Why are you contacting a custom builder? (Putting the Pieces Together)
By Debbie Vallone-Homeier, Paragon C&D Builders / Vallone Real EstateWhy are you contacting a custom builder? Are you looking for quality? Shopping local? Based on a referral? Whatever the reason...
View ArticleTop tips for a trouble-free closing (The Real Estate Corner)
From Waymond Lightfoot, By Texas Assoc. of RealtorsYou’ve found the perfect house – or buyer – and you’re on your way to closing, where ownership of the property is officially transferred and money...
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School Bell Looks Out Over History of Blanco ISD: Bell a Constant Fixture...
Photo courtesy Blanco ISD.From Blanco ISDThe Blanco Bell has been a part of Blanco schools since its early origins of 1884. It has been a district constant, and has persevered through a succession of...
View ArticleCommissioners Lift Burn Ban Until March 26 (Community News)
By Tricia HartmannThe Blanco County Commissioners Court held a Regular Meeting on March 12, 2013. The Regular Meeting began at 9:00 am, and all four Commissioners were present. The Court heard and...
View ArticleWorld War II Museum Planned for Blanco (Community News)
The Buggy Barn Museum and the Blanco Pioneer Museum announced a cooperative agreement to bring back the highly successful WWII exhibit the Blanco Pioneer Museum hosted during 2011-2012. That exhibit...
View ArticleBands 4 Band Returns with Grupo Fantasma (Community News)
The 3rd Annual Bands 4 Band Festival is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2013. The Blanco Band Boosters are thrilled to be hosting the third year of this all-day music festival, the proceeds from...
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Advancing to State (Sports)
Monica Flores, Erica Flores, Katherine Biggs, and Abby Beard with powerlifting coach Bill Tesch.Photo by Diana Schwind.Monica Flores won first place at the regional power lifting meet at Gatesville on...
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Riding the Trail (Community News)
The Texas Star Trail Ride made its way from Fredericksburg to Blanco last Wednesday, looping around the courthouse before heading out to Yett Park. Cheri Barr took this photo of the ride on Rocky Road,...
View ArticleAunt Ruby’s Hot Rolls and Strawberry Jam (Mustard Seeds)
By Keith J. McClellanIt was but a small descent from the original settlers of the beautiful Heber Valley in Utah to Aunt Ruby’s front door. As a child I loved our Sunday afternoon forays from Salt Lake...
View ArticleTexas Press Association State Capital Highlights: Work of state budget...
By Ed SterlingAUSTIN — Movement toward passing a state budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal biennium continued in committees of both chambers of the Texas Legislature last week. After two months of...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: You Are a Valuable Asset (Opinion)
Serving as a board member of a community or governmental board is rewarding and demanding. Some boards require training, and all require time and interest from volunteer board members. The recent loss...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Roxanna and Tom Avants (Opinion)
Dear Editor, In reference to the front page article on the Commissioners Court meeting held January 22, 2013, specifically, in reference to the possibility of a hiring freeze for all Blanco County...
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Gibbons Guys Get the Fish (Announcements)
David, Carson, Gage, and Caleb came back the next day with another big one.The Gibbons guys hooked catfish in the Blanco River this week. Read Article.2 photos attached to this article.More from...
View ArticleChamber, Courthouse Host Community Appreciation Day (Community News)
The Blanco Chamber of Commerce and the Old Blanco County Courthouse Preservation Society will be hosting Community Appreciation Day on the Courthouse grounds on March 30, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. There...
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Renovated Office in Old Blanco Courthouse Gets Vault Door (Community News)
Rudy Nino, contractor and door restorer/installer, and Clinton DeWolfe, vault door donor, admire the historic vault door recently installed in a renovated office of the Old Blanco County Courthouse.A...
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Local FFA Members Place High at S.A.L.E. (Announcements)
Carly Haack, 6th Place ChianinaSeveral members of the Blanco FFA and Blanco Jr. FFA traveled to San Antonio this past month to exhibit livestock in the San Antonio Livestock Exposition. These local...
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Can You Help Solve This Puzzle? (Community News)
In this photo from the early 1970s, the missing cresting can be seen standing upright behind a wooden outbuilding.By Sue McFarlinLike a jigsaw puzzle, the answer to a mystery may lie in a small piece...
View ArticleNews from the Blanco Library (Community News)
By Crystal SpybuckSpecial Announcement: ALL tax forms and instruction booklets are now in. Stop by the library to pick up your supplies today! If you do not see the form you need on our table or...
View ArticleKeep Blanco Beautiful for March 13 (Keep Blanco Beautiful)
By Martha GosnellAfter the storm this weekend and the high winds late in February, there is much clean-up to be done. The sight of trash accumulating in the drainage ditches spoils the beauty of a Hill...
View ArticleSuffering and Self Defense (Focus on Faith)
By Pastor J.D. Link, agf-blanco.comLuke 22:35-36 says, “And he said unto them, ‘When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing?’ And they said, ‘Nothing.’ Then said he unto...
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