Lucky Leaf 4-H club had a busy holiday season.
We spent a week gathering coats and had our 3rd annual Coats and Cocoa sharing day in December. Lucky Leaf gathered 275 coats and distributed all but 48 coats. The remainder of the coats were donated to a crisis center in the area.
Saturday, Jan. 16, is the date for the 12th Annual Blanco County Youth Show Salsa Contest. Winner will have year-long bragging rights as the best Salsa maker in Blanco County and will receive an engraved BOSS Mug by Creative Awards in Fredericksburg.
The winner of the 11th Annual BCYS Salsa contest was Justin DeBusk.
You must live in Blanco County, or have a child who qualifies to show in the Blanco County Youth Show, to enter.
Coronavirus. COVID-19. Quarantine. Pandemic.
While those words and a few others like them dominated the year that was 2020, it thankfully wasn’t a blip on the radar when the year kicked off last Jan. 1.
January 1, 2020: Preparing for the Blanco County Youth Stock Show is a family affair for the Johnsons.
The Blanco County Commissioners Court special meeting was called to order by Blanco County Judge Brett Bray Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Blanco County Courthouse.
All four commissioners were present. The pledge of allegiance was recited and there were no public comments.
Commissioner Chris Liesmann moved to approve the resolution authorizing the judge to sign an interlocal agreement with Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) regarding the statewide emerge ...
Shortly before noon on Monday, an accident on Hwy. 281 North heading into Johnson City slowed traffic into one single lane at Hwy. 281 and Stanton Road. An RV rolled over and left the right side of the road strewn with debris. JCVFD, BCEMS, JCPD and the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office were among the agencies who provided assistance at the scene.
You could hear the church bells at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blanco playing their noon melody when Wreaths Across America began its annual event Saturday at the Blanco Historic Cemetery.
The melodies set the tone as the opening ceremony began, honoring all veterans buried at the cemetery and others throughout Blanco County.
Active COVID-19 cases in Blanco County have taken a jump.
From Dec. 9 to Dec. 18, active cases in the county increased from 62 to 84, according to numbers released by the Blanco County Office of Emergency Management.
The number of active cases in the county have more than doubled since Nov.
On Dec. 8, 2020, Blanco City Council unanimously passed an outdoor burning rules and regulations ordinance, 2020-O-014.
It states that this is an “ordinance of the city of Banco, Texas, allowing the outdoor burning of brush, grass, leaves, trees, and vegetation within the corporate limits of the city with the following regulations; prohibiting the outdoor burning of certain manmade materials that may create a public safety hazard within the corporate limits of the city; and, providing a f ...
COVID-19 has changed a lot of things in life, but one thing that definitely hasn’t changed is that homebound folks in Blanco County still need to eat.
That’s where Meals on Wheels comes in.
“There are people who don’t get meals every day; more than you would think,” said Lainie Parker, Meals on Wheels site coordinator at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blanco.
She is getting more requests for assistance.
“We’re seeing an increase in need, especially because with COVID-19, our ...
Do you enjoy being outside and improving the environment? If so, Keep Blanco Beautiful (KBB) is the perfect organization for you.
KBB’s mission is to educate and engage Blanco citizens to take responsibility for improving their community environment. The bylaws state that “the purpose of this organization shall be charitable and educational...to promote public interest in the general improvement of the environment of Blanco...”
KBB is always looking for new members to join.
