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The March 14th luncheon of The International Club will feature a presentation by David and Kay Rose and their former exchange student, Daniel Kristo, of Albania. The Roses lived in Sao Paulo Brazil from 1967 to 1973 as missionaries for Churches of Christ. They moved to Austin in 1973 and Kay resumed teaching public school while David enrolled at UT.

So you want to try your hand (or Green Thumb) at growing Asparagus? This crop seems to intimidate lots of gardeners. It is not that hard but it is time consuming to get a great harvest. Asparagus is grown from 1- or 2-yearold crowns planted in January or February, or as soon as the ground can be worked.

This love story has continued for forty-eight years, but it begins in the fall of 1961. Larry Canter had just graduated from Vanderbilt University and received a scholarship to take graduate engineering courses at the University of Illinois. One of his friends in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee told him of a great girl she had met in Illinois who was attending the University.

Nine years ago, Lonnie and Kim Harmon thought they were finished raising children. Their daughter and son (Natalie and Nathan) were grown, and they themselves were making plans to move. On the fateful day when the airliners hit the World Trade Center, they were on their way from Illinois to Texas; this year, their lives were rocked by an even greater tragedy, as a devastating earthquake that killed many thousands of Haitians rocked the orphanage where their sixth adopted child was waiting to ...

President Sheri Zoch, of the Friends of the Red Top Jail, was recognized in a ceremony at the state capitol last Thursday, where Llano’s historic county jail was officially designated as one of the state’s “Texas’ Most Endangered Historic Places.” A delegation from Llano was on hand for the presentation, which occurred as part of the annual meeting of Preservation Texas. Founded in 1985, and named a statewide partner of the National Trust for Historic pre ...

Experience an up close view of the stars at Westcave Preserve’s Star Night Program (weather permitting) on February 20 from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. The dark sky location and a high-quality telescope offer a rare local opportunity to bring the stars within reach. Fees for the star gazing program are $5 for adults and $2 for children.

African historian Dr. Carole Buchanan and husband, Dr. Ray Buchanan, presented a history of Uganda to the International Club luncheon on Sunday, January 10. Using slides based on their years of teaching and research in Uganda in the 1960’s, the Buchanans shared their amazing adventures with the over 80 people in attendance. The Buchanans had been recently married and were living in New York City, with Ray attending Union Theological Seminary and Carole teaching and attending Col ...

Two separate teams of volunteers from the Horseshoe Bay area will join others from across the United States to travel to Rio Bravo, Mexico to build small homes known as casitas and to conduct afternoon Mission Bible Schools. The first group is scheduled from February 13 to 20 and the second group from February 21 to 27. The teams stay in a secure, comfortable, heated, and air conditioned facility built by volunteers five years ago located next door to the Mission Juntas Medical facili ...

Fasten your seat belts and come join the International Club as they tour five continents of the world during the club’s 2010 meetings. On the second Sunday of each month, except July and December, the club hosts a potluck lunch at Quail Point with informative and entertaining programs. Many volunteers arrive at 11:30 a.m.

Four residents of Horseshoe Bay recently returned home from a two week tour of China, just days before the Chinese people celebrated the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Maurice and Gayla Peeples along with Terry and Marty Johnson were in the world’s most populous country as festive decorations adorned parks and public sites and as preparations were being made in every city to commemorate former Chairman Mao Tse-tung’s 1949 pronouncement in Tiananmen Square.