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Meadowlakes welcomes appointment with construction background
City of Meadowlakes At last night’s (Feb. 18) Meadowlakes City Council meeting, the council approved the appointment of Mike Shaw to serve out the unexpired term of Don Wheeler whose premature death two weeks ago shocked the city.
02/25/2025 02:30 AM
HCCT announces auditions for Oklahoma!
The Hill Country Community Theatre (HCCT) is thrilled to announce auditions for its upcoming production of the classic musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Join the troupe as they bring this timeless story of love, rivalry, and community to life on stage.
02/25/2025 02:30 AM
Gloria Lenore Pollard
Born in Cripple Creek, Colorado, to Wm and Lenore Kyner, she was raised in Colorado; first in Cripple Creek, then Denver and at age 14 she and her mother moved to the oil field “boom town” of Rangely, on the western slope, where Lenore started The Rangely Times. At the end of WWII she met the brother of a classmate, Troy Ross “Buck” Pollard, just returning from war, whom she married a year later at the age of 16. Buck and Gloria were constant companions, raising three girls and owning and running several businesses in the Rangely area: Pollard Trucking, B&M Services, Rockvale Construction, Parkview Anpartments and Mobile Home Park, and the “Rector” and “Hefley” cattle ranches. In later years they owned and operated Pollard’s Ute Lodge, a 700 acre guest ranch on the edges of the White River National Forest. Retirement took them to Arizona in the winter, where they enjoyed many years of jeeping, rock hunting and get-togethers with their many friends, and summers in Grand Juction, Colorado, where they ran a small ranch with their grandson, Josh. Health issues had them eventually settling in Marble Falls, Texas. Gloria was preceeded in death by her husband, of 70 years, Buck Pollard, her oldest daughter Terry “Pepper” Ott Nimon, and her son’s-in-law: Alan “AJ” Nimon, Bill Anderson and Philip Chandler. She is survived by her daughters Troya “Kathy” Anderson Lightman (Bryan), NV and Londa Chandler, TX, and honorary son Tom (Colleen) Peterson, CO, as well as grandchildren: Joshua Ott, Nathan (Vicki) & Ryan (Michele) Anderson, Denver (Annie), Christopher (Marie), Donovan (Emily) & Dalton Chandler and Jancie Russell; 16 great grandchildren and 2 great, great grandchildren. Gloria was an avid seamstress, finding her calling with Creative Hearts Ministry where she did the binding on hundreds of quilts to gift to the area nursing homes, veteran hospitals, police departmets and soldiers. She was also very active in Burnet County Republican’s, manning booths at the area festivals, block walking and working elections well into her 90’s. She left this world surrounded by her loving family, and is “dancing across heaven” (Alan Jackson) with the love of her life. A family Celebration of Life is being planned for this summer.
02/25/2025 02:30 AM
Purse Bingo 2025
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02/25/2025 02:30 AM
Despite move, city sees HOT benets of Howdy Roo
Maybe the marriage is strained. Yet there will be no divorce between a long-running chili cookoff and the Marble Falls hotel/ motel occupancy tax (HOT).
02/21/2025 02:28 AM
County judge hang up raises prospect of tie-breaker
Burnet County commissioners have yet to indicate whether the court could reach a decision on a county judge selection, harkening several theories about the potential outcome. On Feb.
02/21/2025 02:28 AM
First United Bank spreads love with Acts of Kindness
On Friday, Feb. 14, the First United Bank family across the country, including the Marble Falls branch, participated in Celebrate United Acts of Kindness Day, working with various groups to share the joy of appreciation, while making someone’s day brighter.
02/21/2025 02:28 AM
Volunteers show up for Day of Service
Valentine’s Day was extra special for 365 Pet Connection as it was a lucky recipient of the Rick Edwards Day of Service. The nonprofit organization is a rescue facility for dogs located in Burnet County.
02/21/2025 02:28 AM
PEC watching arctic front with crews, plans in place
02/18/2025 02:05 PM
Howdy Roo looking for chili champs
Special to The Highlander For a traditional annual celebration with food, this year in memory of Ruby Ross, the CASI Regional Chili Championship known as Howdy Roo will be held May 2 and 3. The location for the 53rd annual event has changed this year from a Marble Falls park to Quarry Park at 2221 N Phillips RR in Granite Shoals.
02/18/2025 02:25 AM
Five declare bids for council seats
By the 5 p.m. deadline on Feb.
02/18/2025 02:25 AM
Forecast calls for surge of arctic air
I urge everyone to take the necessary precautions now to protect people, pets, pipes, and plants from the arctic outbreak this week. The chance for wintery precipitation late Tuesday into early Wednesday has diminished as the precipitation is forecast to end before temperatures fall below freezing.
02/18/2025 02:25 AM
HOT committee to review cook-off event award
The Marble Falls Hotel Motel Tax Advisory Committee plans to meet noon Feb. 19 to review the possible HOT Fund Award to the Highland Lakes CASI Chili Pod 2025, which conducts the annual Howdy Roo chili and barbecue cook-off.
02/18/2025 02:25 AM
Rick Edwards Day of Service
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02/18/2025 02:25 AM
Rick Edwards Day of Service
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02/18/2025 02:25 AM
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