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Organizers of the Wild Game Dinner are looking forward to serving a delicious variety of game to a large crowd this Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Blanco County Show Barn in Johnson City.
This year’s fare is fried Axis, wild game chili, whole roasted hog, wild boar BBQ, etouffee, fresh homemade sausage, fried shrimp, catfish, shrimp mac and cheese, salmon, pork cutlets, brisket, fried taters, along with bacon wrapped quail and quail legs.
Game wardens are searching for information in a poaching incident last week, and a hefty reward is being offered to help them solve the case.
Information is being sought for a poaching incident on RR 1320 outside Johnson City. Game wardens believe the incident happened late Thursday evening, Sept. 19, or early Friday morning, Sept.
After an absence of more than a year, the Rain Bird Gallery is reopening.
Mike Walker is looking forward to opening the doors on Oct. 1. The gallery has been open by appointment for several weeks. They plan to have a grand reopening later in October.
“We have a lot of unique things that you won’t see anywhere else, and people love to come by and see those Mexican benches with the old Mexican doors.
Mixed use zoning issues were discussed at the September meeting of the Blanco Planning and Zoning Commission.
Commissioners discussed that the term mixed-use needs to be cleaned up and defined clearly. It also needed to be decided if mixed-use will be used in the future. David Smith, commission chair, suggested establishing a task force to establish the meanings.
Even as summer comes to an end, consider Firewise’s selection of plants for your fall plantings. There are no plants that are completely “fireproof,” but some plants are better suited to help us prevent the possibility of fire, or at least slow the progress. All of these plants tend to not ignite readily or burn as hot which helps contain fire.
Just a 45-minute drive away from Blanco, you can visit the largest commercial caverns in Texas: The Natural Bridge Caverns.
In 1960, four St. Mary’s University students, Orion Knox Jr., Preston Knodell, Al Brandt and Joe Cantu were convinced that large caverns existed below the property’s natural 60-foot bridge. They were eventually given permission to explore the area and on March 27, 1960, the four students discovered the entrance to the Natural Bridge Caverns.
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The Blanco Panther Band competed at the Hill Country Marching Contest at Fredericksburg High School Saturday, Sept. 28. The Blanco band performed their 2019 show Cryptomundial by Luke McMillan.
The band won 1st Place Best Overall 3A Band, as well as, 1st Place 3A Marching, 1st Place 3A Music and 1st Place 3A Drumline.
With a 3-1 win over the Georgetown Gateway Lady Gators Friday, Sept. 27 and a 3-0 victory against the Florence Lady Buffalo Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Panthers improved their conference record to 7-0, remaining undefeated in District 25-3A. Blanco is tied with Johnson City, also 7-0 in district. Lago Vista is in third place with a 5-2 record.
The Panther varsity football team had a short trip to Canyon Lake High School to take on the Hawks for a Friday, Sept. 27 showdown. Captains for the Panthers were Christian Flores, Luke Biggs, Seth Blakeslee, and Landon Burt. The Panthers won the coin toss and deferred to the second half.
After a holding call against the Hawks on the kick-off, the Panther defense came out strong.
C.W. “Bill” Hall, 86, of Blanco, Texas passed away in his home September 22, 2019. He was born April 20, 1933 in South Houston, Texas to Clarence and Pearl Hall.
In 1953 he enlisted in the United States Air Force and served as a staff sergeant. He married Mildred Evelyn Hall on June 4, 1954.
Harold David Yargo, 69, of Johnson City, Texas passed away at his home Friday, September 13, 2019. He was born September 11, 1950 in Houston, Texas to Harold Davis Yargo and Virginia Lee (Petrosky) Yargo.
David proudly served his country with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. He was a member of the Johnson City Lions Club and previously worked for the Blanco County Sheriff’s Department.
