The County Commissioners held a Regular Meeting on July 10. Blanco County Judge Brett Bray called the meeting to order and all four commissioners were present.
Regular Agenda Items
The Commissioners approved the minutes of the previous three meetings after a motion and second from Commissioner James Sultemeier and Commissioner Tommy Weir.
A treasured friend told me today that I’ve left my handprint upon her heart. She quoted a line from a song she heard on the way to SWEAT with me, and said it spoke to her of me. Of course, I felt a welling of emotion. She’s left her handprint upon mine, too.
On a December night in 1982 Larry Echo Hawk and his wife, Terry, were awakened by the ringing of the telephone. When Larry answered, all he heard was sobbing. Finally, his sister’s struggling voice said, “Tommy is dead.”
A 20-year-old drunk driver, speeding at more than 85 mph, recklessly ran a stoplight crashing into the car driven by his youngest brother, Tommy, instantly killing him and his wife, Joan.
At the 100th State Convention of the American Legion of Texas in San Antonio last week, Ted Weeks, a member of Blanco’s American Legion Memorial Highway Post 352, was installed as the Legion’s Third Division Commander. As one of only four division commanders in the state, Weeks oversees the activities of more than 150 American Legion posts in an area that stretches from Houston to Austin and extends into much of Central and South Texas all the way to the border.
Former BHS Football Coach C.D. Kirchner, who served as head coach of the Blanco High School Panthers during the 1966 and 1967 seasons, passed away June 30, 2018. Obituary on page 3.
Coach Kirchner was first introduced to parents, players and community members at the BHS Quarterback Club Friday, July 15, 1966, according to the Blanco County News.
When talking to Señor Cicero Alexander Rust III (better known as C.A.) about his career teaching, he will take you on a wonderful journey of many adventures, verbally painting pictures so that one can easily imagine every intricate detail, as though you were there with him.
Rust began his teaching career in Floresville, where he taught English from 1979-88.
Blanco police arrested Martin Joey Eng, a fugitive who threatened a Blanco church service last week, late Monday, July 9, 2018. Eng surrendered to Blanco Police and was transported to the Blanco County Jail.
It was reported to the Blanco Police Department that on July 7, 2018, Eng walked into the evening mass at St.
The Blanco County Sheriff’s Office received 333 calls for service from 7/2/2018 through 7/08/2018. The Blanco County Communications Center received the following call types during the seven-day period:
13 = Arrests
137 = Traffic Stops
22 = Reckless Drivers
26 = Medical Aid Calls/Medical Alarm
28 = 911 Hang up Calls, Mis-dials, Open line or Abuse calls
9 = Fire Calls/Fire Alarms
5 = Motor Vehicle Accidents
5 = Disturbance Calls
9 = Animal Complaints/Loose Live Stock Calls
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Blanco County Commissioners held a Budget Workshop Meeting on Tuesday, June 26th immediately following the Special Meeting. The meeting was to hear budget requests/appeals from any elected officials, department heads, judicial departments and any other organizations and/or agencies that receive funds from Blanco County. This article includes only line items that required discussion, and there were many that did not.
Community Services
Blanco County Judge Brett Bray called the meeting to o ...
Paxton sends letters to cities that passed bag ban ordinances
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on July 2 notified 11 Texas cities that their ordinances against plastic shopping bags had been knocked down by the Texas Supreme Court.
Paxton said he issued letters to the cities of Austin, Sunset Valley, Port Aransas, Laguna Vista, Fort Stockton, Eagle Pass, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Kermit, Freer and South Padre Island “to ensure awareness of the recent ruling and waste management re ...
