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Voters in Pedernales Electric Cooperative’s districts 1, 6, and 7 elected directors in this year’s annual election. The results were announced at the conclusion of the cooperative’s June 23 annual meeting.

The life and legacy of the late Dr. Joe Shepperd will be honored at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 3, during a special luncheon at the AgriLife Extension building in Burnet.

The event is a continuation of a series called “Citizens of Note,” sponsored by the Burnet County Historical Commission. For the past two years, the BCHC has honored women in a series of “Women of Note” presentations and luncheons. This year, the commission agreed to include men on the list of honorees, changing the name of the project to “Citizens of Note.”

In 1937, Dr. Shepperd helped establish the first hospital in Burnet County, which preceded what is today Seton Highland Lakes Hospital in Burnet. Shepperd's hospital had one bed and a delivery room.

The following year, Shepperd was elected mayor of Burnet, a post he held until 1953. He would late be elected mayor again in the 1960s.

Savanna Gregg/The Highlander

Austin-based country music legend Rick Trevino serenades the crowd with his song “I Am a Mexican” towards the conclusion of his show, which was the second concert of the Burnet Concert Series on Saturday, June 23, at Haley Nelson Park. The final concert of the series will be held Aug. 11 when Pat Green comes to Burnet to perform.

The Highlander claimed four awards in the annual Texas Press Association Better Newspaper Contest at Saturday's Texas Press Association summer meeting in Montgomery County near Houston.

Managing Editor Lew K. Cohn, office manager Kim Green and staff member Glynis Crawford Smith won second place in news photography for a team entry of five photographs which showed the staff's ability to cover a diverse group of subjects.

Judges praised the variety of The Highlander's submission, which included a Horseshoe Bay fire, last year's Bertram train derailment, a photo from the Marble Falls rodeo, a photo from a fatal accident last year on Ranch to Market Road 1431 and two youngsters protesting Asphalt Inc.'s proposed rock crushing plant.

Cohn won third place in Editorial Writing for editorials about the need for changes to Texas 71 in the wake of several deadly accidents and praise for the fine arts programs at Marble Falls High School and Marble Falls Middle School.

Due to Central Texas being in the hottest and driest part of the summer with very little rainfall, Marble Falls has implemented Stage 2 of the city’s Drought Contingency Plan.

Stage 2 implements mandatory watering restrictions. Customers may water only between midnight and 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. and midnight twice a week according to the last digit of residents' street address.

Residential, odd number addresses: Wednesdays and Saturdays

Residential, even number addresses: Thursdays and Sundays

Commercial : Tuesdays and Fridays

For more information on water use restrictions under Stage 2 and to review the City’s Drought Contingency Plan, visit the City’s website at www.marblefallstx.gov or call City Hall at 830-693-3615.

Wow! Can you believe it’s already time for AquaBoom 2018?

The 49th annual AquaBoom will be held June 30 – July 4, with five fun -filled days of fun and sun, and a little pomp and circumstance thrown in for good measure.

A Granite Shoals man has been found guilty on 12 of 13 charges against him by a Burnet County jury, which now is expected to deliberate on his punishment.

Bryant Edward Dulin, 45, was convicted on a first-degree felony charge of super aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 6 as well as nine counts of aggravated sexual assault, one count of continuous sexual abuse of a young child and one count of indecency with a child.

By Lew K. Cohn

Managing Editor

The Highlander

A Llano County commissioner is holding a town hall meeting Tuesday, June 19, at the Kingsland Library to discuss a possible new portable rock crushing operation at Sunrise Beach Village off Texas 71.

A Llano man was killed early Friday morning in a one-vehicle accident on Texas 71, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety report.

The accident occurred at 5:45 a.m. Friday about seven miles east of Llano. A 2006 Chevrolet Malibu P4 driven by Robin Magrath Lacey, 52, was westbound on Texas 71 when, for unknown reasons, Lacey's vehicle traveled off the roadway to the right and then he overcorrected to the left.

By Alexandria Randolph

The Highlander

The Marble Falls Economic Development Corporation joined forces with two area workforce agencies on Wednesday with the goal of providing job training to Marble Falls citizens.