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Newspaper
Burnet County Bulletin
Location
Burnet, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1975
Page
2
Results of ten countywide workshops were discussed at an area wide solid waste management conference sponsored by the Capital Area Planning Council. City and county officials from across the region attended the Fri day meeting at the Joe C Thompson Center in Austin.
A meeting of the Burnet Bulldog Booster Club is set for 7 30 p m Thursday July 24 in the high school cafeteria to plan upcoming sports support activities.
Burnet Bicentennial Commission discusses a proposed open air amphitheater in the Industrial Park funded by city land. The project seeks community support and features a rock exhibit led by Ramsey Clinton. Next events include the Historical Society ice cream supper and August 1 2 Fair and Rodeo chaired by Linda Ross. The panel meets August 7 at 7 30 at the Chamber of Commerce Office.
The Burnet Consolidated Independent School Board met July 21 with four members present. C. E. Wofford received a 15 year service award and Mrs. Howard Adare honored posthumously with a Senate resolution in memory of her husband Howard Adare. The board discussed drainage around the school, a topographic study with the city, and a tentative plan to address the issue. A bond with Camp Longhorn over a school bus was resolved at $888.88. resignations were accepted from three staff members and Jane Hays was hired as Junior High band and choral director. A budget workshop is set for July 31 with a public hearing in August.
The ninth annual Burnet County Fair and Rodeo will run Friday and Saturday August 1 and 2 with a Bicentennial emphasis. Parade at 5:00 Friday features entries from clubs and neighboring counties. fair opens 1:00 Friday with new exhibits such as bonnets corn husk items sour dough bread and bread varieties. Cattle swine sheep and goats will be shown. rodeo performances begin 8:30 each night with events like bull riding steer roping and barrel racing. The fair queen and rodeo queen will be crowned Friday. a jousting match is sponsored by the Burnet Bicentennial Commission. Contact parade chairman Mrs Tim O'Donnell or Rodeo Association President George Shelley for details.
Last year's Texas Old Time Fiddlers contest champion Terry Morris will perform at the Fiddlin Fund Raising Street Dance in Burnet on Friday night July 25. Also appearing are Bill Gilbert and Randy Elmore with Dave Halbert and the Country Blues starting at 9 pm on Rhomberg Street beside Wallace Riddell Park. Admission is 1.50 per person or 3.00 per couple. Proceeds fund trophies for the Texas Old Time Fiddlers contest in Burnet.
Burnet records show weekly temperatures with highs from 84 to 97 and lows from 54 to 71. Rainfall totals for the week are 0.00 inches, month 2.19, and year 26.66 inches. Lace Riddell Park hosts a town street dance and fiddlers contest sponsored by the Burnet Chamber of Commerce with Bill Wilcox as contest chairman.
A community drug abuse program is set for Monday July 28 at 7 30 p m at the Burnet Child Development Center 200 N Rhomberg. Cedric McCrary a noted speaker and former U S Education Region 17 consultant will discuss the San Antonio drug scene and prevention efforts in a casual come as you are setting aimed at teens and parents alike.
More than 100 ranchers joined a Chamber of Commerce field trip to the Mather Corbandt and Parks Ranches west of Burnet for seminars on brush control wildlife management and grazing. Experts from the Texas Agricultural Extension Service led talks on chemical and mechanical control and deer cattle forage needs.
The Dunk Your Troubles fundraiser at the Fiddlers Contest invites public participation with a dunking booth led by John Hoover. Local figures including Arlie Payne and many named locals are subpoenaed to take turns, with tickets sold at Hoover Builders and Supply and First State Bank.
About 150 people attended the open house at Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery July 18 to view work by 20 Harlingen YCC enrollees at Camp No. 7217. Texas Rep. Camm Lary Jr. spoke on environmental awareness and urged youths to share their eight week experiences with their communities.
Preparations are underway for the Texas Old Time Fiddlers Convention and Contest in Burnet on Saturday August 9. Last year’s Burnet contest drew forty six fiddlers in the largest turnout to date. The third annual State Convention of the Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association opens at 8 30 a m in the high school auditorium.
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