June 24, 2010

Pedernales Electric Cooperative members overwhelmingly approved a member bill of rights and elected Chris Perry and Ross Fischer as directors in results announced at the cooperative’s annual membership meeting Saturday, June 19, in Johnson City. Perry, a Dripping Springs resident, will fill the expiring District 4 position of O.C. Harmon, and Fischer, of Kendalia, will fill R.B.

The first-ever Adult Soap Box Derby was held in Marble Falls over Father’s Day weekend June 18, 19 & 20. The Mike’s Bikes entry, sponsored by the Horseshoe Bay Business Alliance, won first place in the distance event, third place in the downhill slalom event, and an award for the best engineered car.

Getting shipshape for the boat parade are Grand Marshall Pete Baker and captain of the ship Police Chief Bill Lane. The HSB police boat will lead the 10:30 a.m. flotilla of boats, barges and stowaways from Jonathan Cove to the lake shore of the Quail Point Lodge where food, fun and festivities will be underway. Baker, a graduate of the U.S.

Two couples who live on The Hills Road have agreed to dismiss their appeal of a trial court’s ruling against them in exchange for a $30,000 lump sum payment from the City of Horseshoe Bay’s insurance carrier. John and Maryah Sautter, who own property at 114 The Hills Road, and Donald and Anita Cruver, who own property at 109 The Hills Road, (together “Plaintiffs”) sued the City of Horseshoe Bay in the fall of 2008 for smoke and soot damage to their homes arisi ...

Did you know: Giving blood is good for you. It’s healthy. It decreases the risk of heart attacks in men. You get a free mini-physical and it’s the fastest way to lose a pound! Giving blood could help someone you love. The blood you give at the Scott & White Blood Center doesn’t go to a stranger.

These 32 future actors and actresses wrapped up the annual Hill Country Community Theater summer camp Friday night with a rollicking performance of their own creation. In the first week of camp they were each asked to create a character. HCCT’s Exective Director Jim McDermott wrote a play around these imaginative characters, which ranged from aliens and two-headed giants to super models.

According to Forbes.com, America’s money is moving to five areas in the Sun Belt, including Llano County. Based on IRS data from 2008 analyzed by Forbes, folks who move into Llano County are richer than folks who move out of the county. Forbes calculates that the average per capita income of a person moving into Llano County is $44,324, the average per capita income of a person moving away from Llano County is $22,541, and the average per capita income of a person staying put in ...

Llano Memorial Hospital is taking laparoscopic surgery one step further. According to Kevin Leeper, LMHS CEO, “our physicians are now able to perform gallbladder surgery through a single incision with the SILS™ procedure.” In contrast to the multiple entry points required by traditional laparoscopy, the SILS™ procedure is achieved with one access point through the belly button.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs sent of $292.6 million in sales tax allocations to Texas cities on June 11, down 1.5 percent compared to the allocations in June 2009. Calendar year-to-date, city sales tax allocations were down 4 percent compared to the same period last year. June’s sales tax allocations represent sales that occurred in April. This is the first allocation that includes the new tax rate of 1.75 percent for Horseshoe Bay, which went into effect on April 1, 2010.

Children are invited to a special listening time at the Marble Falls Public Library. There is something very exciting about listening to a good reader—one who makes a book come alive! So mark your calendar and come on Thursday afternoons at 3 p.m. to hear a good story. And, as an extra bonus, you just might be the lucky winner of a Wal-Mart gift card.

On Saturday, June 19, the Horseshoe Bay Police Department received a report of a family violence assault. The victim reported she had been attacked by her live-in boyfriend, James W. Murray, Jr., a 27 year old Spicewood resident. The victim reported that they had been out with friends and after dropping their friends off, an argument began between them.

Law enforcement personnel continue to search for Keith Howell, the 56 year old man from Arlington who is believed to have drowned in Lake Buchanan on Saturday afternoon. According to a spokesperson for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Howell was boating with his adult nephew and the nephew’s children on the east side of the lake about a mile west of Thunderbird Resort.

LCRA Transmission Services Corporation has put on hold further development of an 85-mile transmission line in the Texas Hill Country awaiting further guidance from the state on whether the project still is needed. The action affects planning for the Gillespie to Newton transmission line project that is part of the statewide wind-power initiative called Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ). In April, the Public Utility Commission of Texas denied an LCRA TSC application for a Certi ...

A plethora of good sportsmanship and competition were evident in the 2010 Golf on the Rocks Tournament, with too many exciting moments and scorecard playoffs to fully cover. Now, with the third annual tournament behind us, we are beginning to have flashbacks of teams, past and present and the memories in the making.

“What’s on television tonight, Honey?” I asked. With the remote pointed at the screen, Sky King mumbles, “Nothing.” Wait a dad-burned minute. Aren’t we paying about $140 a month for a bazillion high definition HBO-Golf Channel, blah-de-blahs? And there is nothing on that might even remotely entertain us? Sometimes I long for the day when we knew what was televised on Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Bond investing basics are simple. When you buy a bond, the bond issuer - either a government or corporation - pays you an agreed-upon rate of interest known as the coupon rate. In addition, you get your original investment back when the bond reaches a maturity date. Bonds come in many flavors: taxable and tax-exempt, long- and short-term, AAA-rated and junk, inflation-protected, fixed-rate and variable-rate. Before investing in a bond issue, you should consider several factors. ...

SPECIAL REMINDER: HSB POA 4TH OF JULY PARADES AND FESTIVITIES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2010. The City of HSB and HSB Resort will host a fireworks show July 4. Saturday, June 26 Riverbend Fine Art Gallery-preview showing of “35 on 35,” an exhibit by artist Rusty Jones of 35 paintings of scenes along I-35.