The Friends Annual Dinner and a Movie was wonderful! Thank you to all who made it such a success and for all of you who came to dine with us! It was a lovely evening with good food, good movie, and good conversation. All proceeds from this program go towards new materials for the library, so a big thank you to all who donated! The Blanco Library needs your help!

Blanco Lions Club had the new officers for 2013-2014 installed at their regular meeting held May 2nd. The new officers are: Tom Davidson, new president, Les Kuneba, Zone Director, who conducted the installation, Lynn Evich, secretary, John Jones, treasurer, Jim Meadows, director, and Bob Dorsett, 2nd, vice president, Lawrence Mikes, 2nd vice president, Ben Copeland, outgoing president and now director, Marilyn Mikes, 1st vice president and Diane Hostetler, tail twister. The Blanco Leos Club ha ...

The Buggy Barn Museum hosted the Veteran Motor Car Club Of America on Friday, April, 26. The club’s 2013 Chrome Glidden Tour is exclusively for cars made between 1935-1988. The club tours all around the country, but this was a Hill Country adventure, with the last stop in Blanco. Dennis Moore and the Buggy Barn Museum Chuck Wagon Cooking provided the club with a hot meal on the cloudy day.

The Blanco girls varsity track team raced to a 2nd place team finish at the Region IV Track and Field Meet Saturday, April 28. In field events Abby Beard placed 5th in high jump. Abbie Culton was 7th in the triple jump. Erica Flores and Monica Flores placed 8th and 9th respectively in pole vault. In running events, Leslie McClinton placed 8th in the 200m dash.

The Panther baseball team defeated the Lago Vista Vikings 10-4 on Thursday, April 26. Josh McCaslin went the distance on the mound going 7 innings and scattering 6 hits and striking out 2. McCaslin also led the way with his bat going 2 for 4 with a homerun and 2 rbi.

Another year done and the annual Bands 4 Band Music Festival brought incredible musical talent to Yett Memorial Park in Blanco. Grupo Fantasma, Lannaya West African Drum & Dance Ensemble, The Jitterbug Vipers, Patrice Pike, Hunter Hendrickson, Allen Ray & Southern Comfort, and local favorites Bobby Mack and Zydeco Blanco provided the festival attendees with a wide variety of musical styles and experiences. The Grammy Award winning Grupo Fantasma was incredible with energetic Latin music and an ...

The Blanco FFA Chapter qualified four teams for state career development events hosted by Tarleton State University in Stephenville this past week. FFA members from Blanco competed in Homesite Evaluation, Environmental Natural Resources, Range and Pasture Judging and Land Evaluation. Blanco was the only school to have three different teams place in the top 10 overall. In the Homesite CDE, Blanco placed 4th overall with Trey Hunter recognized as the 3rd high point individual.

The Panther baseball team had a rough night against the Comfort Bobcats on Tuesday, April 16, falling 1 to 7 in their first district loss. Comfort and Blanco now share the lead in the district race. Josh McCaslin took the loss, going 6 and 1/3 innings, giving up 5 runs and scattering 8 hits.

The Panther softball team tallied 3 district wins this past week trouncing the Ingram Lady Warriors, 16-1 on Tuesday, April 9, beating the Johnson City Eagles, 17-4 on Friday, April 12, and defeating the Comfort Deer on Monday, April 15, 4-2 Callie Culton pitched the 3-inning, 15-run rule victory over the Warriors tossing 3 strike-outs, giving up one hit.

Brad Farbstein and Gabriel Gregerman owners of Real Ale had their 17th anniversary party with 3000 of their closest friends, along with their daughter, Sadie. The newly canned Four Squared and Hans Pils beers were on hand along with the great music of La Tampiquena and others.

8th Boys: 2nd Place Team Discus – Thomas 2nd Long Jump - Elizondo 5th High Jump – Elizondo 5th Triple Jump – Olmedo 5th Shot Put – Thomas 3rd Pole Vault – Robinson 3rd, Mangold 5th 2400 – Kindla 2nd 4 x 100 – 2nd Martinez, Webster, Elizondo, Flores 800 – Thomas 2nd, Olmedo 3rd 110 Hurdles – Coggins 3rd 4 x 200 – 2nd Webster, Elizondo, Thomas, Martinez 400 – Olmedo 5th 300 hurdles – Coggins 6th 200 – Martinez 2nd, Elizondo 3rd, Webster 4th 1600 – Thomas ...

Blanco Volunteer Fire Department held their Annual Fish Fry, Saturday, April 6th.

The wind may have nearly blown us out of the courthouse square on Saturday, but it did not dampen the high-spirits and fun in Blanco. Wild Women began converging on Blanco Friday night and continued on through Sunday all for the benefit of the Blanco Non-Profit Coalition. Wild Woman Weekend, WWW, opened with a reception in the courthouse with delicious appetizers provided by Sullivan Street Caterers and wine provided by 4.0 Cellars.