January 14, 2010

The Hill Country has been on a weather roller coaster. From a summer sizzling through an extended heat wave to a winter freezing with record breaking single digit temperatures. On Friday, some Pedernales Electric Cooperative customers in Horseshoe Bay West experienced power outages due to the above average demand for electricity, primarily related to heating needs during the frigid weather.

Texas cities’ sales tax receipts for November 2009 sales were down 11.4 percent compared to November 2008 according to the monthly report issued Friday by Texas Comptroller Susan Combs. The $15,999 in November 2009 sales tax receipts reported by businesses located in the City of Horseshoe Bay represents a stunning 64% decrease over the $44,913 in tax receipts for sales made in November 2008 in HSB and the $55,529 in November 2007.

MP3-CDs are now available to check out at the Marble Falls Public Library. MP3-CDs have exceptional sound quality compared to books on CDs and can hold up to 16½ hours on a single disc, eliminating the need to frequently change CDs while playing them in the car or at home. MP3-CDs can be played on MP3-CD players, PCs, laptops, and the files can be transferred to a handheld MP3 player through your computer.

The Pedernales Electric Cooperative is once again offering scholarships to high school seniors in its service area. Each year, PEC awards fifty $1,000 scholarships to use toward expenses at any accredited college, technical school or trade school, or other post-secondary educational institution. “An education is one of the most powerful tools a young adult can possess today, and PEC fully supports students pursuing their educational goals,” said PEC Community Relations Man ...

Literacy Highland Lakes is gearing up for its fourth annual Team Scrabble Fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, January 31, at Quail Point, 708 Red Sails, in Horseshoe Bay, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. This is the dead weekend between the playoffs and Super Bowl Sunday, so it’s a great time to distance yourself from the television and take part in a real life competition using the alphabet.

The second in the 2009-10 series of discussions and forums about Texas water issues will at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Llano River Field Station, Texas Tech University Center in Junction, Tex. The series is a joint project of Schreiner University, Texas Tech University at Fredericksburg, Hill Country Alliance and Texas Public Radio to help alert the public to water conservation and water use issues in the state. The symposium’s topic will be “Climate Change and Impa ...

On Jan. 25, some of us celebrate Opposite Day. Its origins are murky and even its exact date is in some dispute, but Opposite Day has proved to be a source of fun for many people, especially children, who choose to eat breakfast at suppertime and otherwise do things in reverse.

The New Year brings a classic “good news”, “bad news” scenario regarding the federal estate tax. First the good news: there is no federal estate tax in 2010. Hooray! Now the bad news: the White House and both houses of Congress are controlled by Democrats, and that means the odds are great that a new estate tax law will be passed in 2010.

CITY OF HORSESHOE BAY, TEXAS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN ordinance amending the zoning regulations, codified as chapter 14 TO Add A NEW SECTION 14.02.406 (i) (10) Minimum Lot Development Standards for Manufactured Homes TO BE PLACed ON LOTS CLASSIFIED m-1 MOBILE HOME in Zone 4B Horseshoe Bay South The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Horseshoe Bay will conduct a public hearing on February 2, 2010 as part of its regular Publi ...

CITY OF HORSESHOE BAY, TEXAS PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1. TRACTS S & T OF HORSESHOE BAY WEST PLAT NO. 1.2; 2. Lake Areas beyond the 825 foot Contour Line and 100 Feet Beyond the Shoreline of Oakridge Estates and the LCRA Power Plant Property to the ETJ Line of the City; 3.

Thursday, January 14 Dinner Bingo-6 p.m. at Quail Point, dinner catered by Moe’s. Game begins 6:45 p.m. Bring your beverage of choice, decaf coffee and iced tea provided. $9 includes meal, entry fee and a bingo card ($1 each.) Reservation necessary, call Dianne Jones at 598-4528. Saturday, January 16 Murder Mystery Dinner Theater-sponsored by Hill Country Community Theater, 6:30 p.m., $50 per person.

Celebration of life services for Edwin Curtis Finley, 82, of Horseshoe Bay and formerly of Lubbock will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 15, at the Abbey Chapel of Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock, with Dr. Ken Horn officiating. Ed was born Nov. 6, 1927 in Pecos to the late Edwin Odis and Lillian Finley.

Jesus Enrique Median-Rojas, 3 years of age died at Dell Childrens Hospital on Janaury 8, 2010 following a life long illness. Jesus was born in Wichita, Kansas and resided there until 7 months ago when the family moved to Cottonwood Shores, TX. Jesus is survived by his parents Jose R.