“Do you have time for this?” my husband, Peter, asked.
Peter almost never questions what I’m doing unless I’m doing something particularly stupid. Yesterday, I had a meeting on Zoom. I figured I could finish my work, take my walk early, then run downtown and get my errands done all in time for my meeting.
“Sure!” I assured him.
By Jakki Milford
On Saturday evening, the square behind the Blanco Ballroom was the outdoor setting for a rare treat for Blanco residents which was arranged by Blanco Performing Arts. The United States Air Force’s Freedom Brass Quintet performed a free concert at 7:30 p.m.
Before the show began, the crowd gathered were chatting and visiting with one another.
Results of the 2021 District 10 4-H Spring Roundup competitions were released recently, with 28 Blanco County 4-H members placing.
In the Junior Share-the-Fun Musical/Instrumental category, Liberty Lemanski placed 1st playing Budapesto on cello and Autumn Vitallero placed 2nd playing The First Noel on guitar. In the Intermediate Share-the-Fun Musical/Instrumental category, Willow Lemanski placed 3rd playing Huber’s Concertino on violin.
The Joe Garcia Memorial Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Blanco County, was held on June 7 at Vaaler Creek Golf Club in Blanco. The winning team was the Delta Four of Austin. The members pictured from left are, Paul Antrim, Drake Robinson, John Antrim and Ryan Watts.
In part three of this story, which will be in next week’s Blanco County News, hear from a county leader about lessons learned from the Permian Highway Pipeline in Blanco County and what to expect going forward.
Kinder Morgan maintains that the company has been responsive to issues that have arisen regarding its Permian Highway Pipeline, including a drilling mishap last year that poisoned some Blanco County residents’ water wells, but other disagreements with landowners have yet to b ...
The angry polar bear, barely visible against the white Artic landscape, suddenly leaped from an ice ridge and charged. Bill Cammack tried to run, but the bear was almost on top of him. So Cammack dropped his camera and reached for the rifle slung over his shoulder, but it was too late.
Mayor Rhonda Stell called the regular meeting of the City of Johnson City Council to order at 6 p.m. on June 1.
Ceremonial
In accordance with the results of the election of May 1, the following officials were sworn in by presiding Municipal Court Judge Tom Walston: Mayor – Rhonda Stell; Council Member – Stephanie Fisher; and Council Member – Clayton Young.
The U.S. Census Bureau has released is sub-county population estimates from April 2010 to July 2020. That includes population estimates for the 1,200 incorporated places in Texas. Nine additional Texas towns were incorporated in the past decade, while 13 additional cities surpassed a population of 50,000. The Texas Demographic Center reported that of the 71 Texas cities with populations of more than 50,000, only two lost population — continuing the trend of smaller towns and areas in ...
The newest Deputy in the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office should have no trouble navigating the roads in and around Blanco and Johnson City while on the job - he has travelled these roads all of his life. Jorge Zagada, a 2015 graduate of LBJ High School, grew up in Johnson City and considers his decision to serve his hometown as a Peace Officer a way to give back to the community that helped raise him.
The American flag is a symbol of freedom, liberty and human rights. It is a symbol of our home and all that we as Americans believe. A symbol for men to rally behind, whether on our shores or foreign shores as they did seventy-five years ago on the shores of Normandy!
