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August 3, 2011 Issue
Front Page
According to Johnson City Police Chief Randy Holland, a home invasion in the early morning hours of August 1 resulted in the homeowner shooting an intruder inside his home.
The alleged intruder was identified by Holland as Christopher Ricketts of Johnson City.
The homeowner was awakened at approximately 1:26am by an intruder inside his home in the area of Avenue G and East Ash, the chief said.
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The Blanco Planning and Zoning Commission convened their regular meeting on Monday evening, August 1, with the updated signage ordinance on the agenda.
“The sign ordinance, which has been on our shoulders now for months,” commission chair Tony Vela began, “we need to go ahead and decide what we’re going to do with it.
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By Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District
With at least two months of a hot Texas summer left, the Blanco water situation is becoming a serious concern. Water levels continue to decline in District Monitor Wells. Some well owners have had to lower pumps or, in a few cases, drill new and deeper wells. Rainfall is almost non-existent.
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A group of volunteers assembled at the Good Samaritan Center on the corner of Pecan and 7th Streets on Tuesday morning to unload a trailer of food from the Austin Food Bank. The center, which is run completely by volunteers, is the county’s food pantry and aid center for those in need.
They receive around 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of food twice a month for the pantry, sell clothing and other items in their thrift store, and provide financial aid for families in need.
“We buy food if we don’ ...
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Accountability ratings for Texas school districts were released last Friday, July 27, by the Texas Education Agency. The Blanco Independent School District received an Academically Acceptable rating, falling from the Recognized rating received last year. Academically Acceptable is the third-highest rating a school or district can receive.
School districts across Texas saw an overall fall in ratings, due in large part to the end of the Texas Projection Measure, which helped to boost ratings for ...
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The team works on proper stretching techniques. The band practices marching. Cheerleaders designed and painted run-through signs for the football games.
Attention: Blanco High School new student registration begins August 8.
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Compiled by Rachelle Willgren
A ridge of high pressure aloft centered across the Southern Plains will lead to very hot temperatures expected to be near or above records across South Central Texas and the Hill Country this week.
The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for South Central Texas. A Heat Advisory remains in effect from Wednesday through 10 pm Friday evening.
Near record afternoon temperatures will come with heat indices up to 105 degrees over the Hill Country and up to 108 degrees fo ...
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ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE) is seeking local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries around the world.
Students come with an enthusiasm to practice their English and experience American culture — food, sports, shopping and more. They will also share their own culture with host families.
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Hermann Sons Lodge #138 and Boy Scout Troop will “Join Hands” to conduct a Food Drive to benefit Blanco Good Samaritan Center on Saturday, August 6.
Each year the Hermann Sons Lodge joins hands with other organizations to benefit the Blanco community.
This year Blanco Boy Scout Troop 497 has teamed with Hermann Sons and will be collecting canned goods and non-perishable items at Super S grocery store and Dollar General on Saturday, August 6 from 8:00am to 11:00am.
Come by and give the Bo ...
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By Gail McClellan, Part 17 in a series
Last week when we reported the names for Section 2B, we mistakenly wrote that Connie Lee Hensley was an infant. Her tombstone is so beautiful and it had a single date on it. Charlene Singleton explained to me that Connie is a grown woman and very much alive. The date on her monument is her birth date.
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The Blanco Red Hat Club met in the Uptown Blanco Restaurant dining room for a patriotic-themed lunch while dressed in red-white-and-blue–and other costumes.
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Pecan Street Brewing, just up the road in Johnson City, has introduced their newest beer, “catchingly” named “Catcher in the Wheat” by Clem Villars, local resident and beer connoisseur. This beer is an unfiltered American Wheat Ale. It pairs well with Pecan Street’s signature Pomegranate Salad, and many other dishes, as it is mild in flavor.
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Stress, stress and more stress is what our trees and our yards are feeling as we move into the hottest time of the year. The good news is that this can be helped tremendously by foliar feeding (spraying the leaves) with a mixture of a cup of aerated compost tea, an ounce of fish emulsion, an ounce of liquid seaweed, an ounce of molasses placed in an gallon of water.
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By Belinda Nagy, Johnson City Chamber of Commerce
On August 11, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Miller Creek RV Resort will host a joint mixer of the Johnson City and Blanco Chambers of Commerce. The public is also invited to attend. This is a fabulous time to network, enjoy some great food and beverage, and make new friends in a casual, relaxed atmosphere.
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The introduction to my book, Staying Positive in a Negative World, begins with the following personal experience:
“The Sunday Morning Service had just ended.
Members of the congregation were filing out of the church, shaking hands and exchanging greetings. The bond between us was new but familiar.
Then one of the worshippers stopped to ask if I might consider writing something to help those struggling with negative attitudes.
“I’m so negative,” he said.
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On August 6, the nation will come together at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas for a solemn gathering of prayer and fasting for our country. We believe that America is in a state of crisis. Not just politically, financially or morally, but because we are a nation that has not honored God in our successes or humbly called on Him in our struggles.
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By John Kinslow, Minister, Blanco Church of Christ
A story is told of a five hour planning meeting that was held for the launch of the Titanic. In the meeting, they concerned themselves with interior decorations for the first four hours and forty five minutes. The remaining fifteen minutes they talked about the number and placement of the lifeboats.
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By Pastor J.D. Link, Agf-blanco.com
1Co 13:1-8 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
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Dear Sarah,
Thank you for your portrait picture. I mailed a check to SarahPac, but I have an idea I want to outline in this letter.
The Tea Party needs a rally point and a leader. It appears to me, I am blind and 86 so it must be apparent, that the Tea Party has been handed an opportunity by the unwitting Democrats when they deny us a Constitutional Amendment to balance the budget.
Instead of the sequence prescribed in the Constitution for an amendment, why not have the T Pats write the amen ...
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Dear Editor,
In reference to my letter last week, the morning after it was published, my totem pole was returned to my property.
For one, I am thankful that small prayers are answered; two, I am thankful that I will not have to go through the headache of “filing charges” against this person, as I promised that, if it was returned, I would not turn the pictures over to the Sheriff’s Dept.
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Dear Editor,
We have a success story, which was made possible by concerned citizens, along with the Blanco County Cat Coalition.
A group of tiny, sick, helpless kittens were found on Flat Creek Road living in a culvert. There was no mom to be found, no water, no food and no vet to help with their terrible eye infections.
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AUSTIN — With Congress and the White House in a rolling boil over how to handle the nation’s mountainous debt before entering default, Texas continued plowing along.
If the nation’s debt ceiling is not increased to avoid default, one of many big questions is what effect, if any, a possible downgrading of the United States’ credit rating might have on the Texas economy.
At any rate, Gov.
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Blanco High School baseballers participated in the Hill Country Baseball League this summer and had a season record of 13-3-1.
Other schools that participated in the league included Fredericksburg, Ingram, Harper, Johnson City, Bandera, and Floresville.
Offensive leaders were:
Batting Average – Sam Isenberg, 778; Colton Childress, 685; Skylar Itz, 417; Weston Copenhaver, 412; and Kyle Gray, 375.
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The Blanco High School Junior Varsity Cheerleaders attended the National Cheerleader Association (NCA) Home Camp at the Blanco High School gym from June 28th through the 30th. The JV squad consists of Kasie Dowdy, Kristin Watt, Katherine Biggs, Breanna Collins, Abbie Culton, Lexee Jenkins, Jamie McClinton, and Payton Savarino. The squad had some great times and put in many hours of hard work, learning cheers, dances, stunts, and doing lots of conditioning.
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Smoking – a touchy subject for those who enjoy the habit! Did you know that smoking is prohibited in most indoor venues in China and Ireland? Tasmania bars smoking in many public places including beaches.
Closer to home, New York City has banned lighting up tobacco in pedestrians plazas (read – Times Square), parks and along 14 miles of beaches.
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I used to supervise several primary schools in Mexico. My work took me often to the state of Veracruz on the gulf coast. It was a luxuriously beautiful place with cane fields, citrus groves, pineapple farms, coffee plantations, and mango trees. All of this was closely guarded by the mighty snow capped volcano, Pico de Orizaba, which loomed over the coastal plain.
One day while visiting a school in the little village of Tierra Blanca, I was given a large box of ripe, yellow Manila mangos.
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These cases were closed during this time period and the convictions were not necessarily filed during that time. This list is continued from last week.
Luis Alberto Bonilla-Martinez, speeding • Robert Lee Meraz, speeding • Cecirio Torres, speeding •Cecirio Torres, driving while license suspended • Cecirio Torres, open container • Cecirio Torres, fail to display driver’s license/identity • William Robert Johnson, speeding • Filiberto Navarro, possession of drug paraphernalia • ...
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By Debbie Vallone-Homeier, Paragon C&D Builders / Vallone Real Estate
When I stop to think about all the uses for concrete in a home now, there are many. Not only can you build a home with it, but utilize it for counters, sinks, showers, and floors. It makes a stronger home, more efficient home, and is part of the green/sustainable movement.
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August 5, 1960
A "you all" crowd of approximately 5,000 from the Hill Country of Central Texas greeted neighbor Lyndon Johnson at an old time barbecue supper and political rally that was also a sort of homecoming celebration in the Blanco State Park. There were visitors from San Antonio, Austin, and other cities with buses and auto caravans from as far as the Rio Grande.
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Last year’s federal tax credit was a well-publicized and popular incentive to purchase a home. But did you know there are plenty of other types of assistance available?
That’s right. Such programs come from many sources – your city or county, state agencies, local housing finance corporations – and are designed for buyers with different needs.
If only …
Wouldn’t it be great if there were one place to go to find all of these programs?
Well, it turns out that there is a place for ...
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