Mayor Pro Tem Martin Sauceda called the Blanco City Council meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. on May 26 with council members Deda Devine, Matt Lewis, Keith McClellan and Mike Smith present.
There were no announcements or public comments. Will Daves,interim office manager/code enforcer, provided a brief budget report over city hall, water and sewer, and the police department.
The Old Blanco County Courthouse has a new look.
A group completed landscaping projects at the site on May 23, as approved by the Old Blanco County Courthouse Preservation Society. Those who completed the work were Jeff Harkinson, Sarah Harkinson, Hugo MonDragon, Linda MonDragon and Shirley Winslow. They were selected to be in charge of the landscaping.
“We have been wanting to do this for a long time, but we have never really had the funding available to do it.
After not missing a day of school for over two years, Carlie Waxler had a choice to make.
Would the then-second grade student at Blanco Elementary School go with her mother on a trip to Louisiana or would she stay in Blanco so she wouldn’t miss school? The young student chose Blanco and school, and she’s chosen it every day the doors have been open.
Waxler’s decision as a youngster continued a streak that hasn’t stopped.
“I wanted to see how long I could go,” she said.
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Judge Brett Bray called the Commissioners Court special meeting to order at 9:02 a.m. on May 26. All four commissioners were present and the meeting was broadcasted via Zoom.
Kenneth Welch, Blanco County citizen, provided public comments. He encouraged the court to provide citizens with a current assessment of the financial impacts from the pandemic.
After weeks of being connected only in a virtual realm during the shut-down, one local church is reemerging from its coronavirus cocoon and experiencing fellowship once again.
“It was so exciting to get to fellowship with everyone at the live arena worship service, even if we had to sit 6 feet apart, do elbow bumps and blow kisses across the arena,” said Blanco Cowboy Church founder and associate pastor Arnella Calhoun.
Keitha St. Clair first became a principal when the Blanco High School Class of 2020 was in the sixth grade.
“They’re my babies. They’re special to me,” she said of the soon-to-be graduating class.
St. Clair was their middle school principal for three years, then moved with them for four years of high school, serving as BHS principal since the fall of 2016.
Now, she’ll leave campus with them.
Many people throughout the country have missed the crack of the bat and smell of the freshly cut grass at the old ballpark during the coronavirus pandemic.
Perhaps no one in Blanco County has missed it more than Kyle Gray.
The Blanco High School graduate and former West Virginia University Mountaineer was in the midst of spring training for the New York Yankees organization when the coronavirus hit and changed the world as everyone knew it.
The May 12 meeting of the Blanco City Council was a long one. The meeting included two closed sessions and lasted approximately six hours before the final gavel closed it at midnight.
The first closed session of the meeting lasted approximately 50 minutes, and led to the reinstatement of a member of the Blanco Police Department.
The council voted 4-1, with Matt Lewis as the lone no vote, to reinstate police investigator Jay B.
Majestic Hills of Blanco, Texas, recently donated $5,000 to the food pantry at the Blanco Good Samaritan Center. This donation will help provide assistance to those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Majestic Hills is associated with Lone Star Land Partners (LSLP). Pictured, from left, are Price Keever, vice president of LSLP, and Bert Dieringer, BGSC food pantry coordinator.
COVID-19 testing is now available for anyone in Blanco County.
Testing will now be done by local EMS providers, the county’s emergency management office announced Monday. To register for an appointment, visit www.BlancoCOVIDTest.org. If you have problems registering, call 844-868-8308.
BCEM announced Friday that there are no active cases of COVID-19 in the county as of 6 p.m.
