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Marble Falls Area Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will be able to purchase new CPR equipment thanks to a $22,256 community development grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Pedernales Electric Cooperative.

Marble Falls Area EMS will acquire a LUCAS Chest Compression System and a Zoll portable ventilator, some of the most advanced equipment in the field of emergency medicine for cardiac arrest victims. When paired with defibrillators, medication and highly trained medics, the organization will be able to offer the best in CPR care, said Marble Falls Area EMS Operations Director Kevin Naumann.

Today is Earth Day in the City of Horseshoe Bay by the proclamation presented at the city council meeting Tuesday, April 19.

Mayor Steven T. “Steve” Jordan presented the proclamation making April 22, 2016 as Earth Day in recognition of the efforts of the Horseshoe Bay Property Owners Association (POA) to establish its first Earth Day Expo. POA President Sam Morrison accepted the proclamation as part of the “global community,” recognized for taking action to create a positive environmental change.

Starcke Dam, owned by Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), creates Lake Marble Falls and water can pass through one or more of its 10 floodgates to maintain a relatively constant level.

Starcke Dam has the distinction of being the smallest in the Highland Lakes chain and the last one completed. The lake and dam were constructed from 1949 to 1951 for hydroelectricity. Originally named Marble Falls, the dam was renamed in 1962 for Max Starcke, LCRA's second general manager (1940-1955).

LCRA is sending out alerts as it opens flood gates at Lake Buchanan, Wirtz and Max Starke Dams. 

The alerts are directing local calls to the Burnet County Sheriff's Office, 512-756-8080.

The Old Granite School building which houses the Falls on the Colorado Museum is getting a much-needed improvement that will not cost Marble Falls ISD or the museum any out of pocket expense.

Early voting for the May 7 city and school elections begins Monday, April 25 in Burnet and Llano counties. Several different local leadership positions are up for grabs on the ballot.

Voters will decide which of three candidates will get the Place 1 spot on the Marble Falls Independent School District (MFISD) Board of Trustees. 

BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH/HIGHLAND LAKES NEWSPAPERS

A Burnet man was indicted on manufacture and delivery charges following the death of US veteran on reported drug overdose.

Dallas Wood, 19, was indicted April 5 on charge of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance causing death, a felony.

According to the indictment, on or about May 27, 2014, Wood did “knowingly deliver, by actual or constructive transfer, to Matthew Cain, a controlled substance, namely Methamphetamine, in an amount less than one gram.”

The indictment continues that Matthew Allen Cain, 34, expired on May 27, 2014 after using the drug.

“Matthew Cain died as a result of injecting or ingesting or inhaling into the body… an amount of the controlled substance,” the report stated.

BY GLYNIS CRAWFORD SMITH

THE HIGHLANDER

Small ceremonies for the presentation of a grants are about to make a big difference in Marble Falls, Granite Shoals, Cottonwood Shores and Llano.

By Lew K. Cohn

The Highlander

Managing Editor

BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH

BURNET BULLETIN

Two teens were arrested on felony aggravated assault charges after their target practice allegedly injured a passerby.

Burnet Sheriff's Department Deputies arrested Ronald Mason Reynolds of Cedar Park and Richard Phillip Spradling of Burnet, both 18, on charge of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, a second degree felony.