December 16, 2015 Issue
At its December 8 meeting, members of the governing body of Blanco heard presentations from citizens in the Citizen Presentations portion of the meeting. Resident Curtis Knutson complained of a mosquito problem near his home on Highway 165 due to poor drainage along the highway. Mayor Peele said the city would look into the problem.
An Eagle Review Board was held December 9, 2015 for Mitchell Barnett. Sitting on the Review Board were Eagle Scouts: Keith McClellan, Barry Price, Rev. Bill Mosley and Judge Don Barnett. The Eagle Board was convened to determine the Scout's attitude toward and acceptance of Scouting's ideals, to make sure that good standards of performance have been met in all phases of his life and to be sure Mitchell recognizes and understands the value of Scouting in his home, Troop, school and community.
The Blanco County Commissioners met on December 8, 2015 for their regularly scheduled meeting. All Commissioners were present. The minutes, payroll and official reports were approved. The outstanding bills were brought before the Commissioners and Judge Bray questioned one of the bills submitted by the Sheriff's office for 49 pounds of turkeys, 6 pecan pies, 6 pumpkin pies and 3 or 4 spiral hams.
Monday at 6 pm was the deadline to file for candidacy for the 2016 primary elections. Fourteen individuals will be running for seven local offices, all on the Republican ticket. Three of the four offices will run unopposed; Chris Liesmann of Johnson City for Commissioner Precinct 3, Bobby Fenton of Johnson City for Constable Precinct 1, and Deborah Earley of Johnson City for Blanco County Attorney.
The Panther basketball team lost 42-47 to the Harper Longhorns on Tuesday, December 8.
Jacob McCaslin and Tyler Schlinke led the team scoring 10 points each. Trent Dechert sank 5 points, followed by Justin Williams with 4 and Noah Wheeler with 3. The junior varsity beat the Longhorns 37-20. Kaleb Hunter led Blanco scoring 9, followed Chail Knoll with 8 points.
In a close game that was decided in the final second, the Lady Panthers lost their district opener on Tuesday, December 8 to the Comfort Deer, 44-45. Kendall Brock led Blanco scoring 14 points. Lily Avila sank 9. Kaleigh Griffin made 7 points, followed closely by Skylar Wiseman with 6.
The speech and debate team won the sweepstakes award, and math and computer science team members won key events at the Bandera Christmas Classic Academic Meet on Saturday, December 5.
Drew Ritter, a senior, led the speech team with first places in Lincoln-Douglas debate and persuasive speaking. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, Ritter had a perfect record on the day with victories over East Central, San Antonio Memorial, Lockhart, and Three Rivers debaters.
