The Texas Historic Commission (THC) recently designated Peyton Cemetery as a Historic Texas Cemetery. The distinction means the cemetery has been legally recorded through the THC’s Cemetery Preservation Program, an important step in ensuring its preservation.
The designation is reserved for cemeteries that are at least 50 years old and documented through the Historic Texas Cemetery designation process to record their historic association and significance.
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By Staff Reports
Emergency crews were dispatched at 8:48 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in response to an accident involving a tractor-trailer and a pick-up truck colliding with the Rain Bird Gallery at 103 Main St./U.S. Hwy., which left the highway closed for nearly 12 hours.
Chief Michael Ritchey said that a pick-up truck stopped in the center turn-lane waiting to turn left was rear ended by a tractor-trailer carrying 8,700 gallons of fuel that failed to maintain his lane.
More than 150 people were at the Old Blanco County Courthouse Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 for a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) public hearing on an increased discharge permit request from the city of Blanco. The first phase of the permit represents 225,000 gallons of treated discharged wastewater per day, associated with the new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) under construction and nearly complete at 289 Waters Edge Rd.
The August meeting of the Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater District was called to order at 7 p.m. Aug. 23, 2018, by Jimmy Klepac, chair.
Jim Aldredge, Stephen and Barbara Porter attended the meeting. The public comments were moved to later in the meeting.
A motion was made by board member Lanny Counts to approve the minutes, Tom Murrah seconded, and the motion carried.
“The audit was completed on Monday and Tuesday,” Ron Fiesler, BPGCD regional manager said.
Blanco County Pioneers Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas attended the DRT workshop last weekend in Waco, Texas. The quilt shown in the above photo was donated by Linda and Judge Bray and the quilt top was made by Ruby Waters. Pictured from left: Julie Swofford, Chapter V.P.; Carolyn Gully, President; Sharon Hudson, Secretary; and Sherry Smith Jenkins, District V Representative and founding Chapter President 2012-15.
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Ann Hall at the EMS building. Board members present included: Becky Greathouse, Ann Hall, Lynne McKirdy, Mike Rieken and Carl Struck.
The first item under consent agenda was to approve the July 1 meeting minutes. The next component was the treasurer’s report.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) was scheduled to consider selling a 3.2-acre tract that a recent boundary survey determined was disconnected from the rest of the Blanco State Park.
The park was acquired from local ranchers in the 1930s. It services more than 100,000 visitors annually.
Staff had recommended that the department sell the land, and it was to be approved at the Aug.
By Karen Dye, Order of the Easter Star Chapter #934
Members of nine area Order of the Eastern Star Chapters recently visited the inmates of the Kyle Correctional Center in Kyle, Texas to deliver yarn.
About two years ago, Allen Swicegood, member of the Seguin Chapter #555 in Seguin, Texas heard of the “Stich A Smile” program that Warden Deanna Branham started with the inmates in November of 2016.
Pink Tractor Farms, just north of Blanco on U.S. Hwy. 281, is not easily missed by its trademark pink tractor near the entrance to its produce stand. Ashley Schnelle, with the Schnelle family, bought the business three years ago. Together they have brought treasures of locally grown and Texas-based foods and natural products to Blanco County.
The pink tractor has a unique story.
