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June 10, 2019
Through the Grapevine
Pipe Creek & Lakehills news
By Vicki L. George
Greetings, neighbors!
The Lakehills Area Library is starting the summer reading program for the kiddos Wednesday, June 12 at the library. The theme is A Universe of Stories. The youngsters will have crafts and “some out of this world fun.” Go by the library at 7200 FM 1283 to sign up and to pick up the reading logs. Call for more information at 830-510-2777.
The Lakehills library asks for volunteers to come help with interior and exterior cleaning and maintenance, a workday, on Saturday, June 15, at 7:30 a.m. Breakfast tacos will be provided by Stein’s Automotive.
Alamo Resource Conservation & Development, a non-profit serving Bandera County, is beginning their “Keep It Cool” fan program on June 14. They are asking for donations of 20-inch box fans, which they will freely give to county senior residents who are in need. To donate fans, or money to purchase fans, call 210-548-9248.
The American Legion Post 410 will present a Flag Retirement Ceremony on Saturday, June 15 at the Legion Hall, 147 26th St, Lakehills. The ceremony is at 2 p.m. and the bar will be open. For more information, call 304-881-4485.
Lakehills Baptist Church, on FM 1283, at 155 Laurel Vista Dr, will hold their Vacation Bible School June 24 to 28, from 8:30 a.m. to noon each day, with classes for Pre-K through grade 5. You can register online at lakehillsbaptist.org or call for more information at 830-751-2006.
The Lakehills United Methodist Church and the Pipe Creek Presbyterian Church will hold a joint VBS at the Methodist Church, 150 J St. in Lakehills. It will take place Monday through Friday, July 8-12, from 9 a.m. to Noon. The theme is “Farm Fresh Faith” and it is for kiddos who have completed Kindergarten through 5th grade and it is free of charge. Parents can sign up online at lakehillsumc.org.
This joint VBS will be followed Saturday, July 13, with a “Fun Farm Fair,” to which the public is invited. For more information on the VBS and the Fair, call 830-751-2404.
On Monday, June 10, our Medina Lake level was 1064.01 feet. That is down 0.19 feet, which is 99.6 percent capacity.
The Medina River had a flow of 86.3 cfs in Bandera, running 4.39 feet deep at the gage.
Please send your Lakehills and Pipe Creek news to me by email at [email protected] or call me at 210-563-1186 and leave a message.
Until next time, “Vaya con Dios!”
TRIVIA TIDBITS
June 14 is the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official US flag in 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that established June 14 as Flag Day. It is not an official federal holiday.
The Lakehills Area Library is starting the summer reading program for the kiddos Wednesday, June 12 at the library. The theme is A Universe of Stories. The youngsters will have crafts and “some out of this world fun.” Go by the library at 7200 FM 1283 to sign up and to pick up the reading logs. Call for more information at 830-510-2777.
The Lakehills library asks for volunteers to come help with interior and exterior cleaning and maintenance, a workday, on Saturday, June 15, at 7:30 a.m. Breakfast tacos will be provided by Stein’s Automotive.
Alamo Resource Conservation & Development, a non-profit serving Bandera County, is beginning their “Keep It Cool” fan program on June 14. They are asking for donations of 20-inch box fans, which they will freely give to county senior residents who are in need. To donate fans, or money to purchase fans, call 210-548-9248.
The American Legion Post 410 will present a Flag Retirement Ceremony on Saturday, June 15 at the Legion Hall, 147 26th St, Lakehills. The ceremony is at 2 p.m. and the bar will be open. For more information, call 304-881-4485.
Lakehills Baptist Church, on FM 1283, at 155 Laurel Vista Dr, will hold their Vacation Bible School June 24 to 28, from 8:30 a.m. to noon each day, with classes for Pre-K through grade 5. You can register online at lakehillsbaptist.org or call for more information at 830-751-2006.
The Lakehills United Methodist Church and the Pipe Creek Presbyterian Church will hold a joint VBS at the Methodist Church, 150 J St. in Lakehills. It will take place Monday through Friday, July 8-12, from 9 a.m. to Noon. The theme is “Farm Fresh Faith” and it is for kiddos who have completed Kindergarten through 5th grade and it is free of charge. Parents can sign up online at lakehillsumc.org.
This joint VBS will be followed Saturday, July 13, with a “Fun Farm Fair,” to which the public is invited. For more information on the VBS and the Fair, call 830-751-2404.
On Monday, June 10, our Medina Lake level was 1064.01 feet. That is down 0.19 feet, which is 99.6 percent capacity.
The Medina River had a flow of 86.3 cfs in Bandera, running 4.39 feet deep at the gage.
Please send your Lakehills and Pipe Creek news to me by email at [email protected] or call me at 210-563-1186 and leave a message.
Until next time, “Vaya con Dios!”
TRIVIA TIDBITS
June 14 is the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official US flag in 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that established June 14 as Flag Day. It is not an official federal holiday.