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Junior Panthers will play at the Blanco High School Stadium Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Blanco PTO and Blanco Youth Football League are selling dinner plates for $9 starting at 6 p.m. Plates consist of two pieces of grilled chicken, Mexican rice and beans with a drink. Buy tickets by Wednesday from Blanco PTO or online at www.blancoyouthfootball.com. 6 p.m.

One of the most memorable of my Boy Scout adventures was when I, as an adult leader, along with others, took fifteen Scouts to explore an underground river deep in the heart of Mexico. We, in turn, were led by an experienced guide who was well acquainted with the terrain.

The annual Blanco Veterans’ Day Parade will be held on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, and will travel through downtown Blanco. Long-time organizer and parade chair Roxanna Avants is seeking support for the parade, including entries to travel in the parade. “We invite the community to come out and salute our Blanco County veterans,” said Avants.

The Blanco County Master Gardeners, in collaboration with Blanco County Agrilife Extension & Blanco High FFA, will host the fourth annual Gardenscape event on Saturday, Oct. 21, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free to the public, and will be held in the Blanco High School Ag building, 1214 Fourth St. “Gardenscape is one way we can reach our goal of offering Hill Country residents the best gardening and horticultural practices for our area,” said Donna Norris, Blanco County Master Gardener ...

On Thursday, Oct. 17, 2017, the Johnson City Housing Authority will conduct free hearing tests along with free hearing aid cleaning at 9:30 a.m. A flu shot clinic will also be offered, starting at 10 a.m. at 304 S. Ave. F. The clinic and testing are open to the public.

he Blanco Volunteer Fire Department will celebrate and publicize Fire Prevention Week with community activities beginning Oct. 11, 2017. This year’s theme: “Know Two Ways Out.” Oct. 11, 9-11 a.m. Blanco Middle School - Equipment and fire prevention demonstration. Oct. 12, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Blanco Elementary School (Pre K - 3rd) Equipment and fire prevention demonstration Oct.

Many longtime residents say that many of downtown’s old buildings are historic landmarks from decades ago, and they should stay the way as founders saw them in the 1870s and onward. The proof is in old photos as to how things looked like in the past. Historical photos can be seen inside the walls of the Old Blanco County Courthouse.