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Announce Final Open House for Transportation and Economic Development Plan
Llano, TEXAS –Llano County is partnering with area agencies to plan for our future, focusing on economic development and transportation. Judge Mary Cunningham has been working with county commissioners and local stakeholders to partner with the Capital Area Council of Governments to guide development of the plan. “I encourage the residents of Llano County to take a look at our proposed plan and give us feedback to ensure it reflects the interests and needs of our community,” said Judge Ma ...
Early Voting for the November 3, 2015 Constitutional Amendment Election starts Monday, October 19 – Friday, October 30 at all three Llano County Early Voting Locations. Main Location: Llano County Library, 102 E. Haynie, Llano – Hours 8:00 – 4:30 Monday through Friday, with the following exceptions: October 19, 2015 7:00 A.M.
Wimberley’s 24-0 punishment of Llano, October 9, reminded me of going to games with my dad when I was nine or 10, and our team was losing. “Didn’t you tell me we were going to win? That they are oh-and-six?” I would also ask in a whining voice, “Can we catch up?” He was as mad as I was, but he had to remain the mature adult—not that I knew what the word meant.
Fall weather means it’s time to recycle all that dusty junk cluttering up the garage just in time to take advantage of the Llano County Household Recyclables Collection Event this Saturday, October 10, from 8 a.m. until noon at the Llano County Annex at Fuzzy’s Corner in Buchanan Dam. Llano County Flood Plain Administrator Cristy Vaught is on the committee organizing this year’s event and invited all residents to “help keep Llano County beautiful” by participating in this annual event ...
At the regular called meeting of the Llano City Council on Monday, October 5, Council approved commissioning the engineering firm of Steger and Bizzell to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of a sand point well to be located in the Llano River behind the dam. The study, which is projected to cost around $5,000, will determine what type of sand point well would be better – temporary or permanent, what the cost would be, whether or not that type of well would prove to be beneficial ...
Pothole Patching will begin in this order, catching all north & south blocks as they go: East Sandstone & Luce - 100 through the 1300 blocks (Ford to Mulberry) West Sandstone & Luce - 100 through the 1200 blocks (Ford to California) Cold Mix Level-up is planned for the following areas: East Granite Street - 400 & 500 blocks (Hickory to City limits) Landon Lane - along 100 block (Ford to Old Six Mile Road) Holden Street - 600 through 800 blocks (Tarrant to Young) For more informa ...
While I was talking with Mark Ament in the parking lot of the Tractor Supply Company store several folks drove up anxious to shop the store. “Can’t sell you anything,” Ament said, “we’re not set up for it. No cash registers, no money. We’ll open October 10.” That’s easy to remember.
The regularly called meeting of the Llano City Council began at 5:30pm on Monday, September 21, with a standing-room only crowd. Kicking off the public comments portion of the meeting, former Mayor Mikel Virdell spoke, admonishing Alderman Glenn Conner for a comment he made to City of Llano Police Chief, Kevin Ratliff, following the last Council meeting on September 7. While Virdell did not specifically say what the comment was, he was followed by Chief Ratliff, who was flanked by his police fo ...
Update on Elementary
Driving by Llano Elementary School you notice the construction on the new classroom wing. Bond projects consultant and manager Dean Sharp reported to the Llano School Board Monday night that 57 piers are in the ground. Holes are drilled 24 feet deep and filled with steel reinforced concrete. Electrical work is almost done. At Packsaddle the bus loop fencing is complete.
“Kintsugi,” Cheryl Quallenberg said. “It’s a Japanese philosophy and repair technique. Kintsugi means if you repair something that’s broken it’s better than it was before. It adds to the beauty of life.” It’s also more valuable because you repair it with gold. We were standing next to a sculpture of mesquite wood that looked like abstract art.

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