The Llano County Library gets a facelift on Saturday with volunteers from Llano Main Street and Friends of the Llano Library. Volunteers are Rich Houston, Ashley Hamm, John and Patty Bolgiano, Erin Green, Jeanne Puryear and Llano Main Street Manager Tex Toler and his wife Chris.
Saturday was a big day in Llano with nine events scheduled around the town, plus a couple others that popped us as the day went on.
One of the largest happened on Main Street at the Lantex Theater with about 600 people packing the theater for two performances of the Llano Country Opry.
A large crowd gathered in front of the former Hill Country Healthcare Center on Green Street early Tuesday morning, to see a new beginning.
Dr. Alice Smith, headmaster of Llano Christian Academy, couldn’t keep her tears of joy back as she offered a short prayer to officially open the 2017-18 school year.
The run on gas that started in Dallas last week also hit Llano, and it has lasted into this week.
Most stations in town were completely out of fuel over the weekend, while more than one did not have any fuel as of Tuesday morning.
Lengthy lines started forming Thursday afternoon and went for as long as gas was available in town.
Gas was available at some stations Monday or Tuesday.
Last Wednesday night, the committee for Keep Llano Beautiful met for the third time and is on its way to becoming an official Keep Texas Beautiful city.
There are eight requirements to becoming an affiliate with the state program, and after Wednesday night, Llano is just about there. They include: 1.
From in-person volunteer work to fundraising or donating items, Llano County residents have more than chipped in to help Hurricane Harvey victims.
Many groups or businesses are still raising funds or collecting donations to help Hurricane Harvey victims.
The Llano County Farm Bureau is currently holding a non-perishable food drive to donate to Hurricane Harvey victims.
Hurricane Harvey has battered much of the Texas Coastal Bend, while flooding has caused devastation throughout a large portion of the state.
For those in and around Llano County, there are several immediate ways to help.
Llano Elementary School is accepting donations of water (gallon jugs or cases of drinking water), diapers, wet wipes and canned goods through 8:30 a.m.
One man spoke at a brief public hearing on the Llano County tax rate Monday morning.
Richard Maddern, who lives in the Kingsland area, was supportive of the proposed tax rate.
“In my view, providing for a tax rate that meets the needs and services that are efficient as you can possibly make them, is the key job for the commissioners and the judge,” he said.
