Class of 1960 Meet for Their 53rd Reunion (Community News)
Pictured from L-R: Gerry Brooks, Gaylen McHugh, Jean Fuchs, Jimmy Fuchs, Martha Wagner, Errol Weidner, Lois Ewald, James Bindseil, Phil Edmondson, Harvey Rust, Helen Knoll, Marjorie Latham, Johnny...
View ArticleSan Antonio Council of RE/MAX Awards Local Realtors (Community News)
RE/MAX Genesis recognizes Realtors who were in the TOP 20 for commission earned in the first quarter of 2013. Waymond Lightfoot~#1 Commercial; Shalyn McCumber~ #8 Residential; Robby Robinson~#6...
View ArticleCommunity English Class Completes First Term (Community News)
Submitted by Mary L. ParkCommunity English Classes, an outreach of Blanco First Baptist Church, closed its first term on May 20 with a Celebration and Recognition night. The FBC ministry provides...
View ArticleHow Does Your Garden Grow? (Community News)
by Judy DorsettMany Blanco County residents suffered major property damage from the last hail and wind storm. Automobiles, window, roofs, trees and garden were beaten down. Many of the gardens will...
View ArticlePerfected Forever: Part 2 (Focus on Faith)
By Pastor J.D. Link, agf-blanco.comHebrews 10:1-3 “For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by...
View ArticleRevelations Part 21, Chapters 15 & 16 (Focus on Faith)
by Mrs. Lawrence CoffeeRevelation 15:1-8 “15 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 2 And I saw...
View ArticleDon't Look Back (Focus on Faith)
by John Kinslow, minister, Blanco church of ChristOn May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man in history to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. Within 2 months, John Landy eclipsed the record...
View ArticleAthletic Camp Sign-Up Deadlines Approaching (Sports)
Basketball Camp June 10 - 13 $40.00 4th Grade - 6th Grade (2013-14 School Year) 8am - 10am 7th Grade - 9th Grade (2013-14 School Year) 10am -12 noon Blanco HS Gym Ultra Quest June 10 - July 19...
View Article2012-2013 Scholarship Recipients (School)
Annie Albrecht Austin Board of Realtors Foundation $1,000 PEC Scholarship $2,500 Buggy Barn Museum Scholarship $500 Buddy Baker & Barney Rodgers Scholarship $1,000 Blanco Lions Club Scholarship...
View ArticleTop Four Academic Students (School)
Freshmen,‘12-’13 Year, L-R: Sara Martinez, Bret Leigh Nance and Vanessa Skillman. Not Pictured: Maryn McMain.Read Article.5 photos attached to this article.More from School.
View ArticleSummer Time is Here (Putting the Pieces Together)
By Debbie Vallone-Homeier, A Paragon Builder / Vallone Real EstateSummer time is here. Time to do some things around the house if you have not already. There are maintenance items and always that list...
View ArticleFive Ways to be a Savvy First Time Seller (The Real Estate Corner)
From Waymond Lightfoot, By Texas Assoc. of RealtorsThink back to when you were a first-time homebuyer. Were you excited but overwhelmed? It’s not unusual to feel that way as a first-time seller either,...
View ArticleBlanco Looks Good in Lavender (Community News)
Photo by Willard GibbonsFrom the Blanco Chamber of CommerceThe Blanco Lavender Festival Steering Committee and the Blanco Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Blanco! Another successful Lavender...
View ArticleCommissioners Pass on Re-implementing Burn Ban with No Ban on 4th of July...
By Tricia HartmannThe Blanco County Commissioners Court conducted a Regular Meeting on Tuesday June 11th, 2013. County Judge Bill Guthrie and County Commissioner Paul Granberg were absent. The two were...
View ArticleEmployees Receive Special Recognition at BISD Trustees’ Meeting (School)
By Priscilla SealsKathy Anderson, retiring Director of Curriculum and Special Programs for the Blanco Independent School District, and Bobby Beard, Blanco Elementary School maintenance worker, received...
View ArticleCongratulations Class of 2013! (School)
Photo by Diana Schwind.Read Article.31 photos attached to this article.More from School.
View ArticleThe Model Son (Mustard Seeds)
by Keith J McClellanWhen one lives in a border city with a population that is well over ninety percent Hispanic, one’s blonde, blue-eyed children tend to stand out in the community and at school. One...
View ArticleCitizen Input Precedes Redistricting Debates: Texas Press Association State...
By Ed SterlingAUSTIN —An issue of a supremely contentious nature, redistricting, is the reason lawmakers are still at work in a 30-day special session, and a great deal of citizen input is being...
View ArticleFeaturing the Founding and Early Stories of the Blanco Volunteer Ambulance...
Friday, June 2, 1972 Blanco Volunteer Ambulance Corps Organized Here As most of you know, as of May 31, 1972, the Crofts Funeral Homes discontinued ambulance service to Blanco County. The City...
View ArticleEngagement (Announcements)
Jerry and Deanna Dosser announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Laurel Dosser, to Joshua Sypert, son of Dianne Shaffer of Eustace, Tx and James Sypert of Garland, Tx. The future bride is a...
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