Closing is the final step of a real estate transaction, where ownership of the property is officially transferred and money changes hands. The days leading up to closing can stressful for everyone – buyers may be a bit nervous about making such a commitment and both parties, particularly sellers, hope that some unforeseen last-minute glitch doesn’t prevent the transaction from happening. Although few closings are completely derailed by major setbacks, it can happen.

If you don’t want a concrete slab foundation, you might be considering a Pier and Beam foundation. What is a Pier and Beam Foundation? Pier and beam foundations incorporate a crawl space (usually at least 18 inches) beneath the home and footings filled with concrete or cinder blocks to support the slab.

Uptown Blanco Art Center is proud to present the annual Blanco County High School Art Show featuring students award winning work for 2012-2013 from Blanco High School and Johnson City LBJ High School. This year we will also spotlight Blanco & Johnson City Middle School award winning pieces of art in the display. Ms.

The search for dry ground to play the Area matchup between the Blanco Panthers and the East Bernard Brahmas forced the originally scheduled best 2 out of 3 game series to a single game clash with the Panthers falling 0-2. On Friday the Panthers and Brahmas should have played their first game at Bastrop High School, but Thursday night rains changed those plans.

8th Boys Singles: 1st place Garrett Seales, 2nd place: Logan Parker 8th Boys Doubles: 1st Luis Elizondo & Jacob Robinson, 2nd place: Jonathan Campbell & Chris Prosise 8th Girls Singles: 1st place: Andrea Calzoncit, 2nd: Montana Wiseman, 3rd: Kaleigh Griffin 8th Girls Doubles: 2nd place: Victoria Moya & Jessica Sevilla, 3rd: Vianney Gonzalez & Veronica Segura 7th Boys Singles: 2nd : Paco Vargas, 4th : Isaiah Delgado 7th Boys Doubles: 1st : Kaleb Hunter & Jo Mac Wyatt, 3rd: Lance Reinhard & ...

Blanco ISD will conduct annual physical screenings for the 2013-2014 school year on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. All students who will be participating in 7th- through 12th-grade athletics are required to have an annual physical screening. Physical forms are available from the schools or on the Blanco ISD website: www.blancoisd.org DATE: May 21, 2013 TIME: 2:45 PM LOCATION: Blanco High School Gym COST: $25.00 per student Cash or check (payable to Blanco Regional Clinic) For more information, c ...

The Lady Panther tracksters raced at the State Track Meet on Saturday, March 11. Bret Leigh Nance placed 5th in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:26.06. The 4x200 meter relay team including Abbie Culton, Natalie Barnett, Leslie McClinton, and Abby Beard, placed 9th with a time of 1:47.83.

Both Blanco Major Boys Teams made the Championship game in the Wimberley Tournament held May 12. The Blanco Gold Team won the game to place 1st and the Blanco Blue team was the runner up.

A television program preceding the Winter Olympics one year featured blind skiers being trained for downhill skiing – impossible as it sounds! Paired with sighted skiers, the blind skiers were taught on the flats, how to make right and left turns. When that was mastered, they were taken to the slalom slope, where their sighted partners skied beside them shouting, "Left!"

Revelation 13:1-18 “1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was hea ...

I would encourage you to read 2Kings 4:8-37 to get a full understanding of today’s message, since I do not have the space to include the whole text here. There are seven lessons I would like to point out this Shunammite woman teaches us. It will particularly benefit mothers, but we all can certainly glean from her actions. 1.

The Blanco Woman’s Club Luncheon took place May 8th at the beautiful Red Corral Ranch. Before lunch, we had a spectacular fashion show presented by Liz’s On the Square and volunteer models from the Blanco Woman’s Club. There was a stunning array of dresses, skirts, shoes, and jewelry that was delightfully modeled. After the fashion show, we dined on delicious food that was catered by Sullivan Street Caterers while the peacocks called in the background.

Let me guess, you are starting to think twice about how far you have to walk when you look for a parking spot. Maybe you ask the checker at the grocery store to put fewer things in a bag so you can carry it to the car. And do you worry more about tripping because your balance isn't what it used to be?

The new WWII museum will open soon near the Buggy Barn Museum. Look for a new article about the museum in next issue of Blanco County News. Top L-R: Roxanna Avant, Linda Howard and Tom Avant. Botton L-R: Dennis Moore, Sherry Jenkins and Pat Vallone.