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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.

Our family was a member of the Cross Plains Riding Club. The arena still sits near Highway 36 in my little hometown and after 60 years, is still an active place. Children started off with Shetland ponies and graduated to larger horses. Heard of goat ropers? We actually did rope goats, dogs, each other or anything else that moved.

Recently, my beloved and I visited Possum Kingdom for the first time. If you’ve never been there, it is a big, big lake. Flying into Graham, we could see the devastation of the recent fires and upon landing and driving from Graham to the lake, even more incendiary carnage was visible. When one lives on or near the water, the thought of fire is almost inconceivable.

Recently, I took inventory of my pals and their hair color and after all these years I didn’t realize that most of them are blondes. Those who aren’t usually have at least a few highlights. As a group, I just adore them, possibly because they are generally happy-go-lucky girls and charming as puppies.

Blazing Star Masonic Lodge Master, Mart Tomlinson (R), presented The Golden Trowel Award to Johnnie B. Heck on April 25, 2011. The Golden Trowel is the highest honor a local lodge can bestow on one of its members. “It was a complete surprise, said Heck. I am flattered an honored to receive this award.

Keller Williams Realty would like to say thank you to the residents and businesses in our community who so graciously donated money and items for the annual “give back to the community” RED Day project held May 12, 2011. This year Keller Williams Realty sent 46 “care” packages to overseas troops from the local area.

Enjoying the hill country last week were Front Row-L-R: Jean Hampton, Brenda Kerr, Christine and Mark O’Hagan. Back Row-L-R: Ronnie Hampton, Glenn Lee, Director of Golf and Mike Kerr. The Kerrs entertained the O’Hagans, from Dumfries, Scotland and Hampton of Conover, North Carolina. It was the first trip to Texas for the O’Hagans and they were very impressed with the golf courses and their tour of Summit Rock.

Recently, I read of some college students who had spent their spring break digging water wells for villages in a third-world country. Equipped with the tools of the trade and enough training to know how to use them, these enthusiastic young people were putting their Christian faith into action. While their contemporaries were soaking up sunshine on the beaches, the benevolent-minded students were engaged in selfless service in the name of Jesus. Imagine for a moment a scene that migh ...