Every year the Blanco Pioneers Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) hosts an essay contest for Blanco County fourth and seventh graders. This year there was one and only one winner in the person of Townes Reed Curbow, the fourth grade son of Christopher and Courtney Curbow of Blanco. On March 21 at the regular monthly meeting of the Chapter that was held at the Johnson Settlement in Johnson City, Townes was presented with a check in the amount of one hundred dollars for his w ...