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Gentle readers: I wanted first to offer my condolences to the families of the Eickenloffs, Chester Goehmann, Ruth Ford, and so many others lately. I have only known a few of them, but the ones I have known were wonderful. They will be sadly missed. On a happier note, happy anniversary to Candi and Tony Floerke! Be prepared for MY photos of the Wild Game dinner - lots of candid shots of some well-known and some not-so-well-known Blanco-ites!

Our Servicemen October 18, 1968 Army private 1st Class Jerry L. Greenhaw, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jarl E. Greenhaw of Blanco, was assigned as an automatic weapons crewman in the American Division’s 55th Artillery near Chu Lai, Vietnam, September 23. Blanco Valley 4-H names officers for 1988-1989 October 19, 1988 The 1988-1989 Blanco Valley 4-H Club is off to a good start with 20 members and 4 new members present at the October meeting.

AUSTIN - With clogged credit markets and stocks zooming up and down, Gov. Rick Perry on Oct. 15 asked state agencies to limit travel and cut discretionary spending before the slowdown in the national economy hits Texas. On the same day, Perry sent out a news release quoting an Oct. 10 Forbes magazine story rating cities across the nation. The story says “the economic storm sweeping the country has left Americans with few places to hide.

Get out there and vote! We’ve all heard it before: If you don’t get out there and vote, then you have no reason to complain. But while the complaints seem to be growing louder, voter turnout is still on the decline. If you rank the world democracies according to their voting record, America is at the bottom.

I purchased my first new truck in Houston on a Monday during the summer of 1985; a green Toyota 4X4 King Cab pickup, piled high with fixings – sunroof and bed-liner notwithstanding. I kept the truck parked in the apartment cul-de-sac out front with a dozen or so other vehicles. Running late for work the following Friday morning, I rushed out of my apartment, found the truck, jumped inside and made a beeline for eight-to-fivesville.

Keith- Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a cheesy, yet irresistibly funny and maybe one of the best comedies of the year. FSM takes us through heartbreak and beyond, all while catching you off guard with the adult humor and relational situations that come up in this movie. The humor is definitely mature in nature, but I haven’t laughed this hard in awhile and I think this movie is better than the previous venture of Knocked Up.

Where do you start? Ask yourself these questions: Will I build on my current land or need a different parcel? When will I want to start and complete my home? What size of home and garage do I want? What can I afford? What style of home and exterior materials?

Our Servicemen October 11, 1968 Airman First Class Calvin E. Sultemeier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sultemeier, of Johnson City has been graduated from a U.S. Air Force technical school at Sheppard AFB. He was training as a pavement specialist. The airman is a 1967 graduate of Lyndon B. Johnson High School. His wife, Carolyn, is the daughter of Mr.

AUSTIN - With thousands of families still unable to return to their homes because of Hurricane Ike, Gov. Rick Perry on Oct. 8 extended his disaster declaration through Nov. 6 for 90 Texas counties. Also, at Perry’s request, the Federal Emergency Management Agency extended Hurricane Ike assistance through Nov. 1. FEMA reimburses citizens for protective measures such as the removal of hurricane debris and continues its temporary lodging program with participating hotels and motels. Since Ike hit Texas Sept.

People have been talking more about acceptable business conduct the past few years. But just because corporate scandals at companies like Enron and WorldCom have increased the public discussion on ethics, that doesn’t mean the subject wasn’t important in the past. Realtors, you’ll be glad to know, have made adherence to the highest ethical standards a priority since 1913.