December 3 and 4, 2009 •Panther Pep Rally: Starts at 6:00pm on Thursday, December 3 in the football stadium parking lot. Boosters will supply hot dogs and you can bring your own food and drinks. If it rains, pep rally will be held in the high school gym. If you need a ride to the game, tickets for a charter bus are being sold at DirtWorks for $15.

Last week on the lawn in front of the old Blanco County Courthouse, Maggie Goodman spun a yarn about how a little boy invented the luminaria. He was trying to light up his little house in the country so the “pastores” or shepherds would be able to find his place and seek shelter there on their way to visit the Christ child. He found that if he took a regular brown paper bag and placed a candle in it, it would glow with a beautiful, soft light.

This week we are reviewing Four Christmases, with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. Four Christmases is about a couple who enjoy spending their time with each other around the Holidays and make up "noble" excuses why they can't make it home for Christmas to spend time with their families. This Christmas they plan on going to Fiji, until their flight gets canceled because of fog.

It's the time of year for Hero Perseus' annual rescue of Princess Andromeda, the damsel in the sort of distress only the ancients could have dreamed up. It all started with Andromeda's brash mother, Queen Cassiopeia, who lacked the good graces -- and good sense -- to keep her bragging under control.

AUSTIN — The filing period to run in next year’s Democratic and Republican primaries opens Dec. 3 with an extra helping of political interest. Former gubernatorial hopeful Tom Schieffer is out of the Democratic Party primary race; Houston Mayor Bill White now is considered the leading Democratic candidate for governor; and GOP candidate U.S.

The stars at night will be big and bright as friends and supporters of the Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center celebrate the 3rd Annual Cowboy Up For Kids “Boots ‘N Bling” event on December 5 from 6-11pm at the beautiful Lakeside Pavilion on Lake LBJ in Marble Falls. Don your best and brightest western attire — and don’t forget to add lots of bling — for this year’s version of HCCAC’s annual Cowboy Up for Kids fundraising event. < ...

Lavender Lights was a hit! Even with a new executive director, Penny Thomas, coming on board six weeks prior to the event, she was able to pull everything together quickly, and voila! we had lights!, as well as music, food, wine, prizes, and a dandy Santa. Friday night, Blanco was full of lavender lights and shoppers in and out of every establishment on the Square, some filling up their paper trees with purple dots to win prizes from the Chamber, lots buying, some just meandering, and some e ...

Isaiah 28:14-16 “14Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord, you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem. 15You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. The coming destruction can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.” 16Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Look!

God's majesty fills the whole world. To realize this is within our reach, yet too often beyond our grasp. There is no speech, there are no words, the song of the heavens is beyond expression. We sense and feel more than we comprehend, too often we see, but do not understand. Of what use are ears if the heart is hardened? Of what use are eyes, if the heart is bl ...

Act 4:32-33 says, “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: ..... and great grace was upon them all.” We see in in the book of Acts that the first church walked in such brotherly love and unity that they willingly and without compulsion sold what they had and gave it for the benefit of all the church.

Children have been singing about the coming storm for years. In Bible classes and especially in VBS they sing in unison about the rain falling and winds blowing, and yet they tell us about the house built by the wise man that withstands the storm because it's built on the rock.

Go Blue!!! "We were great in '08 and we will shine in '09." How appropriate we enter the Season of Advent with our home team (Blanco, Panthers) entering their final two games on the road to the State title. "Shine in ‘09" as we light the candles of Advent. Prophetic Verse: Arise, shine; For you light has come!

John Dorman Davis was born to William F. and Alice (Sally) Davis in Saltillo, TX, on August 19, 1920. He was the seventh child of thirteen children. He passed from this world on November 27, 2009, in San Marcos, TX, at the age of 89. John leaves behind to cherish his memory his wife, Diana, of 62 years, two sons, Glen Davis and wife Suzanne of Mertzon, TX, and Rodney Davis of San Antonio, TX, two sisters, Mary Alice Odom of West Monroe, LA, and Faye Ruth Tucker of Shreveport, LA, thre ...

Joseph Lance Wisian (Joey) was born on January 7, 1981. On Monday, November 30, 2009, he suddenly left this earthly world to be with His Lord in Heaven. Born in San Marcos, Texas, he spent the majority of his life living in the San Marcos/Kyle area. He graduated from Jack C.

Lois Mae Nolan of Johnson City, TX, slipped away into the loving Arms of her Lord and Savior on November 27, 2009, after a long illness with pulmonary disease. Pee Wee, as Lois was fondly called, was surrounded by her family and a few beloved friends. Lois was born in Minot, North Dakota, on Feb.

Maxine Smith Crossley, born March 21, 1927, in Cyprus Mill, Texas, passed away on November 26, 2009, at the age of 82 in San Antonio, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years, Wade Crossley, and her business partner and loving companion of 27 years, Paul Kallinger. Maxine was raised primarily in Blanco, Texas, and graduated from Blanco High School.

Tommy Levitt is in the hospital. As this is being written, he is in intensive care with a ventilator tube down his throat, although he should be out of ICU by the time you read it. Levitt, who lives in Johnson City, is an example of a trend the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was calling “worrisome” at about the same time he was realizing he needed serious medical care. The trend begins with a normally healthy adult who “never gets the flu ...

Three weeks ago, nine out of the eleven varsity ball players made the switch from volleyball to basketball and are adjusting to the change from hitting to shooting the ball. On Tuesday, November 24, the Panthers tangled with the San Antonio Christian Lions, losing 36-50. The game was close at halftime, 19-23, but the Lions built their lead in the third quarter and held back rallies by the Blanco girls through the fourth quarter. Abbey Weaver and Lacee Hunter were high-point scorers wi ...

I hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving, and you don’t have too many leftovers. I sent most leftovers home with guests. Christmas is right around the corner; it’s time to switch gears. I hope you have completed the fertilizing and mulching, taken proper precaution for the house plants and tender potted plants, and have repotted necessary plants in a protected area.

On Monday, November 23, about 70 kindergartners came to Live Oak Nursing Home to visit residents and sing some cute songs for Thanksgiving. Teachers and parents filled up our dining room and brought the holiday spirit. On Tuesday, November 24, residents gathered in the dining room to receive gifts from the Yucca Garden Club.

Before you buy a property, determine the actual cost of the lot vs. the listed price of the lot. What do I mean by this? You may think that a lot is a great price, and that you are going to save a whole bunch of money by buying this lot over another lot, and building there.

Junior Class to Present Play December 6th December 5, 1969 The Junior Class would like to remind everyone of the play “The Cannibal Queen” which they will present Saturday, December 6, at 7:45 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Everyone is invited. Health Clinic here monthly November 30, 1979 A public Health Clinic will be held at St.