The exterior of your property is always the first impression, Land Art Garden Center can make that first impression last. This spring, Central Texas will be treated to an 8.5 acre wonderland – Land Art Garden Center, located in Spicewood, where there will be a landscape supply and garden super center, offering everything imaginable needed to create wondrous landscapes.

AUSTIN — Last week, the Senate Finance and the House Appropriations committees were busy gathering input in daily hearings to fine tune their respective versions (Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 1) of the state budget for 2012-2013. The committees have to figure out how to make ends meet on much less revenue, so it’s all about what to cut.

Forty years ago, Kenneth Wyatt picked up a small brush and dipped into umber oil and began to paint-and 9,000 paintings later he is one of the most popular and respected artists of the Southwest. Blanco is fortunate to have his representative Bobby Edwards, with his Wyatt Trunk Show in a thirty foot trailer, visit the Rain Bird Gallery on February 26. While his combined trademark is often a cowboy, a horse, clouds, canyons and prairie grass, he paints landscapes, children and portrait ...

Blanco County lavender growers John and Bernadette McFarling (Rocking L Ranch), Sylvia Dunaway (Chantilly Lace Country Inn), Mitchell and Jane Stephens (M&J Lavender Farm), and Tex and Chelita Riley (The Meadows at Flat Creek), joined other Texas lavender growers and growers from as far away as Puerto Rico on February 18-20 to network and learn more about growing and marketing lavender at the 4th Southwest Lavender Conference in Kerrville, TX.

On Tuesday, the LEO Club met with David and Peggy Armstrong of the Good Samaritan Center to present a donation in the amount of $500 to the organization. The LEO Club raised these funds by working for the Skeeter Bass Champs Fishing Tournament at Lake Buchanan last April. The group felt the Good Samaritan Center was an outstanding organization to give a donation to since it serves the needy families in our community. The LEO Club, sponsored by the Blanco Lions Club, is a community ser ...

Joseph Romero and his mother, Sylvia Romero, competed in the Livestrong Austin Marathon on Sunday, February 20. Both runners competed in the half marathon and each ran a total of 13.1 miles. The race started at 7:00 a.m. right behind the Texas State Capitol and ended near 7th and Congress.

Boy how time has flown by. I was thinking the other day about how my little hometown of Blanco has changed. When I was about 7 years old, I can remember going to downtown and being allowed to wander through all of the wonderful stores that Blanco had to offer. I will start at the traffic light that is now there—but was only a yellow caution light back in the day.

From 2003 to 2007 there were many articles in the paper about the Blanco Comprehensive Plan and the Visionaries in Preservation Plan. Several years have passed by and now there is a new interest by many of the citizens in the newly formed Blanco Citizens Association. The question is “Does Blanco have a City Plan?” LCRA was contracted to write a Comprehensive Master Plan in 2003.

In Hebrews 2:16 Amplified version it is written “16For, as we all know, He [Christ] did not take hold of angels [the fallen angels, to give them a helping and delivering hand], but He did take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [to reach out to them a helping and delivering hand].” Well, before I could go any further with my study of God’s Word in Hebrews, I had to figure out whether or not I was a descendant of Abraham, and if the promises of God to Abraham ...

The Christian churches in Blanco are again celebrating Lent by serving lunch on each Thursday during the 40 days before the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is your opportunity to visit other churches in the Blanco community, and fellowship with your neighbors! Join us for lunch that will strengthen your bodies and an uplifting message for your souls during the lunch hour, 12 to 1 pm. The schedule is as follows: • Thursday, March 10 – noon sharp!

Don’t miss your opportunity to attend the Walk Thru the Bible – The New Testament seminar on Saturday, March 5, 9:00am - 4:00pm. This fun-filled seminar will help attendees to reconnect with the Biblical characters, geographical movements in history, and the message and meaning of scripture – scripture that is as relevant today as when it was written.

Come celebrate Resurrection “Easter Sunrise Service” Sunday morning, April 24, at Yett Park. Pastor Rusty Hicks informed me at the “Light Night” event last October that it has been three years since Blanco came together for the Easter Sunrise Service. The outpouring of love at the “Light Night” and the community’s response are part of the motivators for this Easter Sunrise Service.

When asked about her husbands exercise program, she said, "he runs his mouth, pushes his luck, and jumps to conclusions." Our walk represents our way of life. In certain scriptures we read of people that walked with God. Enoch in Genesis 5:24 and Noah in Genesis 6:9 are both said to have walked with God.

Hebrews 10:24-25 says, "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." The CEV says, “ Some people have gotten out of the habit of meeting for worship, but we must not do that.

The late A.W. Tozer, whose many books are now considered Christian classics, once wrote a magazine article titled “The Great God Entertainment” in which he described people who are so addicted to the need of constantly being entertained that what had been intended to enable them to relax in idle times had now become idolatry. An interesting thought! And if you think it’s too far out, consider that many call their favorite actors, actresses or athletes their id ...

Charlie Leonard O’Brien, Sr., age 76, left his life of wonderful memories to us all at 4:15 pm at his ranch home in Blanco, Texas, a very special place he loved to be. Charlie and Barby Harris O’Brien settled on 16 acres in June 2000, between the two Hill Country cities of Blanco and Johnson City.

As Lorie would say, “I have gone to meet Jesus.” Delores Anne Stetler, better known all her life as Lorie, died Wednesday February 23, 2011, peacefully in her sleep, at age 77, after a courageous battle with rare “lyo-myo” sarcoma cancer. Funeral services will be at the First Baptist Church in Blanco, Texas at 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 26. She was born in the small west Texas town of Iraan on August 4, 1933, to Meta Straach Meyers and Fred Blumentrit ...

The Panther baseball team started their season with a scrimmage against Navarro on February 18. The team will next host a tournament this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Both of our JV and Varsity baseball teams will be playing in the tournament. At almost any time, a Blanco fan can stop by the field and see a Blanco team playing.

The Blanco Lady Panthers fell to the Ballinger Bearcats, 41-66, in a playoff game on Tuesday, February 15. The Bi-District clash was played at Lampasas High School. The Lady Cats ran a fast break offense featuring their very quick point guard. Ballinger jumped out to an early lead over Blanco with a halftime score of 17-36. Justine Cooley ripped the nets for the Panthers with fourteen points.

The Lady Panthers softball team played at the Huber Ranch Softball Complex in Seguin in a tournament hosted by Navarro High School on Friday, February 18 and Saturday, February 19. On Friday, the Panthers fell to Poteet, 2-7, but rallied in their next game to defeat Navarro, 12-10. Blanco then lost to Poth, 0-11. On Saturday, the Blanco squad posted three solid wins over Gonzales, 9-1, St.

Litter is trash that is not disposed of properly in a trash can. When it’s in the can, it becomes garbage. Anywhere else, it’s litter. Just to be clear, the following is definitely and undeniably litter: • Cigarette butts not properly disposed of in the receptacles around town • Cans, glass and plastic bottles • Food, even though it will decompose • Unidentified ...

February 24, 1967 Vocational Agriculture students in Blanco High School joined Future Farmers of America throughout the nation in activities to focus attention on the importance of agriculture during National FFA Week, February 18-25, 1967. “Agriculture… Strength of America” was that year’s FFA Week theme. The boys undertook a campaign to inform the general public about the importance of Agricultural industry to America, the growing need for farming, a ...