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Kids and teens with a yearning to “slip the surly bonds of earth” will have an opportunity to try their hands at piloting Saturday at Aqua Boom, and at the same time have a chance to win their own aircraft. Flights of Fancy is an event of the Highland Lakes Flyers being staged from 10 a.

Members of the Kingsland Genealogical Society (KGS) will learn about working with old family photographs and treasures at their next meeting on Tuesday, July 8, at 2 p. m. at the Kingsland Library, 125 West Polk at RR 1431.

Five area chambers of commerce gathered for the ribbon cutting of the new tasting room facility of Lost Creek Winery near Sunrise Beach. “I can see it as a central location for bringing events for the whole Central Texas area to the community,” said Lynda Shroyer, president of the Kingsland/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce.

Sierra Lenz, a 17-year-old entering senior at Burnet High School was crowned Miss Aqua Boom 2008 at the pageant held June 21 at the Kingsland Community Center. The reigning queen of the 39th annual Kingsland/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce Independence Day Celebration is the daughter of Rhonda Pack.

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The Mason Country Opry will be staged on Thursday, June 26, at the Odeon Theater in downtown Mason. The show begins at 7: 30 p.

The Mason County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Sesquicentennial Roundup parade on Saturday, July 12. This parade is extra special because it’s celebrating of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Mason County.

The Valley Spring TEEA Club met on June 18 at the Badu House for lunch and it was the last meeting until September. Twelve members were present and a very brief business meeting was held.

Celebrate ’08 – Come Home to Kingsland is the theme for the 39th annual event that begins this weekend with the Miss Aqua Boom Scholarship Pageant and resumes on the Fourth of July with all-day events and parades, on and off the water, and a fireworks finale seen for miles around. Saturday’s pageant activities culminate with crowing of the 2008 reigning Miss Aqua Boom, winner of a $3,500 scholarship.

Do you live or operate a business on one of the Highland Lakes (Buchanan, Inks, LBJ, Marble Falls, Travis and Austin), Lady Bird Lake or the Colorado River downstream of Austin? If so, you may want to sign up for a free public service offered by LCRA that alerts you about floodgate operations by e-mail and/or phone.