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HSB Police Captain Richard Baum, who is retiring after nearly forty years of law enforcement service, was honored at the January 22nd HSB City Council Meeting.
Captain Baum began his law enforcement career in 1973 with the Alamogordo (New Mexico) Police Dept. He joined the Hobbs Police Dept. in 1976, and he and HSB Police Chief Bill Lane worked together in Hobbs for several years.
Baum joined the HSB Police Dept. ...
The Llano ISD Board approved an order for a Bond Election on May 11, 2013. The amount of the bond is $5.8 million dollars. Due to an anticipated drop in the I&S tax rate, passage of the bond will not result in an increase in the I&S tax rate. The I&S tax rate will remain at the current rate of 12.8 cents per $100 valuation. ...
Several hundred supporters attended the annual Hill Country 100 Club meeting and banquet at the Pavilion in Marble Falls on January 17. The event is held in honor of all of our first responders. The Hill Country 100 Club is a citizen based non-profit organization formed to support our local firefighters, law enforcement officers and emergency medical service first responders in the Blanco, Burnet, and Lampasas and Llano counties. ...
In response to the announcement made late last Wednesday, Ron Mitchell, Vice Chairman and President of Horseshoe Bay Resort filled in City Council regarding the sale of the HSB Resort.
After almost 20 years, the HSB Resort has been put up for sale; the Jaffe Group announced that is was time for another owner to come and ‘take it to the next level’. ...
LCRA will pay for a new water treatment plant to provide a long-term, reliable source of water to customers in the Spicewood Beach Water System who have been under Stage 4 emergency drought restrictions for almost a year.
The LCRA Board of Directors unanimously approved the $1.2 million project at its Jan. ...
Commissioners voted to lift the burn ban on Monday, citing recent rain as a factor. Precinct 2 Commissioner Linda Raschke expressed concerns of removing the ban due to high winds in the area. After consideration, they voted 3-1, with Raschke against, to lift the burn ban, but will watch conditions, and, if need be, call a special meeting to reinstate the ban.
Discussion regarding reconsidering proposals for necessary repairs to the new Llano County Annex on 1431 led to the matter being tabled ... ...
On Sunday, January 13, 2013, the International Club met to hear Howard Otto share the events and sights of a recent trip to Budapest, Hungary. He and his wife Mary Kay were joined on the trip by their son Matt and his family. The usual tasty covered dish lunch was another highlight of the afternoon.
Budapest consists of two cities, Buda and Pest and is located on both sides of the very wide Danube River. There are seven bridges that span the river to accommodate the more than two mill ... ...
LCRA General Manager
Facing a record-breaking drought with no end in sight, the Lower Colorado River Authority has again asked the state to allow us to not release water from the Highland Lakes for most downstream farmers this year unless substantial rainfall replenishes the reservoirs. LCRA’s Board of Directors took that action Jan. ...
Bud Nichols won the MGA Swatfest on January 11 at Slick Rock in an exciting one-hole playoff against 7 other winners of their respective flights.
The Swatfest started with 70 golfers and 8 flights. After one golfer in each flight was eliminated on each hole, the 8 flight winners (pictured) participated in a one-hole playoff on the storied 12th hole of Slick Rock. ...
Funny how memories are stirred from the dark pantry of our minds, but I distinctly remember the day I was introduced to human death. By age four, I was already familiar with the deaths of animals, which happened on a regular basis on our farm. Mother usually killed a chicken on Friday or Saturday for Sunday dinner and watching the headless chicken flop around meant something good to eat and an opportunity to break the pulley bone with my sister. ...
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HSB Police Captain Richard Baum, who is retiring after nearly forty years of law enforcement service, was honored at the January 22nd HSB City Council Meeting.
Captain Baum began his law enforcement career in 1973 with the Alamogordo (New Mexico) Police Dept. He joined the Hobbs Police Dept. in 1976, and he and HSB Police Chief Bill Lane worked together in Hobbs for several years.
Baum joined the HSB Police Dept.
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“The various structures at Horseshoe Bay, even those of strictly functional purpose, are carefully designed to blend into the countryside.” (Texas Parade Magazine, January 1972) Cousins Wayne and Norman Hurd were the developers of Horseshoe Bay, and they hired a Dallas architecture firm to help execute their dream. Ronald Glen Bradshaw of The Architects Partnership worked closely with the Hurds to produce the timeless look of Horseshoe Bay that we all enjoy today.
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Hico’s location 110 miles from Horseshoe Bay makes it a perfect stop in the road on your way to Dallas or regions beyond. This tiny town (pronounced HI-ko) encompasses only 1.5 square miles and has a population near 1400, but a look around will explain why it has managed to survive the recent universal financial slump.
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The opening of Luciana McKeown’s catering and cooking business in January, 2007, was delayed when an ice storm hit the area and closed down everything in town. She successfully weathered that challenge and opened later that week. She has been meeting challenges head-on ever since. On January 19 of this year, she hosted a five-year anniversary celebration at her business on Commerce Street in Marble Falls.
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As an investor, what are your goals? You can probably think of quite a few — but over the course of your lifetime, your objectives typically will fall into five key categories. And once you’re familiar with these areas, you can start thinking of what they’ll mean to you in terms of your financial and investment strategies.
So, let’s take a look at each of these areas and see what they might entail for you:
·Preparing for retirement — With advances in health care and a greater aware ...
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There will be a public hearing concerning the replat to be known as A Replat of Legacy
9-A, The Peninsula, a Private Subdivision in Burnet County, Texas at the regular scheduled City of Horseshoe Bay city council meeting on Tuesday, March 20, 2011 at 3.00 p.m., followed by discussion and action on the same.
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Dear Editor,
Thank you so much for your recent article on me with the picture of my family. There is one error that needs to be pointed out: my website address is
www.jerrypcampbell.org while the
JPCampbell.LlanoCounty
@nctv.com
is my email address.
Jerry Campbell for Llano County Commissioner, Precinct 1
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Albert Case Ogden, 95 of Horseshoe Bay, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013. He was born July 18, 1917 in Passaic, New Jersey to James Sherman Ogden and Helen Case Ogden. He has resided in Horseshoe Bay since 1985.
Al served as a Tech Sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945.
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LCRA General Manager
Facing a record-breaking drought with no end in sight, the Lower Colorado River Authority has again asked the state to allow us to not release water from the Highland Lakes for most downstream farmers this year unless substantial rainfall replenishes the reservoirs. LCRA’s Board of Directors took that action Jan.
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Congratulations are in order for Luciana McKeown, owner of Saucy’s Catering & Cooking in Cottonwood Shores. On Friday, the 18th, she will be celebrating her sixth anniversary in the business, and she will also begin regular dinner service from 5 to 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. At the beginning of the year she initiated new lunch hours.
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Thursday, March 1
The Highland Lakes Birding and Wildflower Society will host guest speaker, Jean Nance, who will present the program “Useful Native Plants” at the Marble Falls Library at 9:30 am.
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