The 20th annual Butterfly Festival is scheduled 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2018, rain or shine, at EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens, 1101 FM 2325, Wimberley.
More than 3,800 butterflies will be released throughout the day.
No charge for admission but donations are appreciated. There are a number of free stations to visit, as well as activities and crafts that admission can be purchased before the festival or onsite.
The Hill Country Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas will ...
Blanco has been invited to join the fourth annual longest yard sale in Texas that got it start in Brownsville.
“My sister lives in Indiana, and I went with her one year to several miles of sales, and I thought so why not Texas?” Yoland Almaguer, organizer.
This year’s dates are May 4-6, 2018.
Construction is starting at Security State Bank & Trust, 1000 S. Hwy 281. “We’ve been at this location for 18 years and have outgrown the space,” D’Lynn Elrod, assistant vice president, said. She said that the new construction to the north of the existing structure will add four new offices.
The big, beautiful live oaks in town and throughout the Hill Country aren’t indefensible.
Considered an epidemic throughout central Texas, oak wilt is one of the most destructive tree diseases in the U.S. The infectious disease spreads in the spring, killing all trees that share its name, with red oaks and live oaks most susceptible.
“A live oak is a great survivor against everything that gets thrown at it from wind damage to drought to insects and other diseases, but it’s a poor su ...
e Blanco County Appraisal District gathered for their quarterly meeting on Tuesday, March 20 at the Blanco CAD office in Johnson City.
The board approved last quarter’s meeting minutes and financial reports for the months of December through February before moving into new business.
Paul Sumrall was approved to serve another year as the Appraisal Review Board chair.
Beginning March 19, 2018, Blanco residents will be able to sign the lists for the KBB Trash-Off from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Blanco City Hall. City Hall will have two different lists for residents for the upcoming KBB Trash-Off event in April.
One list will be for Blanco residents who need help due to health concerns, disabilities, etc.
win Sisters’ Hermann’s Sons Lodge No. 138 recently conducted a food drive for the benefit of our local food pantry. Pictured from left: Phil Hartmann (President of Lodge No. 138), Tanja Tomlinson, Travis Tomlinson, Benjamin Olmedo and Juan Olmedo. Hermann’s Sons collected four large boxes of food and over $400 for the Food Pantry at the Blanco Good Samaritan Center.
On March 8, 2018, local real estate agents from Blanco and Johnson City united. This was the group’s first meeting to talk about ways to work together, start local tours in Blanco County, how to promote listings, help buyers and ways to advertise. General real estate practice was discussed along with possible articles submitted to the newspaper, and more.
These agents live in Blanco County.
Four pianists from the Heart of Texas Suzuki Organization including two Blanco County residents, Caroline Welton and Acacia Oyler, performed Bach Concerto movements with a string quartet from Austin on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, at the Uptown Blanco Ballroom. Heart of Texas provides thiskind of experience for junior and senior students who have participated in the organization’s activities throughout their school years.
Twin Sisters Dance Hall held their members meeting February 24, 2018. Among the many topics discussed were ways to retain the history of the Twin Sisters area. President Jo Nell Haas brought up the idea of putting outdoor history displays around the hall to tell the history of the area.
Unknown to many, the south end of Blanco County, known as Twin Sisters on the Little Blanco River was once a thriving community.
