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February 1, 2012 Issue
Front Page
The Harlem Ambassadors came to Blanco last Thursday to take on the Blanco All-Stars. Blanco suffered a loss, 43 to 107, but the antics of the Ambassadors entertained the crowd and the event raised funds for Blanco EMS and Blanco Chamber of Commerce.
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Not sure what to do this Saturday evening? Blanco Performing Arts offers a solution!
Tickets are available for the critically acclaimed ensemble REVEL to speak to the hearts of Hill Country residents through music on Saturday, February 4. The entertainment will take place downtown in the intimate atmosphere of the Uptown Blanco Ballroom on Blanco's Main Street at 7:30.
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The Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District has reduced the Drought Status in Blanco County from Stage 3 down to Stage 1. This decision was based on current weather conditions, recent rainfall events, and lower groundwater demand during the winter months.
General Manager Ron Fieseler says that Blanco County is still in a drought situation, but we have a few months during the winter where we can catch our breath and see what happens between now and spring.
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Retired Pedernales Electric Cooperative board president R.B. Felps filed a lawsuit against the electric cooperative in December after the current board voted to discontinue the Medicare supplemental insurance program, paid for by the cooperative, that covered the former director.
In July 2008, the PEC board of directors adopted a resolution that provided board members aged 65 or older, who left the board after at least 10 years of service, with Medicare supplemental insurance paid for by the c ...
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The Hill Country 100 Club paid honors to area law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical service personnel of Blanco, Burnet, Llano and Lampasas Counties at their annual membership and awards banquet Thursday, January 19, 2012, at the Lakeside Pavilion in Marble Falls, Texas. Over 300 members, honorees, colleagues, family and friends, were present to recognize 46 area emergency first responders for their service and contributions to their respective agencies and communities.
Jeff Robi ...
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Meals on Wheels will continue to call Trinity Lutheran home and will keep serving meals to seniors in and around Blanco on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Combined Community Action, which is a separate program from Meals on Wheels and is known as the Senior Activity Center, is tentatively looking at moving to Johnson City, said center director Liz Begay.
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A great chase is taking place across the night sky. Orion the hunter, with his familiar belt, has his trusty hunting companion dogs, Canis Major and Canis Minor in hot pursuit of the rabbit, Lepus.
On Saturday, February 11, at 6:00pm visitors to Blanco State Park have an opportunity to see this great chase being acted out in the stars at “Stars in the Park.”
Volunteer astronomers will guide visitors through the star clusters, constellations and galaxies that can be seen that night.
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The proposed Blanco Cemetery Association constitution and bylaws are now available on blancoguide.com. For those without access to a computer, copies are available from the association. Call Gail McClellan at 830-833-4229 or Rebecca Howerton at 830-833-4950.
The annual membership meeting, during which the membership will vote on the new documents, is set for February 25 at 2pm at the Masonic Lodge.
The “Who’s Who in the Blanco Cemetery” Archive is now available on blancoguide.com.
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“Gentlemen, start your cars!” Cub Scout Pack 497 held their annual Pinewood Derby on Sunday, January 29, at the United Methodist Church. The race was a double elimination and each boy had the opportunity to race more than one race. The derby was well attended by parents, grandparents, friends, and siblings.
Out of 18 entrants this year, the three winners who will represent Blanco in the district derby are Cole Tharp in first place, Morgan Lockwood in second and Joshua Neill in third.
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The San Antonio Livestock Exposition (S.A.L.E.) Ambassador Committee visited Blanco recently while touring the communities in the area to promote the Stock Show & Rodeo. February 4 will be the fifth year that the Western Heritage Parade Sub-Committee of the Ambassador Committee will officially “kick off” the 63rd annual show with a parade in downtown San Antonio.
Photo by Amos Ramirez, Blanco Chamber of Commerce.
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The 2012 Blanco Lavender Festival Steering Committee announced a search for an official art piece to use as the central marketing theme for the highly successful annual event. The 2012 celebration of the Lavender harvest is scheduled for June 8-10, 2012. All entries must be submitted to the chamber office by 5:00pm on Monday, February 13.
The official festival art piece is featured on volunteer t-shirts and t-shirts for sale at the event, publicity posters and print advertisements, souvenirs s ...
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From Blanco County Appraisal District
The Blanco County Appraisal District has received many calls concerning agricultural use during this drought.
On June 24, 2011, the United States Department of Agriculture issued Secretarial Disaster Declaration S3122, which designated 213 Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas; this included Blanco County.
Then on October 31, 2011, Governor Perry re-issued a Disaster Proclamation for Exceptional Drought Conditions, and, unfortunately, Blanco County again made the list.
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On Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 26-year-old Mystle Brown and her 20-month-old daughter, Faith, were in Harper visiting Mystle’s mother, Judy Houston, for the day.
For Faith, it was an ordinary morning of playing and watching Sesame Street. When Faith became sleepy, Mystle took her to a bedroom to rest. After her nap, Faith woke up fussing, so Mystle began to rock her daughter in her arms.
Other than the usual restlessness after the calm of a nap, Faith seemed fine until Mystle felt Faith
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On Tuesday, January 24, more than thirty Blanco area residents gathered in the Blanco Library to learn the ins and outs of healthy creeks and rivers. Organized by the Blanco Citizens’ Association and conducted by Mr. Steve Nelle, a retired wildlife biologist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the talk focused on how to plan and carry out comprehensive range-wildlife-watershed management in riparian areas – the area of land that runs right along the water and up from the banks. ...
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1. Jesus Is the Son of God
Matthew 16:15-16 “15He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
See also: Mark 1:1; Luke 22:70-71; John 8:24
2. Jesus is God Who Became Human
John 1:1-2 “1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God.”
See also: John 1:14; John 20:28
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Solomon said there is a time to be silent (Ecclesiastes 3:7). His call for a time of silence immediately preceded his advice that there is also a “time to speak.” This wise king may have been telling us it is best to be quiet long enough to think before speaking so we won’t say things we’ll later regret.
Abraham Lincoln observed that is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt, agreeing with the writer of Proverbs:17:28: “Even a fool is cou ...
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By Pastor J.D. Link, agf-blanco.com
John 14:16-18 says, “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter (intercessor, advocate, helper, one called to one's side to give aid) that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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By John Kinslow, Minister, Blanco Church of Christ
A patient was placed in front of eye reading chart and was told to cover his right eye and read the chart. He did so perfectly. The doctor said, "Now your left," and again he read perfectly. The doctor said, "Now both." The doctor’s instructions to read was met with silence.
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Mrs. Laverna Lee Suire (Matsumura) passed away at 1:15am on Tuesday, January 31, at the Methodist Transplant Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Services will be held at 10am on Monday, February 6, at Blanco United Methodist Church.
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AUSTIN – Attorney General Greg Abbott on Jan. 23 filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to push the U.S. Department of Justice to approve the voter I.D. law enacted by the Texas Legislature last spring.
The law has not been given the required preclearance by the Department of Justice.
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To help students pay for the high cost of a college education, The GVTC Foundation is significantly increasing its Ola Armstrong Scholarship to $10,000. The Armstrong scholarship was first awarded in May 2011, to Kate Murphy of Smithson Valley High School, in the amount of $3,000. Ms. Murphy is currently attending Tarleton State University.
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The Women’s Auxiliary to the Texas Sheep and Goat Raiser’s Association, Hill Country Chapter, are once again offering scholarship opportunities to area high school seniors and current university juniors, seniors and graduate students. Deadline to apply is April 1 and no late applications will be accepted. Applications can be obtained at the local high school counselor’s office or by email to charlotte.kneupper@comfort.txed.net or kneupper@hctc.net.
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The varsity Panthers were fired up for the 2nd round district game against the Junction Lady Eagles on Tuesday, January 24. The energy served the team well as they secured a 42-38 win. In the first meeting of the teams, the Eagles won 45-35.
The Panthers were led by senior Lindsey Jenkins, who scored 10 points.
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A year ago, the Blanco boys’ basketball team came into the Junction game riding a nice wave of momentum and with an opportunity to pretty much end the playoff chances of the 0-2 Junction Eagles. They failed to do so, and that failure ended up costing the team a playoff spot at the end of the season.
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By Tony Stevenson, SWBC Mortgage
“U.S. Economy Picks Up Steam” was a headline in this past weekend’s Wall Street Journal. The article continued to state that the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 18 months for the fourth quarter as companies re-stocked their shelves. U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), which is the value of all goods and services and a barometer of the nation’s economic health, grew at an annual rate of 2.8% in the final quarter of the year, the Commerce Department reported this past Friday.
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By Maryella Vause, BSN, RN, FNP (ret) , Wellness Consultant
Your heart tells you when you are in love, when you are afraid, when you excited, and when you hurt; but it doesn’t tell you when you have heart disease. According to the American Heart Association every 29 seconds an American suffers a coronary event and nearly every minute someone dies from one.
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How about that rain? We had three inches at our house; many people in Blanco received more. The rain is very good for the Spring wildflowers. I’m expecting a beautiful flower show this year. When your flowers begin to sprout, don’t neglect to thin them for correct spacing. Then you may move them to another area or place the extras in pots or give them away to friends.
We have removed about one-half of the dead and frozen plants from the downtown area.
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A shipwrecked mariner washed up on the shore of a deserted island, barely clinging to life. Upon recovering some of his strength, he managed to salvage a few things from the derelict ship and built a crude shelter to protect his scant belongings and for refuge from the elements. He prayed and prayed for rescue but it didn’t come.
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By Debbie Vallone-Homeier, Paragon C&D Builders / Vallone Real Estate
Mr. and Mrs. Baby Boomer, what do you want to do? Do you want to build a large or a small home? To look at smaller homes verses the larger homes is the question. This is the common question I ask as a builder or a real estate broker to all my clients.
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February 4, 1966
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Riba assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Riba honored Mr. Fritz Koch on his ninety-sixth birthday at the Blanco Mill Nursing Home. Mr. Koch was born at Twin Sisters January 13, 1870. He lived in that community until a year previous when he came to the nursing home.
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