Events

by Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

More than 70 U.S. military veterans from the Vietnam War era were honored Thursday morning, Aug. 25, at a ceremony sponsored by Congressman Roger Williams at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10376 in Marble Falls.

“Congressman Williams is one of the few to do what was intended when the Congressional Resolution was passed recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War,” said Burnet County Veterans Services Officer Bill Worley, Lt. USN Retired.

The ceremony was the third Williams has carried out in his 25th Congressional District.

“We hope to do at least one more,” he said, explaining that each veteran who registered for the event was receiving a certificate and a memorial pin.

The 5th Annual Swift Fest will be held Saturday, Aug. 27, from 4:30 – 10 p.m. in downtown Jonestown.

Jonestown hosts Swift Fest to celebrate the Chimney Swifts, migratory birds that make the city their home during their migration. Swift Fest is a fun family event and appeals to anyone with an interest in birds, wildlife and nature. Festival activities include live music, nature-themed vendors, food, nature games, and activities for children of all ages.

Veterans of the Vietnam War era will be honored at 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Burnet County Veterans Services and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10376.
Congressman Roger Williams will address the program to be held at the VFW Post, 1001 Veterans Drive, in Marble Falls.
The public is invited to honor active duty U.S. military personnel who served between Nov. 1, 1955-May 15, 1975. For more information, contact Bill Worley of Burnet County Veterans Services 830-265-8403 orvetsvc@burnetcountytexas.org.

The Highland Lakes Texas Exes Chapter has been re-activated and is re-establishing their University of Texas Longhorn family with an event from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18.

The event, with appetizers and beverages, will be held at Mama's Home Cooking, 200 South West Street in Burnet.

The chapter will be working to bring together UT graduates in the Highland Lakes through social, cultural, fundraiser and community help events to provide benefits to area students through scholarships.

At the Aug. 18 meeting, $6 per person includes the first beverage ticket and appetizers. Additional beverage tickets will be $5 each. Payment at the first gathering will be by cash only. Separate dining at the restaurant will be available for those who want to stay longer.

Drawing tickets sold at the meeting for $2 each or five for $10 will be the first small fundraiser.

Mustang spirit may begin with “Meet the Mustangs” Thursday night, Aug. 11, but the Mustang Band is ready to carry the spirit forward one week later.

The Marble Falls High School Mustang Band will present a free concert from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, in Johnson Park, 230 South Avenue J.

The program, entitled “KALEIDOSCOPE,” will feature music from the 2016 marching season.

A $5 hamburger supper will benefit the Marble Falls High School band program.

Fans of student athletes, the band, the Starlettes and MFHS Cheerleaders gather at Mustang Stadium at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The whole community is invited to meet the fall sports participants. In addition to high school participants, introductions will include members of the marble Falls youth Football League, the Mustangs of tomorrow.

If you don't have your own true purple attire, the Marble FallsAthletic Booster Club (MFABC) will be selling spirit wear and providing food.

Looking for a way to help your community?

Just a few hours a week can make a difference and now is the time to get in on the ground floor with Literacy Highland Lakes (LHL), a non-profit organization dedicated to adult education.

Orientation sessions will take place from 9:30 a.m.-noon on three different Saturdays in three different locations:

Aug. 6, Marble Falls Library, 101 Main Street.

Aug. 13, Herman Brown Free Library in Burnet, 100 East Washington Street.

Aug. 20, Joann Cole Mitte Memorial Library in Bertram, 1701 North Gabriel Street.

Literacy Highland Lakes helps adults ear their High School Equivalency Diploma (formerly called GED), learn basic reading skills and grow in English as a Second Language (ESL) education and prepare for U.S. Citizenship.

BY GLYNIS CRAWFORD SMITH
THE HIGHLANDER
Country Cuzzins, a Highland Lakes area square dance club, will hold its annual Fiesta Dance Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Boys & Girls Club of the Highland Lakes, 1701 Broadway Street, in Marble Falls.
“It is a great night for all our members,” said square dancer Charlie Taylor. “But everyone is welcome. It is a good chance for someone who is interested to see what it's all about. We have a lot of fun.”
Taylor and his partner in the square Rita Baier are just back from the National Square Dance Association event in Des Moins, Iowa, June 23-26.
“Square dancers do a lot of traveling and we meet new people all the time,” said Taylor. “In DesMoins there were 4,000 dancers from 15 countries, all there to square dance. The floor was huge—eight people in a square and 80 squares at a time.
“We're off to Bandera next.”

DAR offers workshop
The Llano Uplift Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) will hold a free genealogy/membership workshop on Saturday, Aug. 6.
The workshop will have two sessions: the first, from 10 a.m.-noon, and a second, from 2-4 p.m. at the Kingsland Public Library located at 125 Polk Street in Kingsland.
NSDAR is a lineage society open to all women over the age of 18 who can
prove lineage back to a “Patriot of the American Revolution of 1776.” The Llano Uplift Chapter includes members from Burnet, Llano, Lampasas, Blanco counties and beyond.  The purpose of the genealogy/membership workshop is to assist women in determining eligibility for DAR membership in the Llano Uplift Chapter/NSDAR.  

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

The annual Double Horn – Rockvale Reunion will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 30, at the Church of Christ, 711 Broadway Street in Marble Falls.

The two communities that grew up southeast of Marble Falls in the 1850's first thrived and then diminished over the decades, but a sense of community brings about 100 residents and friends, old and new, together each year.

Children in need from all over the lakes area will be welcomed Saturday morning, Aug. 6, to the Back to School Blast (B2SB), sponsored by Highland Lakes Health Partnership (HLHP).

The event will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Marble Falls Middle School, 1511 Pony Drive, behind the H-E-B store and a health fair has been added to this 6th annual event.

Inside the school gymnasium will be more than 1,500 back packs full of school supplies, along with shoes and socks and services for students in PreK – 12th grade, all sponsored by area churches and the Highland Lakes Health Partnership.

“This is not limited to children in the Marble Falls Independent School District,” said Cathy Lemlyn, community outreach coordinator for Bluebonnet Trails Community Services, an HLHP member. “Twenty percent of about 2,000 people who came last year were from outside town.”