CASA

A new edition of Coffee with the Mayor will be sponsored by the City of Marble Falls from 8-9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4.

This time, the setting will be Falls on the Colorado Museum in the historic granite schoolhouse at 2001 Broadway Street.

The public is invited to share thoughts and ideas about new projects in the city.

In this case, it also will be an opportunity to stroll through exhibits about the history of town, including those about four influential early residents created for Marble Falls Founders Day, celebrated July 8. Another new exhibit features “Rockie,” a 700-year-old bison relic, discovered on Rocky Creek in Burnet County, and the subject of a fund-raising campaign to reassemble the full skeleton.

“I am looking forward to the opportunity to meet one-on-one with our residents and learn about issues that are important to them,” said Packer.

The free event is an informal come-and-go session and does not require reservations.

By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula

Children in foster care often have to move from home to home, toting their personal items in plastic bags along the way. Sometimes they don’t even sleep on the same pillow as they did the night before.

Children in the newly-0formed Leadership Club at Spicewood Elementary helped fellow youngsters by holding a donation drive for personal care items, ranging from socks to shampoo, as part of the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for the Highland Lakes Area project known as the CASA Case Project, a partnership with the First Baptist Church of Marble Falls.

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.