By Dana Delgado GEORGETOWN — Mauro Amador is a numbers guy, a serious numbers guy whose interest dates back to childhood. The owner of Liberty Tax Service in Georgetown grew up in a family that was always crunching numbers. His mother was the Chief Auditor for the equivalent of the IRS as well as the [...]
Chicken Express breaks ground in Liberty Hill
March 31, 2014 By
By SHELLY WILKISON If all goes according to plan, Liberty Hill could be enjoying fried chicken and all the fixins by the end of July. Restaurant Owner Clay Jones and his wife, Wendy, of Brady, joined General Manager Mitch Van Horn in Liberty Hill Wednesday at the site of the long-anticipated Chicken Express. Construction crews [...]
Nationally recognized company wrapped around global industry
March 30, 2014 By
By Dana Delgado It is hard to put a handle on exactly what International Print and Packaging (IPP) does at their ever growing and evolving design and manufacturing plant in Northwest Liberty Hill. Off handedly, IPP President Bryan Scheible said, “We’re the company that prints stickers.” That may have been the case when the local [...]
Soto built Atzimbas with authentic Mexican recipes
March 27, 2014 By
By Dana Delgado Elena Soto, the owner of Atzimbas Restaurante Mexicano in Liberty Hill for the last 13 years, has stepped away from her business due to sudden health issues. Her oldest daughter, 24-year-old Grecia Salazar, has taken over management of the day-to-day operations and is expected to assume ownership of the business. Ms. Salazar [...]
Emma’s Treasures offers chic vintage items in downtown shop
March 22, 2014 By
By Dana Delgado Chic vintage designer Laurie Alkier has opened her newest business venture, Emma’s Treasures, in the heart of Liberty Hill’s historic downtown at 100 E. Myrtle Lane, Suite C. Actually, it’s more of a re-opening since she occupied the same space 10 years ago. At that time she had two business partners who [...]
CrossFit offers personalized, goal-oriented workout
March 3, 2014 By
By BECKY WYLIE CrossFit. You may have heard of it and you may even know someone who attends CrossFit classes. But what exactly is it? I myself know several people who have attended classes. I, however, have never taken a class, and I’m not going to lie. I had a lot of misconceptions going [...]
Deep Waters Therapeutic Massage joins San Gabriel Family Chiropractic team
February 22, 2014 By
By Dana Delgado When Dr. Mariska Visser left her successful chiropractic business and beautiful farm in Massachusetts a year or so ago, she not only found herself at home in Liberty Hill, but has zealously set out to build community within the community. “For me it’s about community and networking, education, healthy foods and exercise,” [...]
Drought spurs water collection systems
February 17, 2014 By
By Dana Delgado In recent years, there has been much said, some vociferously, about the water situation and its diminishing supply. Many have reacted in disbelief, others with dismay and still others believe the rains will soon return to Central Texas. And then there are those, armed with research data, who profess this is only [...]
D&L Landscaping opens gardening center in time for spring
February 15, 2014 By
By Dana Delgado BERTRAM — After 15 years of essentially living and working out of his truck at an exasperating pace across Central Texas, Erasmo Chaves with a restrained sigh of relief, is dropping roots. “I always wanted to have my own place,” he said. “I’m so glad to be here in Bertram.” A [...]
A father’s puzzles led to innovative engineering enterprise
February 8, 2014 By
By Dana Delgado Joe Pieczynski made his mark early in life and earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records, but that was only the beginning. His career has been chock-full of pinnacle moments with the best yet to come. In his twenties in 1984, the New Jersey native built a huge wooden [...]
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