Light turnout in Burnet County runoff races and local notes
The runoff election in Burnet County is expected to be quiet with Wallace Riddell facing Cecil Rhoades for sheriff while Jerry Sadler and Jon Newton contest the Texas Railroad Commission. Memorial Day observances featured a First Baptist youth choir and a 20,000 plus fundraising drive by the Burnet Industrial Foundation aimed at attracting new industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Ashley, Jr
Burnet County
Jennie Hammond
Wallace Riddell
Cecil J. Rhoades, Jr
Marble Falls
Texas Railroad Commission
Jerry Sadler
Jon Newton
Commission
Texas
Burnet
First Baptist Church
John Hoover
Burnet Industrial Foundation
Burnet Reports Seven Day Temperature and Rain Totals
Burnet weather totals show a seven day rainfall of 1.69 inches. May rainfall stands at 3.54 inches. Year to date rainfall reaches 16.60 inches.
Deputies’ Campaign Actions Questioned by Local Sheriff Candidate
The Burnet County sheriff candidate disputes a Highlander article by David Crowder alleging deputies campaign on his behalf. He lists four claims with counterfacts including a car without an official emblem, a debunked deputy-initiated conversation, a misattributed campaign booth photo, and unauthorized newspaper ads. He calls Crowder’s statements false and defends his staff’s conduct and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Highlander
Marble Falls
Burnet County
Shirley Reid
Sheriff's Department
Crowder
Curtis Jackson
Elgin Shelburn
Burnet
Shelburn
Fair Barn
Barnet
Hines, Shelburn
Reid
Modena Curington
Helen Smith
Ronnie Waggoner
Mr. Crowder
Monument of Flowers remembers veterans in Burnet
In Burnet on May 30 1976 VFW Post 6974 and Auxiliary erected a Monument of Flowers on the courthouse lawn. Speakers and local volunteers honored living veterans and those who died in World War II Korea Vietnam and other wars. The memorial idea began in Normangee about thirty years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Burnet
Anzio
Guadalcanal
Flanders Field
Korea
Vietnam
East Texas
Normangee
Bill Miller
Veach
Cecil L. Hunt
We Need to Keep Danny Reid in East Lake Buchanan
A reader urges voters in East Lake Buchanan to back Wallace Riddell for re election on June 5 and to keep Danny Reid as deputy. The letter frames Reid as essential to local governance and encourages broad support.
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Pedernales Electric Cooperative
PEC
Vocal Electric
Johnson City
Joe Shields
Canyon Lake
Shields
Crowder
Danny Reid
East Lake Buchanan
Wallace Riddell
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Hoover
Sonny
Bertram
Kingsland Country Club
Kingsland Area
Kingsland
Burnet Weather
Bluebonnet Publishing Inc
George W. Puckett
Assoc
Joan A. Puckett
Marty Primeau
Darrell Debo Bertram
Marvin Dodd
Eddie Fisher
Phyllis Daderio
Congress
Pres Weteen
USA
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