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Blue
Lake Fourth of July Parade is a blast! Games, fun, watermelon,
water balloons and a parade! The barbecue was fun and the
Fireworks really popped! Thank you to all of the many volunteers
who made this happen.
And
the winner is....
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Upcoming Events:
July
14-Blue Lake Ice Cream Social 6pm
July
20-Women's Golf Association Four Ball Golf Tournament
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Congratulations Sharon!
Sharon Bowen has taken a new job at the
MUD office. We will miss her at the Golf Club.
Be sure and come say "hi" at the
MUD office.
Welcome back to James at the Golf Club.
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Recipes
Blue
Lake residents are great cooks!
Comfort
Slush ...makes 3 quarts
3 tea bags
2 cups boiling water
2 cups sugar
7 cups water
1-12 oz orange juice frozen concentrate, thawed
1-12 oz lemonade frozen concentrate, thawed
2 cups Southern Comfort (or Brandy)
Steep tea in boiling water 3 minutes. Remove bags and stir
in sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add remaining ingredients
and stir well. Freeze in a covered container at least 24-48
hours. About 1/2 hour before serving, remove from freezer
to thaw slightly. Fill glass about half full (or to taste)
with slush and add 7-Up or some other soda for an individual
serving. Garnish with lemon wedge or cherry and serve with
a straw. Freeze remaining slush.
These slushes are great on a hot afternoon!
Compliments of Karan Ackerman
Helen's favorite Chile
Dip
1 lb Velveeta cheese
1 lg can wolf bran chile
1 lb Jimmy Dean sausage1 onion chopped
Saute sausage and drain
Saute onion and mix with melted cheese & chile
Serve in electric fondue pot or what ever you have to keep
it
warm and with Fritos or other chips.
Very good for football games
Crab Spread
1/2 small onion
1pressed garlic clove
1 pkg 8 oz cream cheese, softened
1T whole milk
1 medium tomato seeded and chopped
1/2 small bell pepper, chopped
3/4 cup fresh parsley, snipped, divided
1 t lemon juice
4 oz imitation crab meat, coarsely chopped
Finely chop onion with food chopper. Combine onion,
garlic, cheese and milk; mix well. Spread cheese
mixture over bottom of an 8" dish. Finely snipped parsley,
combine tomato, bell pepper, 2T parsley, lemon juice
and salt .Sprinkle over cheese mixture . Top with crab meat.
Sprinkle with remaining parsley. Serve with crackers ,and,
or fresh vegetables.
Yield: about 2 cups
ENJOY!!
Helen Woldhagen
BROWN SUGAR SMOKIES
1 (16 ounce) package little smoky sausages
1 pound bacon
Brown sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut bacon into thirds
and wrap each strip around a little sausage. Place
the wrapped sausages on wooden skewers, several to
a skewer. Arrange the skewers on a baking sheet and
sprinkle them liberally with brown sugar. Bake until
bacon is crisp and the brown sugar melted.
TEXAS CRAB GRASS
1 stick butter
1 med. onion chopped
1 pkg. frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained
1 can crab meat, drained
3/4 C. Parmesan cheese
Melt butter & sauté onion. Add cooked &
drained spinach. Add crab meat & Parmesan cheese.
Serve warm with crackers
Diane Bennett
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you have a favorite family recipe? Send it to us for the
website.
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Hill
Country Activities
Hill
Country Books and Others Online
<www.hillcountrycurrent.com/bookshelf/>
Bald
Eagles plus their eaglets have made their home on Hwy 29
between Llano and Kingsland
Lake
Buchanan Adventures: Kayak trips on Lake Buchanan at Canyon
of the Eagles Nature Park, east Lake Buchanan. 512-756-9911
Texas
Country Magazine has lots of Hill Country info at a great
price
<www.hillcountrymagazine.com>
Hill
Country Theater
<www.hcct.org>
Llano
Opry - great music in a fun setting
<www.hillbillyhits.com/llanoopry>
Hill
Country Trekkers-group hikes in the hill country
<hctrekkers@yahoo.com>
Email
your favorite Hill Country spots with their website to:
SueBurkhalter@nctv.com
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Personal
Watercraft Operation and Regulations
A personal watercraft (PWC) is defined as a type of motorboat
which is specifically designed to be operated by a person
or persons sitting, standing, or kneeling ON the vessel
rather than INSIDE the vessel. The term PWC includes jet
skis, wet bikes, etc. Any person being towed by a PWC is
considered an occupant of the PWC, and is required to wear
a life jacket.
Required Safety Equipment for Personal Watercraft (PWC)
All equipment requirements for regular motorboats also apply
to PWC. In addition to those requirements:
• each occupant must wear a life jacket;
• if the PWC is equipped with a cut-off or kill switch,
it must be attached to the operator or operator's clothing.
• inflatable life jackets are NOT approved for use
on PWC.
Operation of Your Personal Watercraft
NOTE: Children under 13 are specifically prohibited from
operating a PWC unless accompanied on board by a person
at least 18 years of age.
All operational rules for regular motorboats also apply
to PWC. In addition to those requirements, it is unlawful
for any person to:
• operate PWC at night (sunset until sunrise);
• operate PWC within 50 feet of another PWC, motorboat,
vessel, platform, person, object, or shore except at headway
speed without creating a swell or wake (Headway speed =
Slow, idle speed, or speed only fast enough to maintain
steerage); and
• operate a PWC and jump the wake of another vessel
recklessly or unnecessarily close.
It is unlawful for any person to:
• Operate at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable
and prudent or greater than will permit him to bring such
boat to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
• Operate so as to cause a hazardous wake or wash.
• Operate in a circular course around fishermen or
swimmers.
• Moor or attach to any buoy, beacon, light marker,
stake, flag or other aid to safe operation, or to move,
remove, displace, tamper with, damage or destroy the same.
• Anchor in the traveled portion of any river or channel
so as to prevent, impede, or interfere with safe passage
of any other boat through the same area.
• Operate within an area designated as bathing, fishing,
swimming, or otherwise restricted.
• Operate within designated "no wake" area
except at headway speed without creating a swell or wake.
• Engage in water skiing, surfboarding or other similar
activity between the hours of ½ hour after sunset
to ½ hour before sunrise; provided that this shall
not apply to vessels used in recognized water ski tournaments,
competitions, exhibitions or trials, provided that the water
area is adequately lighted.
• Operate while intoxicated (loss of mental or physical
faculties, or blood alcohol content of .08 or higher). First
conviction punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000, confinement
in jail not to exceed 180 days or both; second conviction
punishable by a fine not to exceed $4,000, confinement not
to exceed one year or both; third conviction punishable
by a fine not to exceed $10,000, imprisonment for not more
than 10 years or less than 2 years. **Failure to submit
a specimen to determine blood alcohol content may result
in suspension of your driver's license.
• Operate any vessel or manipulate any water skis,
aquaplane or similar device, in a willful or wanton disregard
of the rights or safety of others and at a speed or in a
manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person
or property. (Violation of this provision shall be punishable,
upon conviction, by a fine of not less than $200 nor more
than $2,000 or by confinement in jail not to exceed 180
days or both.)
• Swim or dive within two hundred yards of any sight-seeing
or excursion boat except for maintenance purposes or unless
within an enclosed area.
• Operate within 50 feet of a "Diver Down Flag"
or operate a boat within 150 feet of a "Diver Down
Flag" except at Headway/Steerage Speed.
• Fail to comply with the U.S. Coast Guard Inland
Rules of the Road.
To learn these “rules of the road”, Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department strongly recommends participation
in a Boater Education course. Excellent courses are available
from many sources to help hone your boating skills, including
online courses, Coast Guard Auxiliary courses, Power Squadron
courses, and others. To complete the Mandatory Boater Education
course for the State of Texas (required for certain operators
as noted below), check our schedule of courses or use the
online Boater Education Course available on this website.
Mandatory Boater Education
A TPWD certified boater education course and photo I.D.
is required for any person born on or after September 1,
1984 to operate (1) a vessel powered by motor of 10 horsepower
or more; or (2) a windblown vessel over 14 feet in length.
**Boater Education courses from other states are acceptable
if NASBLA (National Association of State Boating Law Administrators)
approved.
Exceptions: A person is exempt from the mandatory boater
education requirement if the person (1) is at least 18 years
of age; (2) is accompanied by a person at least 18 years
of age who is exempt from the course or who has completed
the course; (3) holds a master's, mate's, or operators license
issued by the U.S. Coast Guard; or (4) is otherwise exempt
by rule of the department.
A person adjudged guilty of one of the following operating
violations: (1) any personal watercraft operating violation,
(2) reckless or negligent operation, (3) excessive speed,
(4) reckless operation and excessive speed, (5) hazardous
wake or wash, (6) circular course around fisherman or swimmer,
(7) interference with markers or ramps, (8) obstructing
passage, (9) operating boats in restricted areas, (10) operating
vessels in scuba diving or snorkeling areas, (11) skiing
during illegal hours or in a manner that endangers life
or property, shall be required to successfully complete
an approved boater education course AND pay a fine. Failure
to complete the boater education course within 90 days will
result in the person committing an offense that is a Parks
and Wildlife Class A misdemeanor.
To complete the mandatory Boater Education course for the
State of Texas, check our schedule of courses or use the
online Boater Education Course available on this website.
Principles of Safe Boating
1. Wearing life jackets save lives.
2. Designate a driver. Sober boating saves lives.
3. Boater Education saves lives.
4. Safe boats save lives.
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