by Priscilla Seals Those residents of Blanco who attended Monday night’s Town Meeting regarding Emergency Services District #2 (South Blanco ESD) were given a unique opportunity to learn about the history and operating procedures of the district as well as to voice their concerns and expectations of what emergency services should be provided. A number of emergency services personnel were present at the meeting, including EMS Director Mike West and EMS Officer Rick DeWolfe; Blanco VFD Assist ...

The Blanco Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the 9th Annual Blanco Lavender Festival will be held June 7 – 9th in the heart of Blanco, on the Old Blanco County Courthouse Square. In the past eight years, the Blanco Lavender Festival has grown into one of the premiere events in the Texas Hill Country and has succeeded in bringing recognition to the beautiful community of Blanco as a destination location.

The final voting day for School Board Trustee, Place 6 is Saturday, May 11. The poll location is in the new Cafeteria of the Blanco Elementary School. Polls open at 7 am. and close at 7pm. You must be a registered voter and a resident in the Blanco Independent School District, in order to participate.

The Blanco girl tracksters who qualified for state, will be competing on Saturday, May 11, beginning at 12 noon at Mike Meyers Stadium on the University of Texas campus in Austin. Finishing in either first or second place at Regionals, the girls qualify for the following: Meaghen Seales, 800 meter run and 400 meter relay; Leslie McClinton, 200 meter relay; Paxston Koehl, alternate for the relays; Lexee Jenkins, 400 meter relay; Abby Beard, 200 meter relay and 400 meter relay; Abbie Culton, 200 ...

The Buggy Barn Museum hosted the Veteran Motor Car Club Of America on Friday, April, 26. The club’s 2013 Chrome Glidden Tour is exclusively for cars made between 1935-1988. The club tours all around the country, but this was a Hill Country adventure, with the last stop in Blanco. Dennis Moore and the Buggy Barn Museum Chuck Wagon Cooking provided the club with a hot meal on the cloudy day.

When you’re buying anything — and that includes a house — you want to be as informed as possible. One of the most important factors in the purchase of a home is determining what makes a fair asking price and, by extension, a fair offer — one that is more likely to be accepted. How do sellers arrive at an asking price? First, it’s helpful to know that there are two primary considerations most homeowners use to determine the asking price for a property — and they’re both about mo ...

Funny how time repeats it’s self. Construction falls into this as well. The more I look at older homes, the more I see things being brought back. So many homes are using designs, materials, ideas from the 1950-1980’s, some even older. Here are a few of the latest trends. Reclaimed wood is very popular.

The Panther softball team will face the Boling Bulldogs in the area round of playoffs on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at the Starplex softball fields in Shiner. In this best of 3 series, game times are set for 6:00 p.m. on Friday and 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.

The Blanco girls varsity track team raced to a 2nd place team finish at the Region IV Track and Field Meet Saturday, April 28. In field events Abby Beard placed 5th in high jump. Abbie Culton was 7th in the triple jump. Erica Flores and Monica Flores placed 8th and 9th respectively in pole vault. In running events, Leslie McClinton placed 8th in the 200m dash.

The Panther baseball team defeated the Lago Vista Vikings 10-4 on Thursday, April 26. Josh McCaslin went the distance on the mound going 7 innings and scattering 6 hits and striking out 2. McCaslin also led the way with his bat going 2 for 4 with a homerun and 2 rbi.

An ambitious student from Smithson Valley High School is the winner of the 2013 Ola Armstrong Scholarship, presented by The GVTC Foundation. Lauren Broderick was chosen from 64 qualified students, who submitted applications from throughout GVTC’s 2,000 square mile service area. She receives $10,000 to help pay for her college education. A four-year member of the Smithson Valley Silver Spurs dance team, Lauren says she would like to go into business after college by creating a fitness program ...

The Blanco chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America attended the State Leadership Conference held in Dallas, Texas on April 11-13, 20132. The chapter members were among 3,500 delegates attending the three-day conference. The youth-developed theme, “Producing Leaders,” was carried out through tracks featuring a series of specialized workshops and general sessions in which members discovered ways to become actively involved in issues facing today’s youth. Leadership Enhan ...

Pedernales Electric announced the 14 area high school seniors receiving scholarships from the Co-op during a reception held in the students’ honor Wednesday evening at the Co-op’s headquarters in Johnson City. Scholarship recipients, their families and PEC staff celebrated their achievements as scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 were announced. PEC is firmly committed to the leaders of tomorrow, and for more than a decade, the Co-op has offered scholarships to local high school an ...

Revelation 11:1-19 “1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.” I’m going to break right here because I like to calculate things, and so I calculated 42 months by 12 months in a year, and came up ...

This Friday is our Annual Friends of the Blanco Library’s Dinner and a Movie! Sibby of Onion Creek Kitchens is crafting a wonderful “New American Cuisine” to go with our movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Pick up your $20 tickets at the Blanco Library or at Liz’s On the Square for this May 3rd night out on the town.