Mac in the Morning

A big thanks to Jessica Robertson of Backbone Valley Nursery for joining Damon and Kay this morning. She filled us in on Backbone Valley’s first Tomato Rally! This fun-filled event is Saturday at the nursery and celebrates all things tomato. There will be a biggest tomato contest, a best salsa contest, demonstrations, a tomato toss […]

Congratulations to Sonny Wilson (left), the latest recipient of Service Master’s Master of Service award! According to Service Master operations manager Amy Jo Hallmark (center), and everyone who knows Sonny and the gang at Mad Dawg Fitness in Burnet, he is a fantastic trainer who inspires and goes the extra mile for everyone. Along with […]

It was wonderful getting to visit with two lovely ladies, Polly Krenek and Roxanne Dunnigan, about next weekend’s Burnet County Fair. Again, the fair June 20-21 at its new home, the Burnet Community Center. This year’s fair honors our veterans and first responders. For those who would like to compete, there are 14 divisions with […]

We had fun visiting with Heike Jost (left), the executive director of ArtFrog Art Academy in Marble Falls, and one of the school’s newest teachers, Juanita Bowling, this morning! Of course, they stopped by the studio to tell us about the academy’s three-day kids art camps and adult workshops going on all summer long. By the […]

It was great visiting with our Hill Country Hotties — seen here with KBEY’s Ed Chandler (left) — Alisha Workman, Kim Winkler, Teri Freitag and Tex Toler about all the great upcoming Hill Country happenings! From the KBEY Summer Concert Series kick-off this weekend in Burnet to the Marble Falls Soapbox Classic on Father’s Day […]

We’re so glad we had a chance to visit with the lovely Michelle Jett about the Hill Country Community Theatre Junior Players Summer Drama Camp. This two-week program starts June 9, so register your young ones now. The program is open to ages 7-17 and is 1-4:30 p.m. June 9-20. Cost is $155 and includes […]

We sure had fun visiting with Larson Lloyd of Northland Communications about the Hometown Hero contest! Nominations are today through June 30 for who you think makes a positive impact in the Marble Falls community. Three finalists will be chosen, and you can then vote for the winner July 7-20. The winner will not only […]

As always, it was wonderful visiting with the lovely Eileen Smith, the youth specialist for the Marble Falls Public Library, about the upcoming summer reading program. Again, the theme for this year’s program is “Fizz! Boom! Read!”, and it is as action-packed as it sounds. The fun begins 4:30 p.m. June 5 with The Astonishing […]

It was great visiting with Mary Davidson, the director of Child Nutrition at Marble Falls Independent School District, about the Summer Food Bus. Along with the free summer meals they offer to the kids at the middle school and elementary schools, they also will serve children in Granite Shoals by parking the bus in three […]

A BIG thanks to Delores Bacon-Whatley of the Highland Lakes Pregnancy Resource Center for filling us in on the upcoming fourth annual Judy Walker Memorial Golf “Fore!” Life tournament. Again, the four-person scramble is May 31 with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. There is still room for your team, and sponsorship opportunities are available as […]