All first graders at Llano Elementary recently received free prevent tooth decay kits through the Fantastic Teeth Fan Club. Members of Llano Masonic Lodge, led by Lee Ellis, assembled and delivered kits to the school.
The Fantastic Teeth Fan Club project focuses on preventing suffering from toothaches, reducing missed school days due to dental problems, and cutting costs for dental treatment.
Prevent tooth decay kits contain: a toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, healthy teeth sticker, two-mi ...
The Llano Junior High Orange Band, Black Band and the Llano High School Band competed on April 7 at the UIL Region 7 Concert and Sightreading contest. The High School Band received a 2nd Division Excellent rating in the Concert competition and a 1st Division Superior rating in the Sightreading portion of the contest.
Big congrats to Coach McIntosh and our boys' golf team. They won the district title for the second year in a row. Back to back years as district champs is a great accomplishment! Alex Riley also qualified for regional golf on the girls' side as a medalist. Now that we are back in Region 4, these young people will be competing April 13 and 14 in the Corpus Christi area.
Blue Ridge Ranch (BRR), located south of Llano, held a Longhorn Auction on Friday and Saturday, complete with a chuck wagon dinner that brought smiles to everyone that attended. John Marshall, owner of the ranch said "everyone was in love with the homemade biscuits that were cooked on the ground in a dutch oven."
BLANCO—The final race, April 8, before the district 25-4A Track & Field Meet was one of the most exciting of the 2015 campaign. A stride-for-stride duel down deep stretch of the end of the 4x400-meter relay is as captivating as a game-winning, bases-loaded triple in the bottom of the ninth.
"An epic mile-relay battle,"
Maybe winning a championship or some big rivalry game causes euphoria we've become familiar with on TV, but the joy is no less felt by a team recording a victory that breaks a losing streak and thus produces a thaw in the frigid stretch of a lack of success.
The Llano High baseball Jackets, April 10, won a 3-2 thriller over Liberty Hill to claim their first 25-4A win after four highly-irritating losses.
The NFL hasn't eliminated the kick for an extra point yet, but the toe is definitely fighting Athlete's foot. ESPN.com reports ending the kick is a possibility for the upcoming season. And there are these other suggestions:
*Longer kick than the current 19-20 yards.
*The ball would be placed at the one-and-a-half-yard line to make the choice for two more appealing.
*A defense can score on a fumble return or pass interception off a two-point attempt—like the colleges.
I want the one-pointer ki ...
Donald Newton Banks, age 86, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015 in Llano, Texas. He was born August 12, 1928 to Albert George and Altha (Faris) Banks in Llano, Texas. He was the sixth of seven children and was raised in the Babyhead – Llano area.
Donald had been a resident of Burnet since 1982 after his retirement from the U.S.
Eleanor Miller, a resident at Windchime at the Village in Kingsland, died peacefully at Seton Highland Lakes Hospital, Burnet, Texas on February 14, 2015. She was 95 years old. Eleanor was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Carter Miller, in 1993 and her granddaughter, Rachel Taecker.
Eleanor was born September 15, 1919 and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Robert Lloyd Watson, 63, of Kingsland, Texas passed away on March 6, 2015. He was born on January 14, 1952 in Houston, Texas, the son of William P. and Velda Faye (Hegge) Watson. He was known to his friends as "Chase" or "Bob".
Robert joined the Houston Police Academy on January 22, 1973.
