Commentary

District posts contested Place 5 race

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Filing for a place on the ballot for the Burnet Consolidated Independent School Board election ended on Friday, Feb. 16. The following candidates filed to run for a place on the BCISD Board of Trustees and will be listed on the ballot for the Saturday, May 4 school board election.

Rosalyn Lackey Memorial Scholarship application available

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The Rosalyn Lackey Memorial Scholarship will be given to a high school graduating senior in public, private or homeschool but must be Burnet County resident. The scholarship will be presented to the winning applicant at the Fair Awards evening Friday June 7th. 2024, at the Agrilife Extension Auditorium. 607 N Vanderveer St. Burnet Tx.

Community Theatre ‘Wonderettes’ production looks, sounds marvelous

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The Hill Country Community Theatre production of “The Marvelous Wonderettes” is a marvelous show. At least once during the musical, surely every member of the audience wonders – how do its performers perform so well? The two-hour program directed by Heidi Melton features Christine Ashbaugh as Missy Miller, Christy Brown as Betty Jean Reynolds, Heidi Eubanks as Suzy Simpson and Ava Siera as Cindy Lou Huffington.

Image of old begs the question, O Susie Sanders, where art thou?

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Gentle readers, as the Bulletin begins to begin its resolute journey through 2024, the refined prose below begins with an intriguing disclosure. During the New Year’s Eve recent revelry, after hearing Pete Fountain play Tiger Rag, Jimmy Rogers sing My Rough and Rowdy Ways and the Amsterdam Concert Orchestra perform the Joseph Haydn London Symphony 104 on my old-fashioned phonograph – for the sheer fun of it - I watched the Barbie movie, released in standard DVD format, borrowed from the Herman Brown Free Library.