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.

At Monday night’s meeting of the Blanco Independent School District trustees, the monthly spotlight featured an amazing array of accomplishments, both by students and staff. Blanco Elementary School principal Linda Romano and librarian Laurie Kirkscey recognized five of the eleven members of the Accelerated Reader Program who have read over one million words this school year—Joseph Hernandez, third grade (1.2 million), Kelton Marek, fifth grade (1.5 million), Kathryn Hull and Cadence Drum, ...

L/R: Jacob, David, Dustin, Sophia, Coleton, Kylli, and Chloe

All A Honor Roll First Grade Tori Adkinson * Miguel Avila * Alexandra Beliveau * Jessica Blair * Mina Broyles * Erika Calzoncit * Roberto Chavez * Callan Drum * Marc Flores * Owen Grosch * Grant Jones * Caden Kneese * Brayden La Rue * Henry Lewis * Estevan Lopez * Pedro Miranda * Timothy Mulvaney * Caleb Murrah * Alberto Palacios * Hemma Porter * Jacob Shell * Sydney Shiller * Trent Smith * Jack Tabor * Brent Torres * Davis Van Dyke * Katherine Windham Second Grade Noe Alegria * Benjamin Be ...

Top row L/R: Candice, Celeste, Nina, Sidney, Jacob, Alan, Sebastian, Perry, Edwin, Claire, Venessa, and Andrea. Bottom row L/R: Stephen, Jordin, Shelton, Brooke, Kaylee, Calla, Jaxson, Diego, and Wyatt. Not pictured: Cristian

The Blanco FFA recently competed in its sixth state contest of the year as local FFA members traveled to Lubbock to compete in the State FFA Entomology Career Development Event at Texas Tech University. The top 50 teams from 10 different areas across the state competed in this year’s event.

The Lucky Leaf 4-H club would like to recognize its officers for the 2013-2014 year. Officers are from L-R, Lainie Parker- President, Bret Leigh Nance- Vice-President, Maggie Reininger- Secretary, Cheyenne Klein- Reporter, Will Ponder- Treasurer. Not pictured are Logan Parker and Jasmine Barker, voting delegates. The club looks forward to a successful year with this hardworking group.

The Blanco FFA Chapter was recently honored as the Hill District FFA Sweepstakes Award winners for both leadership and career development events for the 2012-2013 school year. Members of the Blanco FFA were presented their sweepstakes banners at the annual Hill District FFA Awards Banquet at Fredericksburg High School. In addition to receiving the sweepstakes awards for the thirteenth consecutive year, local FFA members also competed in public speaking events as well as running for district an ...

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 ...

Another year done and the annual Bands 4 Band Music Festival brought incredible musical talent to Yett Memorial Park in Blanco. Grupo Fantasma, Lannaya West African Drum & Dance Ensemble, The Jitterbug Vipers, Patrice Pike, Hunter Hendrickson, Allen Ray & Southern Comfort, and local favorites Bobby Mack and Zydeco Blanco provided the festival attendees with a wide variety of musical styles and experiences. The Grammy Award winning Grupo Fantasma was incredible with energetic Latin music and an ...