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It started with a text to the gals in the neighborhood. “Hey do you all need masks?” said Rona Bonn, a resident of Rockin’ J Ranch – a 1,064 acre golf-course community located about six miles south of Blanco.
“We were just going to help out the neighbors,” she said, but word got out and this small, neighborly gesture grew into a finely tuned production of a dozen people working together to produce almost 900 fabric masks in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
When 1,035 Blanco students joyously departed for Spring Break last month, they didn’t know they wouldn’t see their teachers again until the next school year.
Blanco Independent School District students have not seen their classrooms since March 13; at that time, no COVID-19 cases had yet been discovered in the county.
Editor’s note: Fredda Jones doesn’t live in Blanco, but she might as well during the school year. She spends much of her time chasing around three of her grandchildren who attend Blanco ISD schools and taking photos of sporting events in which they participate, and you see some of those photos in The Blanco County News.
The county-wide stay at home order and curfew have been rescinded.
Blanco County Judge Brett Bray issued an order Monday morning stating the two orders have been rescinded, but also stating that certain previsions of the disaster declaration remain in place. He directed residents to follow the governor’s statewide orders.
“This action should not be misinterpreted as an ‘all clear,’” the county judge’s order read.
It’s been quite the journey for dancers at Blanco Ballet.
The students were preparing for what should have been their spring performance when the coronavirus pandemic hit.
However, that hasn’t stopped them from keeping things going. The approximately 50 dancers have moved to online lessons through Skype up to five days a week as they continue to prepare for their now postponed performance.
At first, things were quite different than their normal, in-person practices.
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Graduation ceremony plans for the Blanco High School Class of 2020 are still up in the air.
Clay Rosenbaum, Blanco ISD superintendent, told board members at Monday’s meeting that the district is weighing several options. The meeting was held through Zoom, and members of the public could view it live through the district’s YouTube channel.
“We were hoping we’d be able to have a normal graduation, but it doesn’t look like we’re going to be able to do that,” Rosenbaum said.
Mayor Martha Herden called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. on April 14 with council members: Mayor Pro Tem Martin Sauceda, Matt Lewis, Keith McClellan, and Martha Gosnell present. Council member Tony Vela was absent due to illness. The meeting was broadcasted live on the city’s Facebook page.
Blanco Police Chief Mike Ritchey presented the Life Saving Award to Officer Marcus Gonzalez for his selfless actions on Oct.
