Author: Wendi Wilkerson
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It was great visiting with Mike Dyer, a veteran and a member of the Marble Falls VFW Post 10376. Don’t forget to help out a great cause by wearing a Buddy Poppy in honor of Veterans Day, which is Nov. 11. Veterans will be handing them out starting Friday at Walmart, Ford & Crew and […]
A big thanks to Trey Carpenter of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for visiting with us Friday morning and getting us ready for white-tailed deer season’s opening day Saturday. If you have questions about licenses, rules and regulations or just need general hunting information, visit the TPWD website’s hunting information page.
It’s going to be another fabulous Friday full of football, fun and fawns (well, more bucks than fawns!) Ed and Kay will visit with Trey Peterson of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department about deer season’s opening day. We’ll also serve up football during our “Coffee Talk” and give away some great prizes with our […]
Kay’s so glad she had a chance to share the “Burnet Brunch” with Phyllis Johanson so we could find out everything we needed to know about Burnet High School’s Project Graduation! Don’t forget, Friday is the last day you can enter the drawing for those fantastic Calloway golf clubs. You can purchase tickets for the […]
We sure are glad Josh Wimberly of the Horseshoe Bay Fire Department filled us in on the Jeff Walker Ultimate Fundraiser on Nov. 3. There’s a golf tournament, a chance to win $5,000, a silent auction, a treasure hunt, a barbecue dinner and more. Go to martinfoundation.org for more information.
For our last “Spooky Place in Texas,” we’re checking in to the Menger Hotel in San Antonio. The Menger is adjacent to the Alamo and opened in 1859 — just 23 years after the famous battle next door. It was constructed by owner William Menger and architect John Fries. It wasn’t long before the Menger […]
On the Halloween edition of the “Wake Up Call,” Ed and Kay will talk about frights, fun photos and a fundraiser for a friend! Josh Wimberly of the Horseshoe Bay Fire Department will fill us in on Sunday’s Ultimate Fundraiser for fellow firefighter Jeff Walker. Read more at DailyTrib.com. We’ll also tell you how you […]
We sure are glad we had a chance to visit with Tommy Nelms, second vice-chairman of the Llano Chamber of Commerce, about the hunters’ appreciation event Nov. 1. Again, the festivities begin at 10 a.m. on the lawn of the Visitors Center in Llano. To find out more, call (325) 247-5354 or go to the […]
For today’s “Spooky Place in Texas” we head northwest to Mineral Wells and the grand and opulent Baker Hotel. The Baker Hotel opened to the public Nov. 9, 1929, and proudly boasted the first swimming pool built for a hotel in Texas and another novelty: air-conditioned rooms. It rose 14 stories over Mineral Wells and […]
A big thanks to Glenna Orman for joining us during the “Burnet Brunch” on Tuesday! Don’t forget to come early to the Bethel Community Center’s second annual Deer Hunters Barbecue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 2. To get to the center, take FM 963 about seven miles outside of Burnet and look for […]
