| News • Hill Country Alliance will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Hill Country University Center. The HCA will discuss financial sustainability and how agricultural enterprises manage for improved soil function and greater profit at the same time. Peggy Sechrist and Walt Davis will present the program. • Pilot Knob Extension Education Club will meet at 9:30 a.m. today at the Gillespie County Extension Building. A Texas Extension Education Association program, “Anger Management,” will be presented by a club member. • Die Künstler (“the artists”) von Fredericksburg will host their 23rd Annual Fine Art Show and Sale today through Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church. Admission is free, beginning with a reception from 4-8 p.m. tonight. Hours on Saturday are from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and on Sunday from 12:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. • The City of Fredericksburg invites the public to a “Meet the Finalists” event for the city’s fire chief position. The first session will be held at 5 p.m. this evening at the City Hall Conference Room. The first candidate to be introduced is Fritz Niggeler of Midland. Niggeler has experience as the assistant chief of operations for the Midland Fire Department and the battalion chief, district chief, captain, engineer, firefighter and dispatcher for the Midland Fire Department. • The 16th Annual Texas All-Star Big Band Bash continues tonight and again on Saturday night at Hill Top Café. Doors open at 5 p.m. and music starts at 5:45 p.m. The event benefits Fredericksburg Independent School District theater camps and music scholarships as well as Schreiner University’s Writer’s Program. For more information or to make reservations, call the Hill Top Café at 830-997-8922. • Zonta Club of Fredericksburg will host its Tinsel and Things Sale and Holiday Boutique from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at St. Joseph’s Halle. The event will feature good used and new clothing, gift items, holiday décor, furniture, tools, electronics, household items, books, movies and music. Donations will be accepted this afternoon at St. Joseph’s Halle. • Pioneer Museum will hold a “Day of the Cowboy” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Museum. The event will feature a covered wagon or two where Dutch-oven cooking will be demonstrated. Other activities include music, storytelling, poetry, rope making, vintage toys, blacksmithing and needle art hand-working. Attendees of all ages are invited to sample food cooked over an open camp fire, make a rope or visit the forge to observe the blacksmith at work. Admission to the Day of the Cowboy is $5 and free for ages five and under. • Fredericksburg Theater Company will host “A Night at the Opry” fundraiser beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday with a classic car show in the theater’s parking lot. Lobby doors will open at 6 p.m. for an all-you-can-eat barbecue meal. Then, at 7:30 p.m., Ben Watson and the Hired Guns will take the stage joined by special guests Jeryl Hoover, Kerry Goff, September Van der Stoel, Heidi Eubanks and more. Immediately following the Opry show will be more food, drinks and dancing until midnight. Attendees can also participate in a silent auction. Tickets are $40 and are available at the FTC box office. • Hill Country Memorial Hospice will host its annual balloon release in memory of children who have died at 2 p.m. Sunday. Balloons and light refreshments will be provided for parents and loved ones at the Adelsverein Halle at Marktplatz. • Fredericksburg Dance Company will perform “The Nutcracker” and “The 12 Days of Christmas” on the Fredericksburg Theater Company stage at 2 p.m. on Sunday. A second performance is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 6. Tickets may be purchased online at www.fredericksburgtheater.org or by calling the box office at 830-997-3588. Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for children 17 years and younger. A silent auction will be in the lobby of the theater before and after the show in support of the Fredericksburg Dance Company. • Pecan Creek Club/Community Center will meet at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at 3410 Pecan Creek Road. A short business meeting will be held and games of “42” and card games will be played. Members are encouraged to bring snacks or desserts to share and drinks of their choice. • The Austin-based vocal-musician team of Christine Albert and Chris Gage will perform Sunday in the third of eight 2015-2016 concert season performances hosted by the Fredericksburg Music Club. Set for 3 p.m. in the sanctuary of Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, the concert is free although goodwill offerings are welcome. Seating begins at 2:30 p.m. on a first-come basis. For Sunday’s concert, Albert and Gage will be accompanied by David Carroll and Chip Dolan. • Fredericksburg High School will host a Talent Show at 6 p.m. Sunday in the FHS Auditorium. Acts include singers, instrumentalists, prose reading, dancing and a comedy routine. Three judges will select first, second and third place winners and audience members have the opportunity to vote for the “The People’s Choice” award by purchasing $1 voting tickets. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for students. All proceeds benefit the FHS Choir and Drama departments.
Sports • Fredericksburg High School varsity volleyball is playing in the regional semi-finals today at the Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio. Fredericksburg will play Columbus at 1 p.m. while Boerne will play Sealy at 3 p.m. The winners of those two matches will play at 11 a.m. in the regional finals on Saturday at the Blossom Athletic Center. • The FHS freshman girls' basketball team is playing in the Pleasanton Tournament today and Saturday. • Harper High School varsity football is playing in the first round of the playoffs tonight at 7:30 p.m. against Holland at Hays High School in Buda. • Heritage varsity football will be on the road to play the Alvin Living Stones at 6 p.m. in the first round of the TAPPS playoffs. • Fredericksburg Golf Association will gather Sunday at Lady Bird Johnson Golf Course. |
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