Kruger Grabs Rookie of Year, Runner up Champ Awards in Legacys

BASTROP, Texas -- Jake Kruger enjoyed his first-ever season in the Lonestar Legacys in which he reaped the Rookie of the Year award as well as finishing runnerup to series champion Dillon Spreen.

WhoWon.com

New Orleans New Year Celebration in Lost Pines

The city of Bastrop, Texas, and the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa are going New Braunfels one better and staging their New Year's celebration a whole day early.

The New Orleans New Year Celebration is Dec. 30.

And the party starts at 9 a.m. with the year-end Downtown Market Days.

New Orleans soul singer Irma Thomas and Texas-born composer and jazz trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe are the featured performers at an evening concert at the resort. Proceeds benefit the restoration and renovation of Kerr Community Center in Bastrop.

In addition, a New Orleans-style second-line parade begins downtown at 1 p.m. Music and festivities continue at Kerr Community Center Park until 4 o'clock. A dinner (reservations required) at the resort begins at 5:30, followed by the concert at 7:30.

Concert tickets: 1-866-443-8849; www.Gettix.net. Dinner, hotel reservations and packages (some include concert): 512-308-1234; www.visitlostpines.com. Bastrop is about 33 miles east of Austin.

Mercury News

State agency said to have mishandled foster camp investigation

Documents show a state agency ignored evidence and staff opinions before closing a boys camp in 2004 and accusing its director and two workers of neglect or sexual abuse.

News 8

State agency said to have mishandled foster camp investigation

Documents show a state agency ignored evidence and staff opinions before closing a boys camp in 2004 and accusing its director and two workers of neglect or sexual abuse.

News 8

Konstantino's

Billing itself as serving 'Thessalonika style Greek dishes and New York style Italian dishes,' Konstantino's is adding to the culinary diversity in Bastrop. Tasty Greek fare includes a sample platter of appetizers, souvlaki (grilled pork tenderloin) and traditional desserts such as baklava. A good Italian offering is the grilled eggplant Parmesan. Forks up. Moderate. 1412 W. Texas 71, Bastrop. 581-3232.

Austin 360

Baxter's on Main

Offering fine dining in Bastrop, Baxter's treats its customers to classics such as chicken Marsala over angel hair pasta, trout Provençal with fennel and red and yellow bell peppers and filet mignon Bernaise, crowned with spinach, crab meat and a succulent, made-to-order Bernaise sauce. starstar Moderate. 919 Main St., Bastrop. (512) 321-3577.







Austin 360

Book sale

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, December 1 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, December 2. Friends of the Bastrop Public Library sponsors the book sale offering hardbacks, paperbacks, DVDs, CDs and videos. Rare editions will be offered in a silent auction. Bastrop Public Library, 1100 Church St., Bastrop. Free. (512) 321-5441.

Cartwright's Bar-B-Q

From a review on Austin 360:

The smoking imparts a beautiful red border that runs across the top of each slice of tender brisket. On the eastbound access road of Texas 71, this joint also has a drive-through for when you have to grab it and go. Cheap. 490 Texas 71, Bastrop. (512) 321-7719.

Austin 360

Bastrop County workers bury diesel, paint in yard

During operation "Clean Sweep," Bastrop County workers collected hazardous waste, i.e., diesel fuel, oil and paint, from Bastrop county residents. The purpose is to provide for a way for residents to properly dispose of hazardous waste, rather than just dumping it on the ground or something. Once the wasted was collected, Bastrop County considered what to do with it. Answer: dig a hole and bury it in the back.

So they did.

And the State of Texas found out. Now, after digging up a dumpster full of dirt and thousands of dollars in clean up, the State is training Bastrop County workers on how to properly dispose of waste. Hint: It does not include dumping it into a dirt hole in your backyard.



Doh!

No word on whether the State will prosecute.

Statesman

Wreck in Bastrop County kills 2

Two women died in a head-on collision in 95 just two miles south of Elgin at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. The accident was a result of a northbound vehicle entering the southbound lane, with a head-on collision.

Austin Statesman