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October 20, 2010 Issue
Front Page
In an emotionally-charged atmosphere with many interruptions by those in attendance, members of the governing body of Blanco heard a number of citizen concerns about the police department and issues with the lack of an updated signage ordinance. In the Public Comments portion of the meeting, former mayor Tina Gourley questioned why additional police officers are not hired to alleviate the long hours put in by the current four officers, who work 12-hour shifts.
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After a strong start to district play last week in Ingram, the Panthers returned home to take on a solid Marion Bulldog team for homecoming. Marion was coming off a big win over Comfort, ruining the Bobcat’s homecoming. However, the Panthers proved to be too much for the Bulldogs as a 28 point first half helped Blanco cruise to a 35 to 6 win.
Blanco opened the game scoring on their first two drives as Tim Goodman and Kyle Garrow found the end zone on runs of 12 and 11 yards.
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On Wednesday, October 13, Mayor Chuck Homan, as instructed by city council, met with Assistant Chief Carl Bragg and notified him that he was relieved of duty. Mayor Homan told Bragg that a letter explaining the cause for his dismissal would be forthcoming. The timing of his firing on the day after council had addressed citizen concerns about too few police officers and 12-hour shifts caused outrage among some citizens, who questioned why council did not announce the decision to fire Bragg wh ...
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To remember our troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan this Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays, I would like to start a donation drive to purchase food, personal items, and pay for postage. Each APO box costs us $12.50 to send. It doesn’t matter the weight of the box. If it fits, it ships.
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Blanco High School FCCLA members had an opportunity to go “Ignite the FCCLA Flame” at a local Fall Leadership Meeting held Wednesday, October 6, 2010 in Pflugerville, Texas. Over 300 members and advisors from 15 different school districts attended the workshop held at Austin’s Park ‘n Pizza. Schools participating in the meeting were: Bandera HS, Blanco HS, Giddings HS, Granger HS, Hallettsville HS, Hendrickson HS, Hutto MS, Hutto HS, La Grange HS, Llano HS, Lexington ...
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Dr. Renee D. Howarton-Wikrent, daughter of Rebecca Howerton, was recently appointed to serve as Director of the Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center (NTLC) at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She is replacing Dan Riordan who retired this summer. Dan’s efforts were instrumental in laying a solid foundation for the center and developing activities to promote faculty scholarship and excellence in teaching.
He leaves a rich legacy that Renee will build upon and expand.
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AUSTIN — What took place here Oct. 15 might turn out to be the closest thing to a gubernatorial campaign debate Texans will get before the Nov. 2 election.
The Austin stations KUT-FM, KLRU-TV and TexasTribune.org teamed up to conduct separate hour-long interviews of Gov. Rick Perry and challenger Bill White, with Evan Smith, editor in chief and CEO of TexasTribune, pitching questions.
Listeners across the state submitted questions for the candidates, too.
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Alan Craft is a member of a long-standing ranching family in Blanco County. His father, Major E.A. Craft, bought land on the Blanco River off of Chimney Valley Road in the mid-1940s. Alan Craft had just been mustered out of the Naval Air Service after World War II.
Those were the days when sheep and angora goats covered the hills and valleys of Blanco County and the Hill Country.
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You will find your voting precinct number on your voter registration card. It is in a block labeled Prec. No. above your signature. In the general election, there is a poll located in each of the eight precincts in Blanco County. The polls on Election Day are open from 7:00am until 7:00pm (or until the last voter in line at 7:00pm has voted.)
November 2, 2010 Polling Locations
• Precinct 102 Blanco Masonic Hall, 501 Eleventh St., Blanco, Texas
• Precinct 201 Pe ...
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The Blanco Independent School District has posted information online about the upcoming bond election scheduled for November 2. To access the information, visit www.blancoisd.com and click “Bond” on the right navigation area. The school district has also posted a budget break-down of all the projects; to get that, click FAQs and then click the budget link.
For more information, or to get this same information in person, contact the BI ...
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The second public meeting of the Design Guidelines project is set for Monday, October 25, at 6:30 pm at the Blanco Library. Everyone is invited to attend and meet Sue Ann Pemberton-Haugh from Main Street Architects. She will present a program and discussion about the first draft of the design guidelines for Blanco, taking into account architecture, rhythm, and more.
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The Blanco Library will have an art exhibit from October 15, 2010, until the end of the month.
The students started with a blank canvas and created a challenging art piece of their choosing using multiple oil colors. Each painting represents the fun, talent, and work each student puts into their effort.
Each student chose what subject they thought would create a masterpiece.
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What troubles you most: the war in Afghanistan, the thought of small groups in more than sixty nations plotting their part in terror attacks in their quest for world domination, the AIDS plague, the breakup of so many marriages, the general moral and spiritual condition of our time, the drug and alcohol toll on both youth and adults that claim more lives annually than all the current military conflicts large and small?
Next question: “What can we do about these perplexing proble ...
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I was going to expand upon the Jewish Holy Books for this article by summarizing the two Talmuds for readers, but something else needs to be discussed before returning to the previous topic. I want to talk more about the Jewish idea of helping fellow man through the idea of Tikkun Adam.
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In 1 Timothy 2:1-6 Paul said:
“1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5For there is one God, and one m ...
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By John Kinslow, Minister, Blanco Church of Christ
A man once bragged that he had cut off the tail of a man-eating lion with his knife. Asked why he hadn't cut off the lion's head, the man replied, "Someone had already done that."
There are many kinds of courage. Sometimes it is exhibited by bravery in some physical action, such as in a daring rescue, or times of war, or firefighting, or perhaps even lion fighting.
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By Pastor J.D. Link, agf-blanco.com
Do you please God? Do you want please God? What is pleasing to God? While the following is not an exhaustive list on how to please God, it does cover many of the Scriptures that use the word “please” in reference to God. As Christians, our hearts desire should be to please God.
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Dear editor,
We are the “two older citizens” that Mr. J. Ray Riley sued. We invite the public to review documents of Case Number 6018, District Court of Blanco County Texas, 33rd Judicial District. The documents are on file in the Blanco County Clerks Office. Mr. Riley’s actions have cost the family approximately $50,000.
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Seven members of the Blanco FFA Chapter spent this past Thursday helping at the 2nd Annual International Farm and Ranch Show in San Antonio on the grounds of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition. FFA members Ryan Feagans, James Leachman, Katelyn Bradfute, Kylie Leachman, Maggie Dennis, Ryan Wagner and Payton Duvall assisted with registering guests and conducting surveys.
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The (4 and 1) 7th grade Panthers hosted the (rumored) undefeated Marion Bulldogs this week. Blanco’s offense performed well against a [better than usual] defense racking up 200 yards of offense; rushing for 160 yards and 40 yards in the air. The Panthers’ defense did their job limiting Marion to a total of 122 yards and one touchdown.
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The Panthers displayed a great overall team effort in trouncing the Marion Bulldogs. McKay Adamson had a solo tackle and pass deflection in forcing a 3 and out to start the game, and Carson Kipp ripped off a 51 yard TD run on his first carry, putting Blanco up 6-0.
Grant Calzoncit and Grant Garrow forced the next 3 and out with great defensive play, and again Kipp dashed 30 yards for another TD.
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The levels 4 and 6 VIP team athletes competed in the District Championship at Aerial Gymnastics in San Antonio October 8 and 9. The VIP Team included Level 6 Placement gymnasts Colleen Clancy, Alyssa Kunkel and Kendall Sanders; Level 4 Placement gymnasts Meghan Cleveland, Hannah Ford, Zoey Madigan and Jordan White.
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The Panther volleyball team quickly defeated the Junction Eagles 3-0 on Tuesday, October 12. The first game set the momentum of the match for the Panthers, 25-22. Blanco closed the evening 25-15 and 25-15. With this win, the Lady Panthers’ district record improves to 4-1.
Alex Gustafson led the team with 6 service aces.
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October already... can you believe how rapidly the year has passed? It seems only last week I was preparing the landscape for spring. Now it’s fall; waiting for winter. I watch the weather channels each day to check how low the temperature will go. My deck and yard is still full of summer plants.
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By Debbie Vallone-Homeier, Paragon C&D Builders / Vallone Real Estate
You can start working on your site, but you should know that the first job that is really working on your building site is the surveying. It is highly recommended you can hire a surveyor for a couple hundred bucks, and have them come out and tell you exactly where your property lines are so that you can mark corners.
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October 18, 1968
Mr. & Mrs. J.N. Houck, Editors and Publishers
The Blanco Panthers lost a conference game to the Marble Falls Mustangs with a score of 34-12. • Funeral services were held for Mrs. Viola Bindseil on October 9, 1968. She died in Austin on October 7. • A 22 inch long Coral snake was killed by Mrs.
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