When you decide to move, don’t expect to hear anyone say, “I’m so jealous. I just love moving!” It doesn’t matter if it’s your first house or fourth, moving can be stressful. But with the kids out of school and the sunny weather, many people consider May through September the best months to move.

Football: MVP - Colton Childress, Offensive MVP - Tim Goodman, Defensive MVP - Tyler Brown Volleyball: MVP - Leslie McClinton, Offensive MVP - Reagan Rogers, Setter - Lexee Jenkins Cross Country: Girls’ MVP - Meaghen Seales, Boys’ MVP - Rance Dollahite Girls’ Basketball: MVP - Leslie McClinton, 3-Point Shooter - Meaghen Seales, Defensive MVP - Lexee Jenkins Boys’ Basketball: MVP - Kyle Sauceda, Toughness - Colton Childress, Leadership - Sam Isenberg Power Lifting: Girls’ MVP - Er ...

Amy Berg of Jennings Anderson Ford of Boerne presenting Sam Isenberg a $1,000 Ford / FFA Scholarship with the company of his parents.

Friday, May 17th, Uptown Blanco Art Center proudly hosted the annual Blanco County High School Art Show. This youth art exhibition included artwork from Blanco High School, Johnson City LBJ High School and Johnson City Middle School. In total 34 students participated, presenting over 50 works of art. Pieces featured a wide variety of media, including paintings, ceramic sculptures, photography, and fibers. Watercolorist, Jim Street of Wimberley who is a signature member of the Florida Watercol ...

Recently the Blanco High School Spanish Club members had the opportunity to visit Peggy’s Playhouse to celebrate Día de los Niños. Día de los Niños is celebrated within the western hemisphere and in many Spanish –speaking countries to recognize that children are our future. The Spanish Club members filled up piñatas and passed out bubbles to the children then taught the children to yell “!Dale!” when hitting the piñata meaning “Go on!.” Members are already anticipating the ...

June 10th - 13th: $40.00 4th grade - 6th grade (2013-14 school yr) 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 7th grade - 9th grade (2013-14 school yr) 10 a.m. - 12 noon Contact Coach Schultz for more information.

Blanco Middle School hosted “Fine Arts Night” on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.. Fine Arts Night is an annual celebration of the creativity and talent of BMS students. Many students who participate in Art, Theatre Arts, and Band were given an opportunity to display art work and participate in live performances. BMS’s award-winning bands played several songs including “Smoke on the Water,” “Firestorm,: “Voodoo Dance,” “Fire Dance,” and others.

In spite of a night of severe weather and widespread power outages, the fourth annual Third Grade Day in the Park went off without a hitch. Thanks to volunteers from the Highland Lakes Chapter of Master Naturalists, Friends of Blanco State Park, and class teachers and sponsoring parents, 85 third-grade students spent Friday, May 10, learning about area wildlife and nature at our state park The students rotated through stations where they learned about mammals, fish, birds, habitat, spiders, wa ...

The Blanco FFA Livestock Judging Team recently completed a very successful judging season placing 7th at the State FFA CDEs at Texas A&M University. For the year, Blanco’s team ranked first at the Tarleton State Invitational, Hill District FFA and Area VII competitions. In addition, as a team, Blanco also placed 2nd at the South Texas Invitational, 3rd at the Texas State Invitational, 6th at Guadalupe County and 7th at Victoria. Local FFA members competing at state included Logan Dodd, Sam I ...

The Old Blanco County Courthouse Preservation Society is looking for volunteers for different days and hours. If interested, please contact Lesley Griffin at 833-2211.

Have you seen the sign? If you haven’t, take a trip north on 281 and in the Buggy Barn Museum Complex you will see the sign. The museum will house the European Theatre of Operation. Rick Sebenoler will be handling the European side of the displays and personnel from the Blanco Pioneer Museum and Dennis Moore are working on the displays for the home front. In a meeting held on May 8, 2013, Barney Cline was asked about the WWII veterans’ oral histories that the Blanco Library has done.

Blanco is enriched with many talented musicians and an ever-growing music scene. On any given week, you can hear the Blanco Marching Band cheer on the football team or catch a live show at venues like the Red Bud, Zocalo, or Uptown Blanco. Joining those ranks and promoting music from the ground up, The Hill Country Sound Situation is a collective group of musicians teaching the joy and benefits of music--one student at a time. Owner Trevor McGuire envisioned a music school that would include B ...

Revelation 14:1-12 – “1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred an ...