Doris Faye King, 90, passed peacefully into her savior’s arms on Tuesday October 13, 2015. Born August 11, 1925 in Brownfield, Texas to Austin and Drucilla Spivey, Doris was a devoted wife and mother, who also found time to earn an Associate’s Degree in Nursing. With nursing skill and maternal instinct she raised her five sons in Odessa, Texas, moving to central Texas with her husband Robert in 1980.
Doris was an accomplished artist and seamstress, as well as a dedicated volunteer for the H ...
Farmers and ranchers in Llano County who were forced to sell livestock because of drought have been granted more time to replace livestock and defer tax on any gains from the forced sales, said Bill Tuckness, Llano County Farm Bureau president.
The one-year extension of the replacement period applies to sales of draft animals, breeding livestock or dairy animals.
“The deferment for purchasing replacement animals is normally four years,” Tuckness said.
Prior to the building of Buchanan Dam it was necessary to relocate over 400 graves that would eventually be covered over by the rising waters of the Colorado River. Several cemeteries were involved in both Llano and Burnet Counties, but the largest number of re-interments came from the cemetery at Old Bluffton.
Whenever anybody says things can’t get any worse, they usually do. No matter how bad something is, there is always a good chance it will get worse. Experience may not be my best teacher, but sometimes it is the only teacher on duty.
This is where I have a wee bit of a conflict with the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage.
Duty called me from the couch where I was watching a college football game, one of my favorite pastimes. We were planning to leave on a trip to New York early the next week so our lawn had to be raked and mowed on Saturday, college football’s game day.
One of the teams in the game I had started watching was a top contender for the national championship, increasing the temptation to leave the leaves to themselves.
Texas high schools can compete for $100,000 grant and a private concert for teen driver safety efforts
The Celebrate My Drive® program from State Farm challenges high schools to demonstrate how they will address teen driver safety at their high school or in their communities. Celebrate My Drive encourages teens to make positive choices behind the wheel, like Drive 2N2® — 2 eyes on the road, 2 hands on the wheel.
WIMBERLEY—A couple of people asked me at the Lytle game here who I was scouting for. I responded in my usual calm way: “I’m NOT a scout!” I went to the October 16 (one-sided) clash to get to know the Pirate players better for the broadcast of October 23 when they host Llano, which had a bye last week.
If you would like a fan’s scouting report, I can do that with two names: Lytle running back, Chris Cedeno.
LAMPASAS—About a year ago, Jason Gann did not have a great run in the shadow of the Badger campus, but he followed it a short time later by helping the Llano boys finish second in district on the same course.
This month, he was a fine third in the tune-up competition here, but pushed that off the lead paragraph, October 16, when he galloped past Taylor’s Erik Capilla in the closing 50 meters to claim the silver medal in the 25-4A meet.
This is one of my favorite stories—catching up with the point parade in Big 12 football. If these stats cause you to seek nausea control, read at your own risk.
The top three teams in the NATION in scoring are from Texas. Baylor is averaging close to 64 points a game; TCU, 50.1; and Texas Tech, 49.4.
Planning has been underway since October, 20, 2014, the day after last year’s Heritage Days, now called Llano’s Wild West Weekend. What to expect this year is a weekend of Wild West Fun, Chuck Wagon Cook-off and two days of a PRCA Rodeo.
The weekend gets started on Thursday as wagons start rolling into Badu Park for the 11th annual Llano River Chuck Wagon Cook-off, the event that created the inspiration for the festival back in 2005.Eleven wagons will line the banks of the Llano River this ...
