Apply now – mechanical fuels reduction grants for Central Texas now open

Landowners in Central Texas can apply now for grants to help reduce risks posed to their properties by wildfire.

Burning Pear

It seems that the weather is a topic of conversation everywhere you turn. Especially here in central Texas. We depend upon the rain. When it stops raining, farmers and ranchers are placed in difficult positions. People remember droughts. They stick out in the collective memory of a community.

La Palabra de Dios Dice

Juan 12:35-50 Entonces Jesús les dijo: Aún por un poco está la luz entre vosotros; andad entre tanto que tenéis luz, para que no os sorprendan las tinieblas; porque el que anda en tinieblas, no sabe a dónde va. Entre tanto que tenéis la luz, creed en la luz, para que seáis hijos de luz.

Doug’s Doorstep

Gifts What is the best gift that you have ever been given? As a child, birthdays and Christmas were a time to look forward to gifts that would delight us. As adults, the gifts became more expensive and not as many as when a child.

Alice in Wonder Land

The controls to unlock/lock my 2016 Ford Fiesta on the keys are not working properly. Both of them will not unlock or lock the doors with a 'click,' and the emergency alarm sounded at 4 a.m. last week and woke me up. The price for a key is $328.00 so I have just ordered one.

CASA needs volunteers!

How could you help? CASA for the Highland Lakes Area serves children who have been removed from their homes as a result of abuse and/or neglect.

Ribbon cutting for newest Chamber of Commerce member

The San Saba County Chamber of Commerce welcomed its newest Member Lonestar Cottage to the Chamber Family on Tuesday, July 12th. Lonestar Cottage is located at 406 W. Wallace Street in San Saba. For more information visit: <airbnb.com/rooms/53671471>.

HPU top-ranked university in Texas on Forbes 2022 College Financial Grades list

Howard Payne University recently was named the top-ranked university in Texas on the Forbes 2022 College Financial Grades list. HPU received an A-grade and ranked 61st out of 905 private, not-for-profit institutions of higher education.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Rick’s One Stop owned by Sukarma Poudel, but known by Kriti, was established approximately 30 years ago. Kriti took over Rick’s One Stop located at 307 N. High Street in San Saba in 2019. “It was my dream to own my own business and to work for myself.

Rylander Library Book Review

From America’s most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller—a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive. Every song tells a story. She’s a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her.