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April 2011
Yard of the month – April 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011 |
The Smithville Garden Club selected the home of Jerry and Barbara McPhaul, 307 Whitehead, as the April 2011 Yard of the Month.
Producers looking for local talent
Friday, April 29, 2011 |
A casting call at city hall will be on Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the movie “Falling Off Horses.”
Brown Primary Book Fair this week
Friday, April 29, 2011 |
A Scholastic Book Fair is being held at the Brown Primary library from Monday, May 2 through Thursday, May 5 from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. daily.
Area feeling impact of drought conditions
Friday, April 29, 2011 |
Some area ranchers say the 2011 drought situation has already had a severe impact on their cattle operations.
Redistricting in Bastrop County begins
Friday, April 29, 2011 |
With the 28.5 percent population increase in Bastrop County from the last census in 2000 to the current one, mapmakers will be hard at work making sure the four county precincts are equal – at least in population.
New allies for water district
Friday, April 29, 2011 |
The Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District has some powerful new allies in their fight against water marketers who are challenging the district for the right to pump millions of gallons from area aquifers.
Jack Parker Chance
Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
Jack Parker Chance, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away on April 23, 2011 in Austin, Texas.
Alfred Richard Castello
Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
Alfred Richard Castello, faithful servant, devoted husband and loving father, joined his heavenly father on Tuesday, April 19, 2011.
Golden girls headed to state
Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
For the first time in nearly 70 years, two members of the Smithville High School varsity tennis team are state bound.
Aaron Henderson: Theater, stocks and AP exams, oh my
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
Smithville High School took a quiet week during the last four-day period of school.