La Vernia News

COURTESY PHOTO Dr. Tom Harvey, superintendent of the La Vernia Independent School District, has been named Education Service Center, Region 20, Regional Superintendent of the Year 2009.

COURTESY PHOTO Kate Burns of La Vernia is congratulated by Stephanie Williams of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Located at 13774 U.S. 87 East, Stacie's offers special spa pedicures and facials, leg and foot masks, massage facials, microderm abrasion, and facial masks.

The dance floor of the Martinez Social Club, built in 1912, has been called one of the best in the state by visiting bands, according to Rosalie Mikolajczyk, the club's manager.

June 24, 2009 We hear from readers all the time about why they just have to have the Wilson County News each week.

It could be blamed on the heat and the drought. Texas Game Warden Danny Chavez said the snakes are "coming out of their holes looking for water." An emergency medical technician in La Vernia, Ronnie Rye, says La Vernia has already had twice the number of snake bites this year than last year.

June 22, 2009 *6-15-1917 - 6-19-2009 *Widow of Alton Hartman; mother of Haywood Hartman and John Douglas Hartman; sister of Dorothy Hess of San Antonio and the late Clyde Maddox, John Harvey Maddox, and Georgia Murphy; grandmother of Cheryl Letbetter of Blue, Terrie Salerno of Plano, and John Hartman of Austin; great-grandmother of Caitlan and ...

It had to happen, sooner or later. Work has begun to replace one of Marion's two flashing yellow caution lights on FM 78 with a fully signalized intersection at Center Street - the first in the history of the growing town located at the center of the county.

Wilson County News June 26, 2002 LA VERNIA - Evening commuters were surprised June 18 by the sudden spectacle of a collision on the edge of town that sent a sport utility vehicle tumbling across U.S. 87.

Wilson County News June 12, 2009 LA VERNIA - S.S. Water Supply Corp. has enacted voluntary Stage 1 water restrictions because of the ongoing hot, dry weather.

The copperhead is common in Wilson County. Wilson County News June 16, 2009 As the temperature continues to rise and drought conditions persist, human encounters with snakes are likely to increase.

Wilson County News June 16, 2009 - LA VERNIA - It sounded like the beginning of a bad science-fiction movie June 10, as emergency radios sent multiple calls for help.

Wilson County News June 12, 2009 Time is running out for the county's taxing entities to approve or decline the Wilson County Appraisal District's proposed $1,125,414 budget for fiscal year 2010.

WCN/N. KILBEY-SMITH * Reprints at wilsoncountynews.com Kym Simmons has joined the stylists at Town & Country Hair Designs in La Vernia.

Emory and Leah Barker built this rock house in 1871. Known as the Barker-Huebinger House, it has been designated as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; the historical-marker dedication will be one of the Wilson County Sesquicentennial events in 2010.

June 8, 2009 City of La Vernia REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING City Council Chamber of the City Hall 102 East Chihuahua, La Vernia, Texas 78121 June 11, 2009 6:30 p.m. AGENDA 1. Call to Order and Declare a Quorum 2. Invocation; Pledge of Allegiance 3. Citizens to be Heard 4. Consent Agenda - Consent Items A. Minutes: 1. May 14, 2009 Regular City ...

A La Vernia High School senior who suffered a near-fatal heat stroke three years ago during baseball practice will graduate Friday night.

June 5, 2009 THERE WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING OF THE WILSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT IN THE WILSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURTROOM, IN FLORESVILLE, TEXAS ON MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009 AT 9:00 A.M. AGENDA: 1.CALL MEETING TO ORDER PRAYER AND PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN AND TEXAS FLAGS.

June 2, 2009 Fort Dodge Animal Health is proud to announce Justin Kotzur, regional manager, has been awarded the company's prestigious 2008 President's Award.

WILSON COUNTY, Texas a ' The line of thunderstorms which passed east of San Antonio were responsible for at least two suspected lightning strikes on buildings.