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By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Caring Aces Charity Dinner was held Sunday night, Feb. 21, at On the Rocks in Cottonwood Shores.

Guests were treated to a three-course dinner, the music of Tyler Smith and dinner speaker Bill Rives.

For a look at the evening see the Tuesday, Feb. 23, edition of The Highlander.

The 52nd Annual Kingsland/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet was held Saturday night, Feb. 20, at the Lighthouse Country Club Restaurant. Outstanding members and outgoing board members were honored from among businesses and community leaders in Burnet and Llano counties up and down the Highland Lakes.

See the story in the Tuesday, Feb. 23, edition of The Highlander.

Glynis Crawford Smith

Lakeside Pavilion in Marble Falls was crowded with country wester fun seekers Saturday night for Boots & BBQ, a benefit for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the Highland Lakes Area.

See the photos in the Tuesday, Feb. 23, edition of The Highlander.

Jay Boy Adams with Zenobia & Mister Sister will provide the entertainment for Blues on the Bay Gala benefitting The Phoenix Center Saturday, Feb. 20, at Horseshoe Bay's Quail Point.

Hill Country Community Theatre has announced open auditions dates of Feb. 29 and March 1 for their April production of the comedy “A Little Off the Top” by Carl L. Williams.

The comedy involves two balding men, their love interests and a toupee salesman in a cast of seven chosen from 7 p.m. auditions at the theatre, 4003 West Ranch to Market Road 2147, Cottonwood Shores. Watch The Highlander for more information, call the theatre at 830-693-2474 or send an email to director@theHCCT.org.

Scoot your boots to the music of Les Hartman and his band and chow down at Boots & BBQ  Feb. 20 to benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the Highland Lakes. It takes place at Marble Falls Lakeside Pavilion where barbecue is served 6:30-8 p.m. and the music goes on until 11:30 p.m.

Reservations at $40 per person are available at the CASA website, highlandlakescasa.com or by calling the CASA office at 325-388-3440. Lakeside Pavilion is located at 307 Buena Vista Drive in Lakeside Park.

A special Valentine's Day-only matinee performance of “A Bench in the Sun” is set for Sunday, Feb. 14, at 2:15 p.m. at Hill Country Community Theatre, 4003 West Farm to Market Road 2147, Cottonwood Shores. The staged reading is offered as a pay-what-you-can (cash or check only) gift to theater lovers  from the Hill Country Community Theatre, 4003 West Farm to Market road 2147 at Cottonwood Shores.

See the full story in the Tuesday, Feb. 9, edition of The Highlander.

Join the Mah Jong craze, master your smart phone, recount family stories with flair in classes for the over-50 set beginning Feb. 15-24 at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) of Texas Tech University (TTU) Hill Country.

To enroll or learn more about classes presented or broadcast to the facility at  806 Steve Hawkins Parkway in Marble Falls, call 830-990-2717, email olli.hillcountry@ttu.edu or visit the website www.olli.ttu.edu today.

By Glynis Crawford Smith

Embrace the Mah Jong craze, learn to fiddle with that new fangled phone successfully, write family tales with a flare, enhance your world view and more by enrolling in new programs for the 50 and over set.

Spring offerings from Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) are beginning at Texas Tech University (TTU) Hill Country in Marble Falls and two more locations broadcasting to their facility here at 806 Steve Hawkins Parkway have start dates this month, Feb. 15-24.

For complete information email olli.hillcountry@ttu.edu, call 830-990-2717 or visit online, www.olli.ttu.edu.