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MARBLE FALLS — According to the final race results, the Marble Falls Adult Soapbox Classic has inched out the competition to earn the title of favorite outdoor activity in the 2016 Locals Love Us awards voted on by The Picayune readers and KBEY 103.9 FM Radio Picayune listeners. “The idea originated several years ago with…
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COTTONWOOD SHORES — A lively local cast brought the world’s longest-running play, “The Mousetrap,” to life at the Hill Country Community Theatre in the spring and left an indelible mark on theater-goers. The Picayune readers and KBEY 103.9 FM Radio Picayune listeners voted it Locals Love Us favorite theater production in Cottonwood Shores. “Agatha Christie…
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BURNET — When Erica Crist leads a fitness class at First Baptist Church of Burnet, she may not get everybody up on their feet. That’s because her class is called “Don’t Stop Moving, Sit and Be Fit.” “It’s more for seniors,” she said. “But the idea is to give them a chance to keep moving.…
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MARBLE FALLS — Though James Fry has only been a member of the city of Marble Falls’ Water Works Department for less than a year, he has made a big impression on residents. So big, in fact, that Fry was voted Locals Love Us favorite city employee in the Marble Falls area by The Picayune readers…
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GRANITE SHOALS — If you want to know why Horseshoe Bay Post Office worker Jane Mitchell was voted the Locals Love Us favorite postal worker for the Llano area, all you have to do is watch her with her customers as they drop off and pick up mail. Mitchell talked football with one gentleman, suggested…
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MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls Post Office’s Sal Castro saw a familiar face waiting for him when he finished a shift recently. “Is it that time of year again?” he asked with a grin, realizing the visit meant another Locals Love Us award for favorite postal carrier in the Marble Falls area voted on by…
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MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls High School assistant tennis coach Lerin Lockwood knows the value of a win as she takes the Locals Love Us favorite coach award for the second year in a row. “It’s really exciting,” she said with a giant smile. “The pressure’s on when you win it one time.” Lockwood, who…
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BURNET — Two R.J. Richey Elementary School physical education students found their coach, Allison Walker, to present her with a broken jump rope. And they immediately blamed each other. Walker simply smiled, told the duo it was OK and instructed one to throw it away and the other to get another one. “I told you…
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MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Director Robert Moss recently announced that Johnson Park received a Lone Star Legacy Park designation by the Texas Recreation and Park Society. TRAPS has only handed out a total 29 designations across the state so far. But to residents and visitors to Marble Falls, the honor simply…
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BURNET — It’s hard to pinpoint why the Bluebonnet Festival was voted the Locals Love Us favorite event for the Burnet area by The Picayune readers and KBEY 103.9 FM Radio Picayune That’s because the festival features so many fun and family-friendly activities. There’s a carnival, a pet parade, street dances to top musical acts,…