unit

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR HORSESHOE BAY — As Gerald Powell lay in the road, only a few yards from a house full of German soldiers, the distinct sound of an enemy’s boots rang through his ears. The Germans boots had hobnails on the soles to make them more durable. But when a German soldier […]

Community theater casting for ‘Zombies from the Beyond’ musical

FROM STAFF REPORTS COTTONWOOD SHORES — In one of its out of this world productions — it’s set in Milwaukee — the Hill Country Community Theatre is holding open auditions 7 p.m. Dec. 8-9 for the upcoming production of “Zombies from the Beyond.”

Marble Falls family’s one-time project now something more

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Lisa and Shawn Moore remember the day they walked into a person’s home with some donated items for the house and realized how rough some people have it. “All they had for furniture were two folding chairs,” Lisa said. “And then there was a bed on the […]

Brad Hall wasn’t supposed to walk; now he’s running miles for another

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR SPICEWOOD — The stretch of Texas 71 between the U.S. 281 intersection and Spicewood isn’t particularly desolate if you’re racing down the road at 70 mph, but for Brad Hall, who tackled the stretch one step at a time Nov. 19, the distance takes on an entirely different appearance. “Yeah, […]

Former Marble Falls City Manager Ralph Hendricks on the road to recovery

JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Ralph Hendricks always loved the night of the Christmas Light-Up Parade and Walkway of Lights opening. “What a joyful thing for this town, the parade and walkway,” Hendricks said Nov. 21 before this year’s event.

Drought prompts LCRA to seek OK to halt lake releases for fourth year

SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM AUSTIN — With parts of Texas in the midst of a persistent, severe drought, the Lower Colorado River Authority will seek permission from the state to curtail releases of interruptible stored water from the Highland Lakes for downstream irrigation for the fourth year in a row. LCRA also will ask permission to […]

Burnet football season ends with 23-15 loss to Liberty Hill

05 December 2014

JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — In a game featuring powered offenses, it was the defenses that decided the outcome in a Class 4A Division I state quarterfinal match between Burnet High School (11-3) and Liberty Hill (12-2) on Dec. 5. The Panthers won 23-15 after recovering a fumble on an early snap to […]

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Kingsland food truck Chino features fresh, local ingredients

05 December 2014

JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF KINGSLAND — Ask Arturo Lopez about his food truck menu, and he won’t just tell you the specials of the day. He’ll list a half-dozen dishes he can make ranging from Philly cheese steaks and grilled stuffed burritos to sandwiches and veggie wraps.

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Get in the Christmas spirit with Llano parade, home tour

05 December 2014

FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — Let’s face it, with all the activities and shopping going on, sometimes we feel a little more like the Grinch before he heard the songs of Whoville than the one who raced down the mountain with a heart that grew 10 times bigger that very day. So just how do […]

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Getting your reluctant reader to open a book — and enjoy it

05 December 2014

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR SPICEWOOD — One of the biggest challenges as an educator for Spicewood Elementary School principal Leslie Baty is turning reluctant readers into voracious ones. “Reading really does lay the foundation on pretty much on which the rest of their education is built,” she said. “But if they’re not reading or […]

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Lakes Photo Club calling for winter, holiday shots

05 December 2014

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — While the Lakes Photo Club doesn’t meet again until Feb. 5, people interested in joining the organization or just benefitting from members’ feedback shouldn’t wait until the day of the meeting to get their photos in order.

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Inks Lake State Park offers holiday, outdoor activities

05 December 2014

BURNET — Inks Lake State Park is offering a Hooting Holiday Crafts and Open House at the bird blind in December along with its regular monthly outdoor activities. The crafts event is for all ages and is 1-5 p.m. Dec. 27 at the new bird blind. Participants can make holiday owls from pine cones and […]

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Burnet County Jail bookings for the period of Nov. 21-Dec. 4, 2014

05 December 2014

The following people were arrested and booked into the Burnet County Jail during the period of Nov. 21-Dec. 4, 2014, according to Burnet County sheriff’s logs. City of residence and release information are listed when available. This list does not constitute an official court document, and all persons are innocent until proven guilty in a […]

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Llano County Jail bookings for the period of Nov. 18-Dec. 1, 2014

05 December 2014

The following people were arrested and booked into the Llano County Jail during the period of Nov. 18-Dec. 1, 2014, according to Llano County sheriff’s logs. City of residence and release information are listed when available. This list does not constitute an official court document, and all persons are innocent until proven guilty in a […]

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Two Kingsland meth busts in one day; cases on the rise

04 December 2014

FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND— Authorities made back-to-back drug arrests Dec. 3 on methamphetamine possession charges in an area of Llano County experiencing an uptick in cases involving the dangerous drug, officials say.

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Burnet-Liberty Hill contest should be one to remember

04 December 2014

JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Burnet High School head football coach Kurt Jones still remembers the trip like it was yesterday. In 2002, the Bulldogs would play for the Class 3A Division I state championship.

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Llano celebrates Western lifestyle with museum trappings exhibit

04 December 2014

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR LLANO — When people walk out of the Western Trappings on the Llano exhibit at the Llano Historical Museum, event organizer Charles Wendt hopes they leave with one word on their mind. “Wow,” he said. “When you look around here, everything is original. There are no reproductions. This show really […]

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Highland Lakes groups team up for Dump Truck Diaper Drive

04 December 2014

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — When Kylie Weathers, a volunteer with the Highland Lakes Pregnancy Resource Center, realized how much of a need there was for diapers, she decided to go big to meet it. And when she says big, she means dump truck big.

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Highland Lakes communities celebrate Christmas with displays, more

04 December 2014

MARBLE FALLS — Communities across the Highland Lakes are celebrating Christmas with lights displays, parades and more. Here are some holiday happenings to get you in the spirit. Click on the links to read more about the events.

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Marble Falls basketball begins Subway Classic with loss

04 December 2014

JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls High School boys basketball team began its own Subway Classic tournament with a 62-45 loss to Bandera on Dec. 4. The Mustangs got no closer than seven points in the second half.

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