Lifestyles

Master Gardeners Mary Ellen and Michael Goff (shown at their seminar last June) will present "The Fascinating World of Honey Bees" in an informative free public program from the Kingsland Garden Club on Friday, September 10. The exciting life of honey bees will be covered in a lecture especially designed for gardeners.

Just in time for the upcoming holiday season, Marilyn Hale, Llano County Extension Agent, will share recipe ideas and samples for health conscious family get-togethers. If you have any favorite recipes, ingredient substitutes or samples you’d like to bring, feel free to share them with the other participants. We encourage everyone attending to participate in a recipe exchange.

The nation was at war in 1944, and that stark reality was very plain from the headlines of The Llano News that year. Unfortunately, the headlines were all I could read on many of the pages (the 1944 microfilm at the library is not very clear, and I don’t have very good eyes), so the details will be a little sparse in this look at the "home front"

by Sarah Franklin Treat yourself this weekend to Walt Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, a family-friendly film, full of action, magic, humor and impressive visual effects sponsored by Llano Main Street, Friday, Sept.3rd, at 7:30 and Sept. 4 Horvath turns against his aged master and helps Morgana steal the spell and kill Merlin.

Veteran cowboy poets Walt Perryman, George Russell, and W.C. Jameson will be featured at Cowboy Poetry Night at the Famous Fuel Coffee House on Thursday, August 26, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Admission is free. Thursday’s show is the second installment of the Fuel Coffee House Cowboy Poetry Series. Perryman, famous throughout the Hill Country as the Poet Laureate of Luckenbach, Texas, has long been a favorite performer at that legendary venue.

Chris Putnam, CFSP, has earned the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner from the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice, Inc. This is noted by the CFSP acronym, and this licensed funeral director must meet or exceed defined criteria annually to continue use of this prestigious designation. A select few have distinguished themselves among their peers within the funeral service profession as they continue their education to exceed the highest standards of car ...

The family of Frank and Mary Rhoades gathered on Saturday, August 14 for the reunion, that is held the second Saturday of August each year. It was just as big as usual and excellent as always. There were about 74 attending; some names were not listed, but were remembered just the same and added to the total number. Harry Isenberger, held the honor of the being oldest attendee until he passed away this year.

Soccer Registration and evaulation will be at the Moore Field on September 7th at 5:00pm to 6:30pm and September 11, 2010. U-6 at 9:00am, U-8 at 10:00am, U-10 at 11:00am, U12 and up at 12:00pm. It will be $40 per player, with a maximum household of $100. This will provide a jersey, and socks.

By Sarah Franklin Join the Rock N’River Fest this weekend, Friday night August 19 at 7:30 and Saturday August 20 at 4:30 and 7:30. for DESPICABLE ME. In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences and flowering roses there sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout.

Veteran Texas Songwriters Houston Marchman and Kent Finlay will be featured at the bi-monthly Songwriters in the Round Series at the Famous Fuel Coffee House on Thursday, August 19, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Admission is free. Marchman, who lives in Austin, has been an important participant in the Texas singer/songwriter scene since the 1970s and is regarded by his peers as a lyrical craftsman who creates compelling songs that often hold audiences spellbound. Finlay operates one ...