Bonnie Dworaczyk and Richard Palmer, Jr. were united in marriage on March 15,2008, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Blanco, Texas. The two families became one at a ceremony and celebration on April 19, 2008. Bonnie and Richard took the Dollar Dance to a whole new level with a donation dance in honor of both their fathers, Richard Palmer, Sr.

Trey and Kary Phipps happily announce the birth of their son, Trent Matthew. He was born April 18, 2008 at Seton Southwest in Austin, TX. Trent is welcomed home by his sister Kristy of Austin, brother Jerrick, grandparents Roy and Doris Phipps, great-grandparents Anna Phipps, Vernon and Hilda Schmidt, Uncle Brad, Aunt Kim, DJ and Brandon Phipps all of Blanco.

AUSTIN - With grocery bills and livestock feed prices inching higher and higher, Gov. Rick Perry asked a federal agency to help bring relief. In a letter dated April 25, Perry requested a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency to cut the renewable fuel mandate for ethanol produced from grain by 50 percent. The waiver, if granted, would provide Texans with relief at the grocery store and enable the Texas livestock industry to continue providing its big share of the nation's food suppl ...

Cloverfield Noel–I heard a lot of terrible things about this movie; how the camera jiggled too much, they didn’t show the monster at the end and that it didn’t have a good ending. Well, the camera did move a lot but if you were being chased by a monster in New York and you happen to have a video camera I doubt you’d hold the camera very still either.

In this era of global fluctuation, gardeners across the earth are seeing changes in their normal Climate Zones. It's really a challenge for us here in Blanco County! Our property is a small lot that seems to have 3 separate climate zones, 3 separate ecosystems on 5 acres. If you count the neighbor's across the road, maybe 4 or 5 totally diverse growing systems.

This year’s One Book, One Community program, offered annually by the Blanco Library, is featuring a book based upon the work of the StoryCorps Project begun in New York after the 9/11 attack. “Listening Is an Act of Love” is the book selection, and copies are now available at the library. The theme of the book has led to the development of a series of programs for the community which will feature Blanco natives telling their stories.

Everyone is invited to a big barbecue on the banks of the Pedernales River, reminiscent of one held by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson at their Stonewall ranch in 1967. The Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and the Friends of LBJNHP are joining forces to re-create the presidential barbecue held to honor members of the Organization of American States.

David Key, co-owner of Treetops Ranch, was awarded national recognition in New Orleans recently when he was presented with the Living Legends of Dance award by Triple Crown Dance Championships of the USA. The award was given by the producers and directors of the Triple Crown Dance Championships, Larry and Dianne Dean. David is in wonderful company, as Marge Champion and Cyd Charisse as well as the late Gene Nelson have also received this prestigious award.

K & C Supply has taken over where Blanco Valley Farm & Ranch Supply left off. After almost ten years in business, former owners Jeff and Kimberlea Mayfield decided to retire. Kirk Felps, a former employee of Blanco Valley Farm & Ranch Supply, is the owner of the newly opened business, K & C Supply.

Young Life recently acquired a new area director, Stephen Mackey, from College Station, Texas. They are very excited to welcome him to this area! On Monday, April 28, the local group traveled to Luckenbach to enjoy a gathering of other local Young Life groups. They were among 325 other Hill Country students.

April 30 • The Johnson City FFA chapter will be holding their Annual Rabies clinic from 3:00 to 6:00 pm in the high school agriculture shop. Dr. Paul Axtell from the Deer Creek Veterinary clinic will be providing his veterinary services at a discounted price Prices for this year’s clinic are Rabies $7.00, and Distemper and Parvo for dogs is $21.00.

The April Chimney Valley EEA meeting was held at the home of Jan Redmond with nine members and one guest present. Members were reminded of the upcoming exhibit at the Blanco Library, TX Rural Women at Work 1930-1960, to be on display at the Library during the month of May.

Sooner or later, Blanco County will have a health disaster, and your neighbors will need your help. It may just be a bad flu season; we've had some of those in the past few years. But it also could be one of those truly terrible bugs that break out once every century or so, like a killer strain of bird flu or something out of the tropics.

The KBB beautification volunteers were busy today spreading a large pickup load of cedar mulch on all of the beautiful plants in front of the city hall and in the Bindseil Park. The mulch was donated by the new beautification volunteers, Linda Howard, Charles Rothenbach, and Robert Stafford. The city yard, Bindseil Park and Byars Building landscaping are all designed by Judy Dorsett, planted and maintained by Keep Blanco Beautiful.

Adult Grief Support Group - No one needs to suffer grief alone; everyone can benefit from care and support. CTMC Hospice Care provides a safe and comfortable environment through its grief support groups to express the feelings you may experience due to the death of a loved one. These services are available free of charge.

The 4th annual Blanco County Relay for Life is now history. However, it is still not too late to make donations. Contributions for Relay '08 will be placed "on the books" through August of the current year. Although the formal activities are over, the memories are not. On behalf of all the survivors who participated in the activities, we would like to give a heartfelt thanks to all of those who helped make the event special. They are: the Granberg family, Kim Watt, Dorothy Troppy, Klepac Gr ...

State and national hospital political action committees have named Lucille Rochs of Fredericksburg as a 2007 Most Valuable PAC Player. Lisa Kepple, director of HOSPAC, the Texas Hospital Association’s political action committee, said Mrs. Rochs was nominated to receive the award in recognition of her dedication as a long-time HOSPAC leader. “She is a key, hard-working member of the board and has been consistently involved in the important work of grassroots involvement with area legislato ...

“Not since The Great Depression have so many people been homeless, and 70-80% of the homeless right now are children.” So said Diane Beagle, Chairman of the Blanco County Child Protection & Family Advocacy Board, as she reported during a meeting of the Blanco County Child Protection & Family Advocacy Board about what she has recently learned.

The Blanco Rodeo Association will be holding a Tiny West Memorial PBR bull riding on Saturday, May 3rd at Yett Memorial Park in Blanco, TX. Activities will begin Friday evening May 2nd with DNZ Rodeo Company junior bull riding event to begin at 5:30 p.m. Then on Saturday, a washer pitchin’ tournament will begin at 1:00 p.m.

Wells should be tested annually. The Blanco County office of Texas AgriLife Extension is sponsoring a water well screening day for area residents on May 6th at the the Blanco County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. Samples should be submitted between 8am and 5pm on Monday, May 5, at either of the following locations: *Blanco General, located at 1138 S.

John 14:12-14, 15:16, 16:23-24 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

After 8 years of planning, preparation and many prayers, the members of Blanco Cowboy Church opened the chute gates on Saturday morning, April 26th, for their 1st Annual “Roping For Jesus” Team Roping held at Yett Memorial Park and Blanco Rodeo Association Arena. God’s clear blue Hill Country skies greeted cowboys and cowgirls traveling into Blanco from the north, south, east and west, and by 10 a.m., the park was filled to capacity with pickups, trailers and horses.

2 Chronicles 7:13-14 – 13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” I’m learning to play a song on my guitar, and the first lines (of the song) are “what if the armies of the Lord, picked up and ...

Robert Wilson Riddell, 91 was born September 30, 1916 in Round Mountain, Texas to James Hugh Riddell and Linnie Bell Herrington Riddell. Robert was born into a family of six children, one that died at an early age. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Helen Maxine Riddell.

Theodore Nelson Withers, 83, passed away Monday, April 28, 2008 in Fredericksburg, Texas. Nelson was born August 13, 1924, to W. H. and Faye Casparis Withers. He spent his entire life in Johnson City, Texas. In addition to his parents, Nelson was preceded in death by his loving wife of 55 years, Margaret Mearle Lackey, three brothers Clark, Charlie and Harold Withers and sister Della Withers Calloway.

Viola Mary Sultemeier Lindig of Hye, Tx, born on September 27, 1923, passed away on April 22, 2008 at the age of 84. She was proceeded in death by her parents, eight brothers and sisters, and her husband, Clifton Lindig of over 55 years. She is survived by one brother, Otto Sultemeier, one sister, Emma Lou Mohle, her two sons, Lester Lee Lindig and wife Karen Lindig of Horseshoe Bay, Tx and Bill Lindig and wife Peggy Lindig of Johnson City.

Dear Blanco Community, Family & Friends, I know you have heard many times about what a beautiful place Blanco is. The rivers, the deer along the road, the fresh air, the stars at night and small town hominess. How many times in today’s day & time do we hear about beautiful people?

Every two seconds someone in America needs blood, including patients across south Texas. Blood is especially needed during the summer season because schools are out and families are on vacation, therefore impacting the community blood supply. The hour that it takes to donate is a lifetime for someone in need. There’s an additional incentive to donate blood.

Burnet County Sheriff’s Office and Hill Country Area Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s assistance for any information on a theft of 10 dirt bikes–9 Hondos and 1 Yamaha–also taken were 10 motorcycle helmets. The theft occurred sometime between the hours of 8:30pm on Sunday, April 20, 2008, to 7:30am on Monday, April 21, 2008, from a summer dirt bike youth camp off of FM 243 East of Bertram.

The Blanco FFA has spent the past two weeks competing in district and area competitions. With 16 schools competing in the Hill District FFA and over 100 schools representing the Area VII FFA, all judging competitions have proven to be extremely competitive. On April 2nd, the Blanco FFA Dairy Team, consisting of Austin Smith, Tucker Edmondson, Aaron Thomson, and Sam Ruiz, traveled to Tarleton State University to compete in the Area VII Dairy Contest.

All Honor Roll First Grade William Adams, AJ Briscoe, Bailey Bryan, Karley Burnett, Reyna Calzoncit, Dillon Delafuente, Cade Felps, Cody Frei, Hanna Garrett, Hallie Gloor, Ernesto Gonzalez, Ryan Grohe, Carly Haack, Tanner Hilterbrant, Lyndoll Hope Cox, Brady Hunter, Helen Hunter, Jackson Hunter, Brynn Kirkland, Taylor Kotfas, Carlie Kuebel, Jacob Lopez, Jayme Mowery, Cooper Riley, Jennifer Rodarte, Kaylah Elliott Sanchez, Hanna Srackangast, Crista Townsley, Johanna Villarreal, Skylar Wagner ...

Prom night is probably the most anticipated night of the year for teens and one of the most dreaded by their parents. Although most teens think they know everything about how to stay safe, parents know otherwise. And, according to safety experts, it will take more than just talk to ensure a safe evening for all.

The Tejas Art Club sponsored an art contest for Blanco High School students. Twenty-two students created wonderful pieces of art to enter the contest. The judging was held at the regular meeting of the Tejas Art Club, Thursday April 17. Although it was hard to choose, first place went to Melinda Hansen for her pencil drawing of two alpacas.

The entire Blanco First grade was able to visit Sea World in San Antonio on Tuesday, April 22. It was a fantastic experience for all the students and their parents. The day was special because it was closed to the public and open exclusively for groups from 9:30-1:30pm. The day was listed as "Instructional Field Experience"

The Blanco Softball team defeated the Ozona Lions 17-3 to claim the Bi-district championship this past Thursday. Sarah Isenberg was pitching for the Panthers facing 22 batters ; striking out 4,and allowing 3 runs on 2 hits. The Panthers combined for 14 hits on the night. McKenzie Ray had a triple, double, and single with four RBI's; Sarah Isenberg with two doubles, a single and 2 RBI's; Rachel Calzoncit with two doubles and three RBI's; Carla Martinez had a double, single, sac and 3 RBI's; Al ...

How do you celebrate after just playing your friends? On Tuesday, April 22, the two Major League girls softball teams from Blanco played one another. The Queens of Swing beat the Angels with Attitude in a close game that ended 8-6. The two teams then celebrated together out on the field in traditional style.

After starting the season 0 and 4, and just one year from a third place finish in the district, the Blanco Panther Junior Varsity Baseball Team is back on top having won the District 8-AA Championship. For the season, the Panthers finished on a roll having won 11 of their final 12 games to finish the year 11 and 5.

Public records information is compiled by Charles Willgren from reports filed at the Blanco Police Department, Blanco County Sheriff’s Office, Blanco Volunteer Fire Department, Blanco County Clerk, District Clerk, and Justices of the Peace offices. Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Criminal Cases Convictions will not appear this week. Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, Criminal Cases • Matthew Donnelle Parker, of San Antonio, was fined $144.00 for unsafe speed on Dec 15, 2007 (DPS). ...

Changing of The Guard April 26, 1968 Deputy Sheriff L.M. (Dugie) Mobley has recently accepted a position with the Dallas police force, effective Monday, April 29. Ted Moffett, who was appointed to replace Mr. Mobley, has been attending law enforcement school in Austin this week. Car wash Sunday April 27, 1988 The Blanco 8th grade TAG + will be sponsoring a car wash.

If you are considering selling your home, it’s critical that you know how to do it successfully in today’s market. New neighborhoods and communities are springing up all over the place, creating an extremely competitive housing market. Homeowners looking to sell their property need to know what it takes to beat out the competition.