Left to Right: BHS Homecoming Queen candidates for 1982 are Nickey Maly, Becky Neuman, Vicky Coffee, Rhonda Handberry, Sandra Jones, and Perry Kuebel.

1988-89 Kindergarten: Kimberly Romero (bottom left), Anthony Romero, Angela Uballe, Triston Weber, Travis Walker, Jacob Garcia, Jason Cox, Brandon Wolf, Kasie Romero, Stephanie Smith, Raquel Barrera, Valentin Martinez, Tashia Combs, Steven Keller, Mrs. Elzina McFarland. 2nd row: Diane Covin, Aimee Hopkins, Candice Bethke, Michelle Mobley, Elisa Pierce, Patrick Garrett, Zachery Freeman, Megan Szymonowski, Curtis Rust, Stephanie Jones, Cara Kuresta, Jennifer Zuercher, Amanda Moore, Crystal Sawey, ...

By Julia Vicars 1977- BISD Student count dropped to 483 mostly due to a large drop in new students enrolling in Kindergarten. A breakdown of student in enrollment in 1977 is as follows; 232 in Elementary, 84 in Middle, and 159 in High School. Last year (2011-2012 school year) BISD had a total of 966 students; 439 in Elementary, 228 in Middle, and 299 in High School. 1987- City Council rejected a left turn lane at US 281 and FM 1623 because including a left turn lane would do away with parki ...

Candidates for the 1982 Blanco County Fair and Rodeo Queen’s Contest are (front L-R) Kris Riddell, Chris-Ann Craig, Jennifer Hobbs, Tami Gipson, Shannon Moss, Susan McIlvain, Kim Schneider, Kathy Felps, Sophie Hartman, Parrish Taylor, Holly Craig, Candy Weirich, (back L-R) Trudy Sagebiel, Karen Kroll, Gail Connell, Kathy Moss, Sandra Jones, Perry Kuebel, Stephanie McCarty, Sharlette Haley, Sharleen Haley, and Julie Mengers.

From the August 6, 1986 Issue - The 1983 Ford Yankee Coach ambulance belonging to Blanco County and operated by the Blanco Volunteer Ambulance Corps was paid in full with the last Revenue Sharing Check from the county. Here Aaron Posey, president of Blanco National Bank, hands the title to County Judge Charles Scott and Commissioners Alton Koch and Charles Jones.

1978 – Welcome – Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson waves a greeting to all the spectators who attended the 4th of July festivities at Johnson CIty. Lady Bird was the guest of honor and principal speaker on the windup session of the three-day celebration. Staff photos by Cohane/Matus.

This week in... 1967 Kerrville Land Bank started their new building this week in 1967. The building was set to have 1500 square feet. The bank, still located at the corner of Sidney Baker and Wheless Street in Kerrville, used only local construction, electrical, and plumbing contractors. Torn down in 2004, the old building was replaced with a newer construction.

This Week In.... 1972 4-H students were looking forward to their upcoming tour of Europe to take place the following week. 4-H youth, 16 to 20 years old, from Idaho, Washington, Oregon, South Dakota, New Mexico, Arizona, Florida, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Iowa, Texas, and Indiana. The youth experienced home-stays with host families, travel by air and bus, and visited historical sites.

This week in... 1971 This week in 1971 Mrs. Kay Berger’s Kindergarten class held their graduating ceremony. The graduates were Clinton Dowdy, Wade Fischer, David Hartman, Sandra Jones, Jimmy Klepac, Neil West and Randall West. • Miss Dixie Posey received an honor from the Southwest Texas State University chapter of Chi Omega Sorority, being named “Best Active.” Miss Posey was active in her school affairs and a member of the Student Senate, the Strutters, and a Butler Dormitory Counsel ...

This week in... 1970 The Blanco County unit of the American Cancer Society Crusade released a report on earnings. Their fund raising efforts went to an intensive educational program to teach families how to protect themselves from cancer by knowing the seven warning signs. • The Blanco Theater, which held its grand opening May 9 & 10 of 1970, chose “The Alamo” starting John Wayne for its first picture.

May 9, 1969 A tornado traveled through Blanco County this week in 1969 causing damage to a VFW building, a new housing development, and a chicken coop. The tornado struck on the heels of violent weather occurring over most of Texas. There were no major injuries or deaths and damage was mostly minimal.

May 3, 1968 The last PTA meeting of the school year was held on Tuesday. The program was presented by the speech class, under the direction of Curtis Kirchner. They presented a news program on a Blanco station with live commercials and all the latest news not found anywhere in print.

April 28, 1967 Chamber of Commerce officials report that the Blanco Chamber of Commerce annual barbecue was a complete sell-out due to the splendid operation of Blanco merchants and individuals. Lunches were served at the school cafetorium with barbecue to go being served on the Chamber of Commerce grounds. • Charles Lux captured third place in the Regional Meet Mile Run at San Antonio’s Alamo Stadium.

April 22, 1966 The second stage of concrete work on the new elementary school and cafetorium was completed on Tuesday of this week with the pouring of about 170 cubic yards of concrete for the foundation and floors. Plumbing and electrical conduit is now being installed along with pouring of concrete.

April 9, 1965 Mrs. Laura McDowell was named the conservationist of the year of the Pedernales Soil Conservation District. She was presented her award at the regular meeting of the Blanco Lions Club on Tuesday evening at Robin’s Diner. • Nearly an inch-and-a-half of rain fell here in a thunderstorm Monday night that produced an extraordinary lightning display.